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iPhone unlocked with $100 worth kit, throwing egg in FBIs face

iPhone unlocked with $100 worth kit, throwing egg in FBIs face

One computer scientist from Cambridge University may have showed that the FBI might have paid in excess to unlock the iPhone of Syed Farook, the San Bernardino shooter, after he managed to bypass the passcode with only store bought kits which had cost him $100. Using a technique known as NAND mirroring in tech circles, … Read more

UK banks at risk of data stealing Qadars Trojan

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A Trojan that has been on the market for close to three years now and believed to have been built by Russian cybercriminals is now targeting most of the UK banks. The Trojan’s name is Qadar, and it is believed to have been around since 2013. According to researched data, the trojan seems to have … Read more

Leaked NSA hacking tools used to attack Cisco devices

Leaked NSA hacking tools used to attack Cisco devices

Some unknown hackers have made use of the NSA hacking tools that were released a few months ago to hack into some targets using firewalls and switches and some routers which the tech company Cisco make. The news was revealed by Cisco itself. The attack indicates the first real-time attack that has been made using … Read more

New vulnerabilities in Signal app can be used to alter attachments

New vulnerabilities in Signal app can be used to alter attachments

Security researchers have discovered a flaw in the Android version of the secure messaging application, Signal, which lets hackers make the app crash and also alter the attachments sent on the app. Signal is one of the most revered secure messaging applications, and it was built by Moxie MarlinSpike’s Open Whisper System. It’s a privacy-focused … Read more

Malware Author Claims It Is Not Harmful

Malware Author Claims It Is Not Harmful

MalwareMustDie, a security researcher came across a new Linux Trojan two weeks again, which he claims is the first Linux malware to be coded in the Lua language. After reverse engineering the code, there was proof that the Trojan was believed to be only targeting the IoT infrastructure and also had some features which could … Read more

Pokemon Go related apps affected with malware

Pokemon Go; The Dream of Gamers and Hackers

Pokemon Go came and it changed the way people viewed games again. When it came back in July the game was a sensation. Its worldwide success however meant that it also caught the attention of hackers who wanted to also enter into the success. The game was launched back in July, and then it was … Read more

New USB Killer device available on the market for only $56

New USB Killer device available on the market for only $56

A new device called the USB Killer is available on the market and it is deadly as the name suggests. The drive can completely annihilate anything that it is connected to, regardless of whether it’s a TV, computer or anything with a USB port this day. The USB hard drive works by getting power from … Read more