Banque Cantonale de Geneve (BCGE) hacked by Rex Mundi; Hackers demand Ransom for not making data public

Now the hackers are demanding 10,000 for not making the data public. The hackers have given the Banks management a deadline until Friday to deliver the ransom. Rex Mundi claims to have downloaded database containing 30,192 private emails belonging to the BCGE customers. The hackers have further stated that no bank accounts have been compromised. Rex Mundi are meanwhile having fun on Twitter. https://twitter.com/rexmundi14/status/553444137572118529 Read More source: www.techworm.net

January 9, 2015 · 1 min · 68 words · Holly Underwood

Hackers Supporting ISIS Hacking French Websites and Putting Up Anti-Charlie Hebdo Messages

Only two days have passed since the gruesome terrorist attack on French satirist magazine Charlie Hebdos office. The websites have since been restored. source: www.techworm.net

January 9, 2015 · 1 min · 25 words · John Brady

Mobile Phones and Laptops vulnerable to hacking even when not connected to Internet

The researchers say that these side-channel signals can used even to hack passwords. The side-channel emissions can be measured several feet away from an operating computer using a variety of spying methods. Electromagnetic emissions can be received using antennas hidden in pockets or purses. So far, they have only looked at Android devices. If somebody is putting strange objects near your rig, you certainly should beware, said Zajic. But from the users perspective, there is not much they can do right now....

January 9, 2015 · 1 min · 84 words · Corey Johnson

Thirteen Oscar Movies leaked, DVD ‘Screeners’ Versions Hit Torrent Websites

Thirteen Oscar Contender Movies DVD Screeners Versions Hit Torrent Websites Screener versions of Oscar contenders like The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Birdman, The Imitation Game, Into the Woods, Unbroken, American Sniper, Big Eyes, Selma, The Gambler, Inherent Vice, A Most Violent Year, Big Hero 6 and Kill The Messenger flood the torrent websites. Its Oscar season and torrent fans are enjoying the sudden flood of Screener versions of most of the movies in run for the Oscar movies nominations....

January 9, 2015 · 3 min · 489 words · Ashley Fleming

Zayn Malik becomes the latest ‘iCloud Hacks’ victim after his NSFW photos are leaked

The NSFW image alleged to be his, is doing rounds on social media networks like Twitter and Tumbler. Another celebrity tracker, Oh No They Didnt! found Zayns photo on the tumblr of user zayn011293, whose account has been deleted. The user captioned the photo, OMG SO APPARENTLY PERRIES ICLOUD GOT HACKED. The photo is cut off at the bottom, so it doesnt reveal anything too much. One Direction fans feel that the tattoos are a dead give away regarding the image being fake....

January 9, 2015 · 1 min · 102 words · Evan Smith

8Chan DDoSed, Lizard Squad’s Rent-a-Tool, Lizard Stresser takes down 8Chan

However this can be confirmed to originate from them as the tweet has not been deleted as of now. https://twitter.com/LizardMafia/status/553099100686921728 8Chan was formed in 2013 and has been praised and panned for its very liberal views. It rose to fame after the famous GamerGate controversy which revolved around the subject of sexism on video games. However now with 8Chan DDoS attack, CloudFlare seems to be not enough to tackle such kind targeted attacks....

January 8, 2015 · 1 min · 149 words · Patrick Boyd

Google Vs Verizon and AT&T, Google To Provide Wireless Network

This in turn will create free data access to users and more revenue to Google. source: www.techworm.net

January 8, 2015 · 1 min · 17 words · Lori Perkins

Malformed AndroidManifest.xml can crash your Android device

Well if so, than the APK you last downloaded must have a malformed AndroidManifest.xml file. Androidmanifest.xml forms a important constituent of any Android App or APK. With the AndroidManifest.xml, Android cannot run any of the App codes. Vulnerability The researchers say that the vulnerability can cause the OS to crash through two different ways. First of which involves very long strings and memory allocation. The chain reaction will stop all the running services and reboot the system....

January 8, 2015 · 1 min · 98 words · Michael Gonzalez

Pro Russian Hackers Claim Responsibility for Hacking Angela Merkels Website

CyberBerkut claim responsibility for hacking many German government websites including Chancellor Merkels website. A group calling itself CyberBerkut claimed responsibility for the hack on its website cyber-berkut.org/en/. The Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk hopes to obtain multi-billion credits from the EU and the IMF. It is obvious how this money will be wasted. We will not forget! We will not forgive! CyberBerkut have been active cyber hackers since the ouster of former pro-Russian Ukraine President Victor Yanukovich....

January 8, 2015 · 1 min · 92 words · William Lopez

Hackers claiming to be affiliated with ISIS hack twitter accounts of U.S. Media

The data leaked by Cyber Caliphate included photos of drivers licenses and jail records. The FBI has been notified of the incident and is currently investigating the hack attack. At this point were working to secure things, said Tipton. While another post stated There is no law but Sharia. Other posts made from the Journals page include links to a Facebook page associated with Cyber Caliphate. Both of the news outlets websites and Facebook pages appear to be untouched....

January 7, 2015 · 1 min · 81 words · Beth Miller

Lavabit founder wants to make “dark” e-mail secure by default

The recipient e-mail server only knows the destination server and the recipient, but it doesnt know the sender. DIME isnt yet fully available or implementable. source: www.techworm.net

January 7, 2015 · 1 min · 27 words · Frank Kaufman

Save Me App on Google Play is actually SocialPath malware

The App claims that these information can be accessed in case the smartphone or tablet is lost/stolen. Lookout blogstates that it is malapp and in reality contains a variant of information-stealing malware SocialPath. He added that this includes contacts, text messages, call logs and unit information. Lookout says this is done to hide the malware from the user and antivirus engines. However Lookout could not make out why it does that....

January 7, 2015 · 1 min · 125 words · Kenneth Deleon

USPS Hack : Healthcare Information of 485,000 Employees Leaked

The hackers who hacked USPS may have accessed the data stored in a file relating to injury compensation claims. USPS Chief Human Resources Officer Jeffrey Williamson has said. USPS was hacked in mid-September and it had reported the same inNovember 2014. Resource :NextGov Read More source: www.techworm.net

January 7, 2015 · 1 min · 47 words · Jeanette Sloan