North korea faces internet outage days after Sony hack

Could this be a response by the U.S against the Sony hack ? Or is another entity involved ? Barack Obama had mentioned about a proportional response to the hack in response to the hack attack. So I cant confirm those reports, but in general, thats what the president has spoken to. The Obama administration asked the Chinese government to help block North Koreas cyberwarfare capabilities during the weekend. China though, has not replied back as of yet....

December 23, 2014 · 1 min · 188 words · Michael Ayers

NVIDIA Network Hacked and Compromised, Employee Details May Have Been Exposed

The NVIDIA team does not have any indication attackers accessing any other system data. The letter also asks the employees to be alert to phishing mails and change their passwords regularly. source: www.techworm.net

December 23, 2014 · 1 min · 33 words · Amber Smith

‘Black’ the unhackable, super-secret, crypto laden and self destroying smartphone for U.S Government use

That said, it is still considered best in the industry as far as security is concerned. When was the last time you heard that hackers had managed to break into Blackberry servers ? The answer is never! That, by the way, is all they allow me to say. Thus by destroying its memory it will render itself useless in case Black or its owner is compromised. Boeing and BlackBerry are planning to do just that....

December 23, 2014 · 1 min · 77 words · Sarah Mckay

Accountant loses hard earned savings after his bank account is hacked 60 times in seven days

Fraud Victim He came to know about the withdrawals when he tried to withdraw money himself. Assuming it to be a system error, he tried to withdraw money from five different ATMs. When the ATM after ATM gave him the same message repeatedly, he felt that something was wrong. I received no SMS for any of the 60 withdrawals of roughly $100 each. He immediately went home to check the balance in his account....

December 22, 2014 · 1 min · 126 words · Jennifer Brown

BT, Sky and Virgin ‘hijacking’ customers browser sessions in United Kingdom

Users have to choose either yes or no. And as expected, this move hasnt gone down with many. The filters, alongside real vulgar content, also tends to block content that are useful. Sites displaying genuine knowledge base about child abuse, or sexual education get blocked out due to these filters. And yet, parents are helpless from stopping their kids from searching for porn images on Google. To actively restrict users service to establish agreement or otherwise is quite simply too heavy handed....

December 22, 2014 · 1 min · 84 words · Monique Watson

Former airline boss claims US shot down MH370 fearing another 9/11 type attack after it was remotely hacked

Dugains claims are going to raise new hassles for US. The Malaysian flight MH370 disappeared from the radars after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport. United States has officially denied that flight MH370 came anywhere near Diego Garcia. US runs a military base on the British controlled tiny island of Diego Garcia in Indian Ocean. This technology lead Dugain to the idea of a soft remote hijacking. Their claims were promptly dismissed by the authorities....

December 22, 2014 · 1 min · 127 words · Jason Williams

Former BitCoin foundation member and CEO of BitInstant sentenced to two years for Silk Road transactions

Faiella was the person of contact with the buyers and used the pseudonym BTCKing to carry out the trade. These two were caught red-handed when an undercover agent used the scheme. He would then credit the buyers Bitcoin wallet. But the young blood angle didnt do any wonders on the presiding District Judge Jed Rakoff. Shrem pleaded the Judge for mercy, I screwed up. The Bitcoin community, theyre scared and there is no money laundering going on any more....

December 22, 2014 · 1 min · 117 words · Courtney King

Hackers damage German steel mill while accessing production networks

Once they got access, they used the authority to tamper with the factorys furnace. After the system was compromised, individual components or even entire systems started to fail frequently. The furnace overheated and cause major damage to the entire plant. Resource :BSI Read More source: www.techworm.net

December 22, 2014 · 1 min · 46 words · Patrick Rodriguez

Madonna’s ‘Rebel Heart’ leaked, she blames hackers!

Table Of Contents Material Girl demo version tracks hacked and leaked! The Material Girl took to photo sharing site, Instagram to vent her anger against the thieves/hackers. This is a form of terrorism. Wtf!!!! Why do people want to destroy the artistic process??? Why not give me the opportunity to finish and give you my very best? How did Madonnas unreleased demo recordings leak out? Madonna gave an interview toGuardian on Sundayjust two days after the preponed release of the tracks....

December 22, 2014 · 2 min · 230 words · Michael Hays

Tor exit nodes face unusual activity, is Tor being raided or under hack attack?

At this moment in time I am under no gagging orders or influence fromexternal parties/agencies. If no update is provided within 48 hoursyou may draw your own conclusions. The likelihood of this being the work of law enforcement seems tobe lower than originally anticipated. This is good in many ways butasks more questions than it solves right now. I am not going tocompletely exclude the possibility of law enforcement involvementthough as there simply isnt enough information....

December 22, 2014 · 2 min · 283 words · Nicole Dominguez

Critical Flaw in Network Time Protocol (NTP) detected by Google Researchers

These flaws could let an attacker attack any system remotely. The vulnerability in the NTP allows a remote attacker to execute malicious code and take control of victims sytem. In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in use. NTP was originally designed by David L. Mills of the University of Delaware, who still oversees its development. This time is maintained by using the NTP protocol....

December 21, 2014 · 1 min · 164 words · Laura Anderson

Ex-LulzSec and Anonymous member ‘Kayla’ aka Ryan Ackroyd has some questions for Brother? Sabu

Now a days, Sabu has been giving interviews to CBS, CNN and other networks. Ackroyd was was arrested in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England on Sept, 1, 2011. Presently he is free after serving 30 months prison time in England. Monsegur served 7 months in prison after his arrest but had been free since then while awaiting sentencing. Ackroyd objects to this title being given to Sabu. Ackroyd states in the paste, So who are you Hector?...

December 21, 2014 · 4 min · 751 words · Amy Martin

A messaging service baked into Bitcoin blockchain structure to provide maximum security and anonymity

Therefore, anyone wanting to use Bitcoins will have to allow for the messaging service to co-exist as well. He cited China as the obvious example. Thus making the messages in built into the Bitcoin structure, not only making them untraceable but also un-erasable. The development costs of this messaging system is also very negligent, approximately $0.25. Although it sounds promising, the system is only a proof of concept as of now....

December 20, 2014 · 1 min · 73 words · Tony Morales