Call Of Duty and Destiny servers brought down by Lizard Squad

According to reports both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Destiny were affected by the DDOS attack. We are actively investigating this issue, however, later on the company deleted the tweet. The flight had to be grounded and FBI is investigating the matter. source: www.techworm.net

September 22, 2014 · 1 min · 46 words · Donna Stevens

iOS 7.1 exploit for memory corruption issue in core graphics library leads to arbitrary code execution

Table Of Contents Havent upgraded to iOS 8 yet, this is must know news for you. Ditto the case, if you are using Apple TV version below 7. Why is it dangerous now? This exploit makes the devices running on iOS 7.1.x vulnerable to potential hackers. Thus browsing an html page in Safari can transparently load multiple pdf files without any further user interaction. CoreGraphics is the responsible of parsing the PDF files....

September 22, 2014 · 1 min · 159 words · Tyler Henry

Viator hacked, 1.4 million Viator customers may have been compromised

Unfortunately, they didnt go into detail about the encryption used to protect the payment card information. Investigations into the breach As of now nothing much is known about how the breach happened. The law enforcement agencies are now trying to identify how Viator.com servers were breached. Viator stated that, those outside the US might receive similar services once the company finds appropriate comparable options. source: www.techworm.net

September 22, 2014 · 1 min · 66 words · Rebecca Shields

Part 2 of the celeb iCloud hacks, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens personal pics leaked

Theres apparently also more pictures of Jennifer Lawrence which were released in the present set. The images first appeared on the famous image boarding site 4han and later on Reddit. When asked to comment on the latest round of Hollywood celebs leaks, actress Kim Kardashians representative declined comment. While spokespeople for Hudgens, Lavigne, Sobieski and Bell offered no immediate comment for now. It is also now clear if and how the celebrities were hacked....

September 21, 2014 · 1 min · 109 words · Joshua Tapia

Wannabe Snowden fake gets arrested by Commies in North Korea

As luck would have it, the commies saw through the game and arrested him. Deliberate attempt to get as famous as Edward Snowden? He kept harping about his being a wanted man for trying to snoop into US government confidential information. Reasons for 6 years hard labour The Millers arrest came at an opportune moment for the DPRK. source: www.techworm.net

September 21, 2014 · 1 min · 60 words · Peter Montoya

Yahoo service SQL Injection vulnerability allows Remote Code Execution

Ebrahim had now discovered a flaw in the Yahoo service which allows SQL Injection. states Hibrahim in the blog post. Inspecting theuploading request, the expert discovered the cause of the problem in the Content-throw in Header! Renamingthe Content-jot down Header to be app/php the problems was solved. Ebrahimsubmitted the Proof of Concept to Yahoo and Yahoo patched the vulnerability. source: www.techworm.net

September 21, 2014 · 1 min · 61 words · Cassandra Evans

Instagram, the new age silk road to trade in drugs

These posts are not even blurred, age-gate or sequestered for normal users. This means that even those who are not into drugs can come across these images selling the drugs. VentureBeat goes on to give the example of ease of search for the drugs. You are to just do a hashtag search try #xanax, for example. Youll be greeted by a list of hashtags spanning more than 100,000 images just for this particular substance....

September 20, 2014 · 2 min · 244 words · Richard Torres

Anonymous Romania Hacks General Inspectorate of Romanian Police Website

It hacked the home page of the Romanias premier Police website, the General Inspectorate of Romanian Police. It posted the following message on the News Section. We are THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE or, of course, ciumpalacii. Wake up, Romania! Ciumpalaci is a Romanian derogatory term that was once used by the ruling elite to address the protesting masses. However the local authorities have a different story to tell. They claimed that Anonymous Romania has been quite active in various online cyber crimes....

September 19, 2014 · 1 min · 83 words · Kim Rivera

Home Depot Breach : 56 million credit card data leaked

In the PDF report Home Depot said that it was targeted by cyber criminals using a custom build malware. That disclosure officially makes the incident the largest retail card breach on record. The encryption project was launched in January 2014. The rollout was completed in all U.S. stores on Saturday, September 13, 2014. The rollout to Canadian stores will be completed by early 2015. The report goes on to explain the timeline of the events....

September 19, 2014 · 1 min · 77 words · Ryan Ramirez

China hacked into PENTAGON contractor networks 9 times

The Chinese military actors are believed to have broken into computer networks aboard a commercial ship hired by Pentagon. The investigation which lasted a whole year and its report was submitted by the Senate Armed Services Committee. The SASC identified at least 20 break-ins or other unspecified cyber events targeting US interests. (Image: patdollard.com ) These 20 attempts include the above said nine successful break-ins of Pentagon contractor networks. The Senate report also did not identify the transportation companies which were targeted for hacking....

September 18, 2014 · 1 min · 86 words · Andrew Riddle

Malicious eBay listings redirects iPhone buyers to phishing site

Table Of Contents Buying a cheap iPhone on eBay is dangerous!!! Paul Kerr, a IT worker was surfing on eBay and happened to come on a iPhone listing. They should have nailed that straight away, and they didnt, he commented. XSS enables attackers to inject client-side script into Web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be used by attackers to bypass access controls such as the same origin policy....

September 18, 2014 · 1 min · 98 words · Richard Khan

Apple activates Two-Factor Verification after iCloud hack

Apple locking the stable doors after the horses have bolted This seems to the case with Apple. Under the new authentication protocol setup, a iCloud user will have to opt for the new Two-Factor authentication. The company said that app-specific passwords would be required from October 1. If you are a Apple product user, you are requested to get the 2Factor authentication done immediately. This will help secure your personal data....

September 17, 2014 · 1 min · 73 words · Rachel Johnson

GTA V online Gamers losing millions of dollars to hackers

Table Of Contents GTA V Hacked : Are you one of the victims??? DomIsLive has said that GTA V gamers have reported losing millions of dollars to this customized software. DomIsLive has devoted an issue of his daily show on YouTube to GTA V hacks this month. Rockstar will definitely look into this. However, they may not be able to reimburse you with your weapons and/or GTA$. As of now its unclear whether one specific GTA V hack is responsible, or a multitude of methods/modders....

September 17, 2014 · 1 min · 104 words · Robin Harris