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According to security analysts up to 30000 devices in India are infected with CoinHive software. Attackers have already forced almost 280,000 MicroTik routers in Latin America to mine Monero (XMR) non-stop, so the discovery of the malware running on routers elsewhere is nothing but troubling.
Palestinian Hackers hacked the Israel Defense Magazines subscriber email list. It appears that hackers were able to breech the database of israeldefense.co.il and then used it to send mass cell phone messages and e-mails to the site’s registered users. The website administrator told Ynet: “We want to make it clear that the issue is being investigated […]
Medical assistance numbers, Medicaid status, Names and Social Security numbers of about 9700 Marylanders with disabilities were exposed. According to state health officials, a hacker breached a state contractor’s “Service Coordination Inc.” computer systems between October 20 and October 30. Service Coordination Inc. provides case management for 13900 Marylanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Follow […]
Bitcoin Exchange Poloniex website hacked, the unidentified hacker stole approximately $50,000 in Bitcoins. The hacker place multiple withdrawals requests at the same time will result in negative balance but still the request is being processed. Poloniex owner Tristan D’Agosta explained in a forum post : The hacker found a vulnerability in the code that takes withdrawals. Here’s what happens […]
Forbes website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, Website and Twitter accounts Compromised. Forbes.com is the latest victim in a long line of high profile media outlets which have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). The cyber wing of Bashar al-Assad’s army also took responsibility for hacking multiple Forbes websites and hijacked three […]