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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 […]
Cyber Security Expert and Penetration tester, Ebrahim Hegazy has found a serious vulnerability in Yahoo’s website that allows an attacker to remotely execute any commands on the server i.e. Remote Command Execution vulnerability. According to Ebrahim blog post, the vulnerability resides in a Chinese subdomin of Yahoo website. Last week, He reported the flaw to Yahoo Security Team and […]
For the first time in history, Indian Law Enforcement Agency ‘Central Bureau of Investigation’ (CBI) has arrested a Cyber criminal behind Hire a Hacker service after getting a tip-off from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 33-Year-old Amit Vikram Tiwari, son of an Indian Army colonel and an engineering dropout, who allegedly ran two websites […]