Hacking

BitTorrent, the company which owns the popular file-sharing client uTorrent, has quietly been sold for $140 million in cash to Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain-focused startup TRON. TRON is a decentralized entertainment and content-sharing platform that uses blockchain and distributed storage technology. It allows users to publish content without […]

The Department of Justice has announced new charges against former CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte for allegedly leaking classified CIA documents, software projects, and hacking utilities called Vault 7 to WikiLeaks. Schulte was charged on August 24, 2017 with possession of child pornography, but was also believed to be the source of the embarrassing […]

Researchers from cybersecurity firm VDOO have discovered several vulnerabilities affecting nearly 400 security cameras from Axis Communications. Researchers from cybersecurity firm VDOO have conducted a study on IoT devices and discovered seven vulnerabilities in cameras manufactured by Axis Communications. According to the vendor, nearly 400 models are affected by the […]

Once again a large company has suffered a huge data breach, putting millions of innocent customers at risk. Customers of British popular high street stores Currys PC World, Carphone Warehouse, and Dixons Travel have been warned that a huge data breach has occurred involving 5.9 million payment cards and the […]

Schneider Electric has patched last week four flaws affecting the U.motion Builder software, including two critical command execution vulnerabilities. Schneider Electric U.motion Builder is a tool designed for creating projects for U.motion devices that are used in critical manufacturing, energy, and commercial facilities industries. “This exploit occurs when the submitted data of […]

IT company Quick Heal on Tuesday warned that two new banking trojans (malware designed to steal financial data) targeting Android are hitting users in India to access confidential data. The Trojans, named “Android.Marcher.C » and « Android.Asacub.T », operate by exploiting user behaviour of android mobile users and imitating notifications from leading banking […]