Extortionists Preying on Site Owners with Fake Website Hacking Scam
Researchers found that extortionists are targeting website owners with a scam in which they claim to have hacked their site and extracted a database. WebARX observed that the ploy first makes itself ...
Minneapolis Police Website Hacked, Zoom Encryption, eBay Port Scanning
In episode 124 for June 8th 2020: Details on how the Minneapolis Police website may have been hacked, Zoom’s plan to implement end-to-end encryption, and why eBay and other sites may be ...
HackerOne Bug Bounty Website Hacked
A hacker managed to compromise HackerOne, a company that itself pays white hat hackers to find security breaches for other companies. The hacker, identified only by the pseudonym haxta4ok00, figured out a ...
Cryptocurrency Monero Website Hacked, Original Binaries Replaced
The website of the Monero open-source cryptocurrency was compromised, and some users downloaded a modified binary that contained malware designed to steal funds from people’s wallets. When a Linux user downloaded the ...
UK Pub Chain ‘Greene King’ Gift Card Website Hacked
Major UK pub chain, Greene King (Bury St. Edmunds), had its gift card website (https://www.gkgiftcards.co.uk) compromised by hackers. The personal data breach was discovered on 14th May 2019 and confirmed a day ...
71% Website Vulnerable: API Security Becomes Prime Target for Hackers
The internet that we use today is a massive network of interconnected devices and services. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are an essential but sometimes invisible technology layer that underpins services ranging from ...
8 Essential Steps to Recover a Hacked Website
When you find out your website is hacked, it’s understandable that you’d begin to panic. But it’s much better to plan and take action immediately to get back to your website as ...
News Alert: HostingAdvice poll finds one in three Americans hacked upon visiting sketchy websites
Gainesville, Fla., July 18, 2022 – Around 30,000 websites get hacked every day, with the majority of those cyberattacks due to human error. This has projected costs associated with cybercrimes to hit the tens of trillions by ...
Best of 2022: 25+ Vulnerable websites to practice your ethical hacking skills
Vulnerable websites are built for beginners who are learning ethical hacking to test their skills. We have mentioned a few of such best sites in our article. The post 25+ Vulnerable websites ...
Microsoft Whac-A-Moles Websites of Chinese Hackers APT15 (‘NICKEL’)
Microsoft issued another of its “look how clever we are” press releases, claiming to have thwarted Chinese hackers it codenames NICKEL ...