Monthly Archives: April 2012

0-Day exploit discovered by hacker in Hotmail

According to a news published at Whitec0de, a critical password reset and setup flaw in Microsoft’s Hotmail was discovered by a hacker hailing from Saudi Arabia. The details of the hack got leaked on an underground forum where the hacking … Continue reading

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XSS flaws reported on NASA’s websites

Many a times while browsing many sites, we have came across severe vulnerabilities in them. Be it Facebook or any other website, we have reported our finding to make sure that site gets a safe from the reported vulnerabilities. XSS … Continue reading

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AnonPaste released by Anonymous to beat cencorship

The rivalry is getting hot in the cyber space. After a series of breaches and demonstrations to mark the anger in the cyber space, hacktivist group Anonymous has come up with something different as to have a better reach in … Continue reading

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3 million bank accounts hacked in Iran

The security of payment process online has always been a big concern for the financial houses present around. Even after implementing top security features, a small flaw in the applications makes it damn vulnerable and easy to exploit by cyber … Continue reading

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No Permissions: Android app that can harvest data without permissions

In the recent days, mobile applications have been targeted by cyber criminals to spread malwares and obtain sensitive information from the user mobile phone. In a latest happening, Experts from the Leviathan Security Group released an Android app called No … Continue reading

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DoS, Mass defacements and now phone bomb!

Hacktivist groups present around have also used popular attacking methodologies and gain access to their targets to mark their presence and protest. We have seen DDOS attacks, mass defacement, making confidential data public. Hacktivist group “TeaMp0isoN” made used a different … Continue reading

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Anonymous begins the storm on China

Anonymous, the hacking group that believes in fight for freedom in cyber space, has started a wind against China. And now the wind seems to turn into storm. They claim to have defaced more than 480 web sites over the … Continue reading

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Android malware uses GingerBreak exploit for root access

A new variant of a piece of Android malware dubbed LeNa (Legacy Native) has been modified so that it does not require user interaction to take control of a device, mobile security firm Lookout informed. LeNa has been seen on … Continue reading

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