Tag Archives: hackers

International Dairy Queen & Orange Julius Breach

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Carmelo

According to the Dairy Queen website, they discovered evidence that the systems of some DQ locations and one Orange Julius location were infected with the widely-reported Backoff malware that is targeting retailers across the country. The ice cream and fast … Continue reading →

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AnonSec Hacked Drone

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Carmelo

Post by Anonymous. Drones remain one of President Obama’s preferred technologies in America’s war on terror, as well as a rapidly growing tool for the film industry, local police, and companies like DHL and Google.

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17 ATMs Hacked, No Customer Data Lost

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Carmelo

A Latin American gang of cyber criminals were able to exploit a way to hack and steal millions of dollars from 17 automated teller machines (ATM) in Malaysia. ATMs of at least 17 bank branches belonging to United Overseas Bank, … Continue reading →

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8 Year Old Gets Shell Access

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Carmelo

The bar has been raised and set. Zero cool from the movie “Hackers” was 11. This 8 year old got shell access during a live demo. Dear Con speakers this 8yr old just got shell during his live demo no … Continue reading →

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XSS Games

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Carmelo

Test your h4cking skillz with the XSS Game at https://xss-game.appspot.com/. Hint the first answer is: <script>alert(“XSS”);</script>

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WOPBOT BotNet

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Carmelo

A botnet runs on Linux and Linux variant servers, named wopbot that uses the Bash Shellshock bug to auto-infect others. The wopbot botnet is active and scanning the internet for vulnerable systems, including network ranges at the United States Department … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to Cyber Security

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Carmelo

The Open University Presents: An Introduction to Cyber Security, which starts on October 13th, so register now! This free online course will help you to understand online security and start to protect your digital life, whether at home or work. … Continue reading →

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Home Depot Breach

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Carmelo

Home improvement retailer Home Depot confirms its payment security systems fell victim to a massive cyber attack, possibly since April, at nearly 2,200 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Fishnet Security, Symantec, and the Secret Service are working to research … Continue reading →

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Nude Celebs (The Fappening) !!! and Password Recovery

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Carmelo

Nude Jennifer Lawrence… Sorta. Apple says that the mass theft of nude celebrity photos (Dubbed, the Fappening) that were released over the weekend did not occur because of a breach in any Apple systems, including iCloud. Apple also says that … Continue reading →

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The CyberVors

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Carmelo

A Russian cyber gang over the past several months has breached over 420,000 web and FTP sites to pilfer over 1.2 billion credentials. They are known as the CyberVors (Vors is thief in Russian). They used botnets to scan hundreds … Continue reading →

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