Hacking Smartphones Running on MediaTek Processos

A dangerous backdoor has been discovered in the MediaTek processor that could be exploited to hack Android devices remotely.

The vulnerability is apparently due to a debug tool that was opened up for carriers to test the device on their networks, but unfortunately, it was left open in the shipped devices, thus leaving the serious backdoor open to hackers

So, if your smartphone is using this processor, the only thing you can do for now is to…

...Keep your Android device off the Internet in an effort to protect yourself.

Chinese Hackers tried to Take Down Tibetan Social Networking Website

 Sunday, January 03, 2016  Wang Wei

Tibet is an area in the Republic of China that has been the point of conflict for many years in China. While China believes that Tibet has been under Chinese rule for many centuries, Tibetans claim that they declared itself an independent republic in 1912.

Comodo's so-called 'Secure Internet Browser' Comes with Disabled Security Features

Beware Comodo Users!

Have you Safeguarded your PC with a Comodo Antivirus? Then you need to inspect your system for privacy and security concerns.

First of all, make sure whether your default browser had been changed to "Chromodo" -- a free browser offered by Comodo Antivirus.

Latest Windows 10 May Have a Linux Subsystem Hidden Inside

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Comodo's so-called 'Secure Internet Browser' Comes with Disabled Security Features

Beware Comodo Users! Have you Safeguarded your PC with a Comodo Antivirus? Then you need to inspect your system for privacy and security concerns. First of all, make sure whether your default browser had been changed to "Chromodo" -- a free [...]

Here's Why Microsoft Drops a Cloud Data Center Under the Ocean

Where tech companies like Facebook and Google prefer to move their data centers to colder countries to reduce their air conditioning bill, Microsoft has come up with an even better home for data centers while cutting high energy costs for cooling [...]

Wikileak's Julian Assange Could Be Set Free On Friday by United Nation

The decision of the United Nations investigation into the Julian Assange case is set to be revealed and could order the release of Wikileaks founder on February 5. "BREAKING: UN set to announce decision on #Assange's release on Friday,"BREAKING: [...]

NASA HACKED! AnonSec tried to Crash $222 Million Drone into Pacific Ocean

Once again the Red Alarm had been long wailed in the Security Desk of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Hackers Plan to Ruin Christmas Eve for Millions of PlayStation and Xbox Live Gamers

 

Remember the notorious hacker group Lizard Squad that spoiled last Christmas holidays of many game lovers by knocking the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live offline with apparent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks? But, Will you be able [...]

Someone Just Tried to Take Down Internet's Backbone with 5 Million Queries/Sec

Someone just DDoSed one of the most critical organs of the Internet anatomy – The Internet's DNS Root Servers. Early last week, a flood of as many as 5 Million queries per second hit many of the Internet's DNS (Domain Name System) Root Servers [...]

Hey ISIS! Check Out How 'Idiot' Anonymous Hackers Can Disrupt your Online Propaganda

The online Hacktivist group Anonymous declared War against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) that claimed responsibility for the horrific terrorist attacks that rocked Paris last week. In response to the Anonymous’ warning of launching [...]

ProtonMail Paid Hackers $6000 Ransom in Bitcoin to Stop DDoS Attacks

The Geneva-based encrypted email service ProtonMail was forced to pay a Ransom of almost $6,000 to stop sustained Denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that have knocked its service offline since Tuesday. ProtonMail – a full, end-to-end encrypted [...]

New Botnet Hunts for Linux — Launching 20 DDoS Attacks/Day at 150Gbps

A network of compromised Linux servers has grown so powerful that it can blow large websites off the Internet by launching crippling Distributed Denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks of over 150 gigabits per second (Gbps). The distributed denial-of-service [...]

BitTorrent Fixes Reflective DDoS Attack Security Flaw

Two weeks ago, we reported how a serious flaw in the popular peer-to-peer BitTorrent file sharing protocols could be exploited to carry out a devastating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, allowing lone hackers with limited resources to [...]

How to Exploit BitTorrent for Large-Scale DoS Attacks

A flaw discovered in several widely used BitTorrent applications, including uTorrent, Vuze and Mainline, could be used to carry out a devastating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that makes it very easy for a single undetectable hacker [...]

DDoS Botnet Leverages Thousands of Insecure SOHO Routers

Small office and home office (SOHO) routers are an increasingly common target for cybercriminals, not because of any vulnerability, but because most routers are loosely managed and often deployed with default administrator credentials. A new [...]

TRAI leaked Over Million Email Addresses; Anonymous India takes Reveng

The official website of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been allegedly hacked just hours after the site exposed more than 1 Million email addresses of users who spoke in support of Net Neutrality. A hackers collective, calls [...]

China Using A Powerful 'Great Cannon' Weapon to Censor The Internet

China has something very impressive that we are not aware of. The country has a powerful and previously unknown weapon that its government is using to bolster their cyber attack capabilities: Dubbed "The Great Cannon." INTERNET CENSORSHIP [...]

Dyre Wolf Banking Malware Stole More Than $1 Million

Security researchers have uncovered an active cyber attack campaign that has successfully stolen more than $1 Million from a variety of targeted enterprise organizations using spear phishing emails, malware and social engineering tricks. The [...]

GitHub hit by Massive DDoS Attack From China

Github – a popular coding website used by programmers to collaborate on software development – was hit by a large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for more than 24 hours late Thursday night. It seems like when users from outside [...]