As we prepare to bid our adieu to 2017, let’s have a look back at the year’s trending news points …
Facebook messenger falls victim to an anonymous crypto cousin of Bitcoin
With the booming value of digital currency, numerous hackers are rolling out schemes to unwittingly trap or trick more likely, …
Parents should be on guard against hackable toys
While Internet-connected toys are particularly appealing to a generation of tech-obsessed kids, security experts warn against the potential dangers of …
coWPAtty Download – Audit Pre-shared WPA Keys
coWPAtty is a C-based tool for running a brute-force dictionary attack against WPA-PSK and audit pre-shared WPA keys. If you …
Google to take action against misleading news sites
Amid a growing clamour against fake content online, Google has announced it may take off from its news index the …
Hackers hijack Starbucks wi-fi provider to mine cyptocurrency
A caffeine peddling Starbucks store in Buenos Aires is not the place you’d expect to find illegitimate cryptocurrency mining to …
Anderson Cooper’s assistant to be blamed for insulting tweet to Trump
CNN says it’s gotten to the bottom of Anderson Cooper’s Trump-bashing tweet … and all signs point to a forgetful …
net-creds – Sniff Passwords From Interface or PCAP File
Last updated: December 15, 2017 | 455 views net-creds is a Python-based tool for sniffing plaintext passwords and hashes from …
Ransomware slows North Carolina County, officials refuse to pay hackers
Hackers were able to lock down several servers of North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County, which includes the city of Charlotte and …
Android ransomware kits are on rise
The popular Android operating system powers more than two billion devices and cybercriminals have their fingers on the pulse, with …