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Skype bug that allowed hackers to find users IP information was fixed
Up until now more or less experienced hackers were able to find the IP address used by a Skype user only by knowing the account name. Hackers were able to attack their victims after knowing the IP addresses of them. This bug was first discovered in 2012.
Paris Attacks were Coordinated Via Unencrypted SMS
According to The Intercept, there are signs that point to unencrypted communications between the attackers from the Paris Attacks that happened in November 2015. Remember that on the evening of 13 November 2015, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris, the capital of France, and
Let’s Encrypt vulnerability discovered in ACME
Let’s Encrypt is a new Certificate Authority that it’s free, automated and open. Currently in Public Beta, Let’s Encrypt is a new step forward for better security and privacy. Let’s Encrypt team wants HTTPS to become the default. Everyone can own free SSL certificates signed by Let’s
NetHack DevTeam announced the release of NetHack 3.6
NetHack is one of the all-time top 100 video games. That’s how the Time magazine named an article back in 2012. Today the NetHack devteam is happy to announce the release of NetHack 3.6. What is NetHack? According to wikipedia, “NetHack is a single-player roguelike video game
CloudFlare websites load faster with HTTP/2
Starting from today, all CloudFlare websites are loading almost twice faster than before. Cloudflare enabled HTTP/2 for all accounts that enabled the SSL/TLS connections, even for the free customers. According to a CloudFlare blog post, “If you are a customer on the Free or Pro plan, there
Anonymous released an ISIS hacking guide
As an answer to the ISIS guide that explained how to protect against Anonymous hackers, the Anonymous hacking group released a guide to explain how to find, deface and hack ISIS online accounts and websites. But first, below you can find the ISIS guide that explains in
Anonymous declares war to ISIS: “We will Hunt you Down!”
Anonymous France shared a video message in which they declared war to ISIS. This comes after the Paris attacks where over 130 peoples were killed and more than 200 were injured. The hacker group Anonymous declared cyber war to the Islamic State, please watch the following anonymous
ProtonMail under DDOS attack
Since two days ago, ProtonMail was hit by a massive distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. This severe attack that started on November 3rd, 2015 was very sophisticated and took Proton Mail offline for almost 24 hours. What is Protonmail? ProtonMail is an email service that is
15 days until DefCamp 2015
Security conference DefCamp is organized between 19 and 20 November in Bucharest, Romania. The conference is held at Crystal Palace Ballrooms. This conference will cover the INFOSEC field, gathering under the same roof security specialists, entrepreneurs and developers, managers from both private and public sector. In November
000webhost.com hacked due to a PHP vulnerability
The biggest free web hosting service, 000webhosting.com was hacked in March 2015 and more than 13 million accounts were affected. The data breach includes usernames, passwords in plain text, email addresses, IP addresses and the last names of 000Webhost‘s customers. Troy Hunt, a security researcher revealed the
