Hackers Archives - Jayakumar Sadhasivam || Educator – Researcher

Top 10 Security Vulnerabilities And Their Prevention Measures

Hackers, Security, Virus Malware Threads

Web applications security is more about code-level and configuration-based security vulnerabilities and not as a set of server and host-based security issues. Servers and hosts may be the most vulnerable sections, but it\’s very important for security professionals that they identify the real impact of poorly scripted web applications. The Internet world stores lots of …

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4.93 million Gmail accounts hacked: Check if yours is safe

Google, Hackers

Gmail credentials leaked online? Oh my God! Again I have to change my password…!! Yes, you heard right. Millions of Gmail account credentials (email address and password) have been stolen and made publicly available through an online forum, causing a large number of users worldwide to change their Gmail password again. The website that published …

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Worst Password of 2013

Hackers, INTERNET, Password, Privacy, Security, Social Media

Last year’s worst of the worst passwords has been dethroned. However, the Worst Passwords of 2013 List is still chock full of face-palmingly bad passwords. And, yes, although it is no longer number one, “password” is still very much on the list. The worst password of 2012 was, indeed, “password.” And this year the worst …

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Hack Google Chrome OS To Win Prizes Over $3 Million

Google, Hackers

Google has thrown an open challenge to any security researcher through its third Pwnium competition. Google is ready to give away prizes over $ 3.14159 million to anyone who can showcase a browser or system level breach in Google Chrome operating system. Google takes security seriously and always takes all possible measures to patch all …

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Stuxnet attacks Iran again, reports say

Attack, Hackers

The worm apparently was aimed at a power plant and other sites in southern Iran but was thwarted. An Iranian news agency says the country successfully fended off yet another attack by the Stuxnet worm, according to reports. The cyberattack allegedly targeted a power plant and other sites in southern Iran over the fall, …

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Threat of mass cyberattacks on U.S. banks is real, McAfee warns

Hackers, Virus Malware Threads

The wave of distributed denial of service attacks that hit U.S. banks in October was next-to-nothing compared to what could happen if cybercriminals actually carry through with their plans for next year. According to a report released by McAfee Labs, an impending attack on U.S. financial institutions — dubbed Project Blitzkrieg — isn\’t only a …

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Facebook helps FBI take down $850M botnet crime ring

Facebook, Hackers, Virus Malware Threads

Facebook helped the FBI take down an international crime ring that used a botnet to infect 11 million computers and steal more than $850 million, one of the largest cybercrime hauls in history. The FBI announced today that with the social-networking giant\’s assistance, it had arrested 10 people from countries around the world who it …

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