Hacking School Computers to Change Grades

Hacking School Computers to Change Grades

Apr 6, 2018

Hackers recently targeted a Virginia high school in order to change the grades of multiple students. The hackers were able to obtain access to teacher accounts when they sent out a phishing link. The phishing link was included inside an email that pretended

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Panera Bread Ignored Data Breach Warning, Said it was a “Scam”

Panera Bread Ignored Data Breach Warning, Said it was a “Scam”

Apr 3, 2018

Panera Bread has suffered a major data breach, affecting potentially 7 million customers. The data is said to include names, email addresses, and credit card information. What’s worse – the data could have been crawled and indexed with simple automated tools. This wasn’t

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Hackers Find Exploit and Reactivate LizardSquad’s Twitter Account

Hackers Find Exploit and Reactivate LizardSquad’s Twitter Account

Sep 3, 2016

On September 2, hackers calling themselves “Spain Squad” used an exploit to take control of several previously suspended Twitter accounts. Among these accounts were usernames like @Hitler, @botnet, @LizardSquad and @1337. Twitter re-suspended all of the breached accounts shortly after the hack, but

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Are The Shadow Brokers Like Snowden? Theory Suggests Insider Hack

Are The Shadow Brokers Like Snowden? Theory Suggests Insider Hack

Aug 23, 2016

By now, most of our readers have heard of the Shadow Brokers, the hacker group who obtained a large trove of data from the National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked information about the NSA’s cyber tools. The cyber tools were apparently stolen from

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Did Another Hacker Steal NSA Exploits from the Shadow Brokers?

Did Another Hacker Steal NSA Exploits from the Shadow Brokers?

Aug 22, 2016

A Twitter user who goes by @1×0123 claims to have stolen the data that The Shadow Brokers hacked from the NSA. Gizmodo reached out to the hacker and were unable to verify their claims. However, back in April, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, gave

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A Seized Silk Road Wallet is Moving Bitcoin to the NSA Hackers

A Seized Silk Road Wallet is Moving Bitcoin to the NSA Hackers

Aug 22, 2016

Last week, a group called the “Shadow Brokers” claimed to have hacked the NSA – stealing their code, exploits and spy tools. They leaked bits of information on GitHub and claimed the information was stolen from the Equation Group, a group who most

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New Security Measures from Gmail (VIDEO)

New Security Measures from Gmail (VIDEO)

Mar 25, 2016

Have you noticed some of the changes lately in your Gmail inbox? You may have received an email from a friend or colleague and saw that it had an unlocked red padlock next to it like this: When you hover over the padlock,

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