'The Fappening' Hacker Reveals How He Stole Nude Pics of Over 100 Celebrities

Almost one and a half years ago after the massive leakage of celebrities' nude photographs — famous as "The Fappening" or "Celebgate" scandal — a man had been charged with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, facing up to 5 years in prison as a result.



The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that it charged Ryan Collins, 36, of Pennsylvania for illegally accessing the Gmail

Social Engineering — Free Online Training for Hackers

For most of us Hacking is Technological in Nature. But, we usually forget the most important element of hacking that makes a successful hack from 10% to over 90%...



...The Human Element.



And here the Social Engineering comes in.



Social Engineering deals with non-technical kind of intrusion and manipulation that relies heavily on human interaction rather than technology.



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Phishing Your Employees: Clever way to Promote Cyber Awareness

Employees are the weakest link when it comes to enterprise security, and unfortunately hackers realized this years ago. All an attacker needs to use some social engineering tactics against employees of companies and organizations they want to target.



A massive 91% of successful data breaches at companies started with a social engineering and spear-phishing attack. A phishing attack usually

This Simple Trick Requires Only Your Phone Number to Hack your Email Account

We all have been receiving spam phone calls and messages on almost daily basis from scammers who want to pilfer your money and personal information, but a new type of social engineering hack that makes use of just your mobile number to trick you is a little scarier.



Security firm Symantec is warning people about a new password recovery scam that tricks users into handing over their webmail

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 campaign, dubbed "The Dyre Wolf" by researchers from IBM's Security Intelligence division, targets businesses and organizations that use wire