Facebook Open Sources its Capture the Flag (CTF) Platform

Hacking into computer, networks and websites could easily land you in jail. But what if you could freely test and practice your hacking skills in a legally safe environment?

Facebook just open-sourced its Capture The Flag (CTF) platform to encourage students as well as developers to learn about cyber security and secure coding practices.

Capture the Flag hacking competitions

Hacker Hijacks a Police Drone from 2 Km Away with $40 Kit

A researcher has demonstrated how easy it is to steal high-end drones, commonly deployed by government agencies and police forces, from 2 kilometres away with the help of less than $40 worth of hardware.



The attack was developed by IBM security researcher Nils Rodday, who recently presented his findings at Black Hat Asia 2016.



Hacking the $28,463 Drone with Less than $40 of Hardware

Vigilante Hackers Aim to Hijack 200,000 Routers to Make Them More Secure

The same "Vigilante-style Hacker," who previously hacked more than 10,000 routers to make them more secure, has once again made headlines by compromising more than 70,000 home routers and apparently forcing their owners to make them secure against flaws and weak passwords.



Just like the infamous hacking group Lizard Squad, the group of white hat hackers, dubbed the White Team, is building

Critical iOS Flaw allowed Hackers to Steal Cookies from Devices

Apple has patched a critical vulnerability in its iOS operating system that allowed criminal hackers to impersonate end users' identities by granting read/write access to website's unencrypted authentication cookies.



The vulnerability was fixed with the release of iOS 9.2.1 on Tuesday, almost three years after it was first discovered and reported to Apple.



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Cracking WiFi Passwords By Hacking into Smart Kettles

Hackers have come after your phone, your computer, and your car.



Now hackers are coming after your home refrigerators, Smart TVs, and eventually KETTLES.



Yes, your kettle turns out good for more than just heating up water or making coffee for you– they are potentially a good way for hackers to breach your wireless network.


Also Read: How to Weaponize your Cat to Hack Neighbours'

Critical Netgear Router Exploit allows anyone to Hack You Remotely

Yes, NETGEAR Routers have once again become a victim of DNS Monitoring, potentially affecting 11,000 Devices.



This week, we reported about a Vigilante Hacker, who protected users by installing malware on their Wi-Fi routers, forcing them to use a secure password.



Now within few days, a security researcher has discovered a serious vulnerability in Netgear routers that has been publicly

​SYNful Knock: Backdoor Malware Found in Cisco Routers

Mandiant, a FireEye sister concern has been involved in researches related to cyber defense.



In their recent findings, a backdoor malware named SYNful Knock identified as the one compromising the principles of Cisco routers with features such as...



...Having an everlasting effect, i.e. Serious Persistence.



What?- The malicious program is implanted in the router

Techie Police Officer Builds a Sniffing Tool to Track Stolen Devices (based on War-Driving)

Ever wonder, How can you Track your Stolen Smartphone, Laptop or any Smart Device?



...With IMEI Number?

...Or IP address?

...Or may be some special types of equipment?



Well, Not required, because now it is possible to track stolen devices just by scanning their MAC addresses.



Yes, Just MAC addresses, which is assigned to each device on a unique basis by the IEEE, but crooks can

Google Unveils Smart, New OnHub Wi-Fi Router

Don't stare at the screen for too long for the buffering to end, Google has a solution!



It seems like Google is buckling up to carve out a niche in the market of wireless smart network devices.



Just few days after Google made itself a subsidiary and a separate venture under Alphabet Inc, it announced the news of Android Marshmallow and now ithe company has announced to offer a new way

Hacking Team and Boeing Built Cyber Weaponized Drones to Spy on Targets

The leaked internal emails from the Italian surveillance software company Hacking Team have revealed that the spyware company developed a robotic aircraft designed to attack computers and smartphone devices through Wi-Fi networks.



Over a year ago, some security researchers developed a drone called 'Snoopy' that was capable to intercept data from users' Smartphones through spoofed wireless