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A cyber security student has shown Apple how hacking its Mac webcams can then also leave devices fully open to hackers, earning him $100,500 from the company's bug bounty program. Ryan Pickren, who previously discovered an iPhone and Mac camera vulnerability, has been awarded what is believed to be Apple's largest bug bounty payout. According to Pickren, the new webcam vulnerability concerned a series of issue with Safari and iCloud that he says Apple has now fixed. Before it was patched, a malicious website could launch an attack using these flaws. In his full account of the exploit, Pickren explains it would give the attacker full access to all web-based accounts, from iCloud to PayPal, plus permission to use the microphone, camera, and screensharing. If the camera were used, however, its regular green light would still come on as normal. Pickren reports that the same hack would ultimately mean that an attacker could gain full a...

An investigation is on after bank accounts of Filipino teachers were reportedly hacked by a still unknown group, the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday (January 24, 2022). State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (also known as Landbank) said the Filipino teachers whose bank accounts were hacked lost money via “phishing”. The bank, however, said its system is safe. It was not immediately clear how many teachers were hit by the latest online heist. “According to the initial investigation by Landbank, the devices of the teachers were hacked via phishing, which compromised their personal information,” the bank said in a statement. “The bank has already reached out to the affected customers and is working on the resolution of these isolated cases at the soonest possible time,” it added. The state-owned Landbank is the official depository bank of the Philippine government. The teachers are the latest victims of rising online scams...

Hackers launched a cyber attack on Canada's foreign ministry last week and some services are still down, officials said on Monday without disclosing who Ottawa thought was responsible. The incident was detected last Wednesday, a day before Canada's signals intelligence agency said network operators of critical infrastructure should boost their defenses against Russian state-sponsored threats. "Critical services ... are currently functioning. Some access to internet and internet-based services are currently not working," said a statement from the Treasury Board, which has overall responsibility for government operations. "There is no indication that any other government departments have been impacted," it said, adding no more details would be released. Neither the Treasury Board nor the foreign ministry responded when asked whether Russian actors were responsible. Canada has taken a strong line against Russia's military build-up on the Ukraini...

Hacktivists in Belarus said on Monday they had infected the network of the country’s state-run railroad system with ransomware and would provide the decryption key only if Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko stopped aiding Russian troops ahead of a possible invasion of Ukraine. Referring to the Belarus Railway, a group calling itself Cyber ​​Partisans wrote on Telegram: BelZhD, at the command of the terrorist Lukashenko, these days allows the occupying troops to enter our land. As part of the "Peklo" cyber campaign, we encrypted the bulk of the servers, databases and workstations of the BelZhD in order to slow down and disrupt the operation of the road. The backups have been destroyed. Dozens of databases have been cyberattacked, including AS-Sledd, AS-USOGDP, SAP, AC-Pred, pass.rw.by, uprava, IRC, etc. ⚠️ Automation and security systems were deliberately NOT affected by a cyber attack in order to avoid emergency situations. The group also announced th...

VPNLab.net, a VPN provider that was used by malicious actors to deploy ransomware and facilitate other cybercrimes, was taken offline following a coordinated law enforcement operation. Europol said it took action against the misuse of the VPN service by grounding 15 of its servers on January 17 and rendering it inoperable as part of a disruptive action that took place across Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Latvia, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K. A second outcome of the seizure is that at least 100 businesses that have been identified as at risk of impending cyber attacks are being notified. Europol didn't disclose the names of the companies. Established in 2008, the tool provided an advanced level of anonymity by offering double VPN connections to its clients — wherein the internet traffic is routed through two VPN servers located in different countries instead of one — for as cheap as $60 a year. "This made VPNLab.net a popul...

OpenSubtitles, one of the largest repositories of subtitle files on the internet, has been hacked. Founded in 2006, the site was reportedly hacked in August 2021 with the attacker obtaining the personal data of nearly seven million subscribers including email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords. The site alerted users yesterday after the hacker leaked the database online. OpenSubtitles is one of the largest and most popular subtitle repositories on the Internet. Millions of subtitle files are downloaded every week in many languages, often to be paired with downloaded movies and TV shows. The site was founded in 2006 by a Slovakian programmer who came up with the idea while drinking a few beers at a local pub. Following an announcement late yesterday, more beers might be needed to cope with an emerging crisis. OpenSubtitles Hacked, Millions of Subscribers’ Details Exposed In a post to the OpenSubtitles forum, site administrator ‘oss’ reveals that the site – which h...

The Linux terminal is a powerful utility. You can use it to control the whole system, crafting and typing commands as you go about doing your everyday tasks. But it can quickly become overwhelming to keep staring at a command line and carry on with your work. Lucky for you, the terminal is also a source of fun. You can play around with commands, listen to music, and even play games. Although expecting a great deal of entertainment from a window full of commands would be carrying it too far, you can find utilities to bind some time when bored. Here are some fun and entertaining commands every Linux user should try at least once. 1. CMatrix Starting off the list with a fun tool every Linux user loves, CMatrix is a command-line utility that generates the classic "The Matrix" animation from the popular movie franchise of the same name. You can expect to see some great animations in different colors that you also get to customize. Albeit CMatrix uses regular fonts instead of the o...