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Venezuela Claims Assassination Attempt Of President By Drone
Venezuela Claims Assassination Attempt Of President By Drone Last Saturday Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro was making a speech. The event was being held to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the countries National Guard. Part way through though, the President stopped amid an explosion. While the president was not hurt, 7 soldiers…
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Drunk Man Arrested for Attacking Robocop
A drunk man in California attempted to assault a crime prevention robot which called the police and reported its own assault during the incident. Jason Sylvain, whilst heavily intoxicated (and for reasons we’ve yet to determine) took offence to the crime fighting robot and decided to challenge it to fisticuffs. The…
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The Megalodon Easter Egg Has Been Found in Battlefield 1
The famous Megalodon easter egg has finally been discovered in Battlefield 1, and as you can imagine, the unlocking of it is as trick as usual. The fine people at Dice have always had a habit of inserting rather bizarre and fun Easter eggs into their games, 3 years ago…
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Hacker Leaks “Orange is the New Black” Season 5
A hacker who has threatened to release the upcoming season 5 episodes of the NetFlix show Orange is the New Black has made good with his promise and released it via torrent websites. Going by the username “thedarkoverlord” the hacker has leaked the first 10 episodes worth 11.46 GB in…
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WD Reponds To Recent My Cloud Vulnerability Disclosure
WD made big headlines with the recent disclosure or no less than 85 exploits in their My Cloud series of NAS devices. The site that found the bugs also disclosed them to the public in order to get WD into gear and fix them and they did so because of…
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Rogue Robot Attacks Visitors at Chinese Tech Fair
It sounds like a scene straight out of a science fiction movie, but visitors of China’s six-day Hi-Tech Fair 2016 event in Shenzen witnessed and experienced a robot going “rogue” firsthand and injuring people on November 18. Demonstrating the use of automation interaction, a robot codenamed “Xiao Pang” rammed a…
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Cougar Announces The Attack X3 RGB Gaming Keyboard
Cougar has been manufacturing an impressive range of peripherals which target competitive price points and exhibit excellent build quality. The company’s latest product is the Attack X3 RGB gaming keyboard which looks very promising. The keyboard is a tweaked version of the Attack X3 and now supports RGB lighting. The…
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Record-Breaking DDoS Was Delivered By 145k Hacked Cameras
DDoS attacks are nothing new, they’re going on all the time around the web, taking down websites, companies, stores, you name it. However, the attack that recently took down KrebsOnSecurity website knocked the site out for 24 hours with what is now believed to be a record-breaking 620 gigabit-per-second DDoS attack.…
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Heroes of the Storm Player Threatens Blizzard with AK-47
When it comes to competitive games, you often feel a bit riled up when playing against other human people and sometimes that competitive (and somewhat violent) nature can slip out in words. Go looking to throw that violent nature at people and it quickly escalates, just like one player of Heroes of…
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Hacking Group Claim Responsibility for Pokemon GO Servers Being Down
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past month, you’ll know about Pokemon Go. The monster collecting augmented reality game has taken the world by storm, despite it’s staggered launch schedule around the world. Unfortunately for the mass of would be Pokemon trainers worldwide, the game has…
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Ubisoft Blunder Gives Away Your IP Address in Rainbow Six
When it comes to online gaming, every advantage is one that players will often try to use. These advantages can either be an upgraded piece of hardware or a new gaming mouse or keyboard but for some, they will go to extreme lengths, such as using DDoS (Distributed Denial of…
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ISIS Getting Hit by Cyberbombs From The US
When it comes to cyber attacks, they’ve been coming up more and more affecting people, companies and countries altogether. The US are looking to escalate the status that they treat cyber threats by considering the elevation of the US Cybercommand unit to its own specialist unit. In its first reported action since…
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DDoS Extortionists Are Getting Paid Without a Single DDoS Attack
DDoS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attacks are on the rise, with more and more people suffering from the online attack. These attacks tend to hit companies and businesses sites, or even gaming networks and result in people losing access to their favourite sites or even the ability to talk to their…
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Gmail Says Use of Encrypted Emails Has Risen 25%
We use email every day, be it sending them for work or personal reasons or getting a thousand and one emails advertising everything from something you are interested in helping a foreign prince distribute their wealth. One way that you can be protected when sending emails is to send encrypted…
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