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It is predicted that 3.5 million jobs will be unfilled in the field of cybersecurity by the end of this year. Several of these jobs pay very well, and in most cases, you don't even need a college degree to get hired. The most important thing is to have the skills and certifications.  The All-In-One 2022 Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle  helps you gain both, with 18 courses covering all aspects of cybersecurity. Normally, you pay $3,284 for this training, but you can get it now for only $42.99 via The Hacker New Deals. The purpose of ethical hacking is to find weaknesses in the system that a malicious hacker may exploit. A certified expert can work either full-time or freelance, earning up to $149,000 a year, according to PayScale. This bundle would be perfect for anyone interested in the field of cybersecurity, offering the opportunity to start off on the right foot. Starting with the fundamentals, the beginner-friendly instruction will take you all the way to high-leve...

Cybercrime has continued to evolve and today exists in a highly organised form. Cybercrime has increasingly been commercialised, and itself become big business by renting out an expanded range of hacking tools and technologies, from exploit kits to ransomware, to help anyone build threats and launch attacks. In past few years, we have witnessed the increase in the popularity of malware-as-a-service (MaaS), which is today a prosperous business on the underground black market that offers an array of services, including ransomware-as-a-service , DDoS-as-a-service , phishing-as-a-service, and much more. Two such services have recently been spotted by two separate group of researchers, which we have detailed in this article. Ovidiy Stealer — $7 Password-Stealing Malware For Everyone A new credential stealing malware that targets primarily web browsers is being marketed at Russian-speaking web forums for as cheap as $7, allowing anyone with even little technical knowledge ...

The world of cybersecurity is fast-paced and ever-changing. New attacks are unleashed every day, and companies around the world lose millions of dollars as a result. The only thing standing in the way of cybercrime is a small army of ethical hackers. These cybersecurity experts are employed to find weaknesses before they can be exploited. It's a lucrative career, and anyone can find work after the right training. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for cyber security experts will expand rapidly over the next three or four years. If you want to build a career in the industry, now is the time to take action. Do you also want to learn real-world hacking techniques but don't know where to start? This week's THN deal is for you —  2019 Ethical Hacker Master Class Bundle . This latest training bundle includes 10 following-mentioned courses with over 180 hours of  1395 in-depth  online lectures, helping you master all the fundamentals of cyber...

Whether you relish a mental challenge or fancy a six-figure paycheck, there are many good reasons to get into  white hat hacking . That said, picking up the necessary knowledge to build a  new career  can seem like a daunting task. There is a lot to learn, after all. To help you get started, The Hacker News Deals is currently running an eye-catching offer:  pay what you want  for one video course, and get another eight courses if you beat the average price paid.  Special Offer  — For a limited time, name your price for one cybersecurity course and beat the average price paid to  get lifetime access to nine courses . The full bundle is worth $1,668! With thousands of unfilled positions, white hat hacking is a lucrative and exciting career path. This bundle provides a solid introduction to the world of penetration testing and general cybersecurity, with over 65 hours of intensive training. Through concise video tutorials, you learn how to secur...

A jury has found Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht  a.k.a Dread Pirate Roberts  guilty on all seven counts and faces Life In Prison for running an underground black market i.e.  Silk Road . Ross Ulbricht, a San Francisco 30-year-old web developer was arrested by FBI in a sting operation in October 2013 accusing him of being the criminal mastermind running Silk Road, where hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal goods were traded. Ross Ulbricht had claimed that he had built Silk Road, but he was not the site's notorious ringleader " Dread Pirate Roberts. " The trial went on for just over three weeks and today the jury of six men and six women charged Ross Ulbricht with seven counts including money laundering, drug trafficking and computer hacking among other things. " The supposed anonymity of the dark web is not a protective shield from arrest and prosecution ," according to Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in a statement af...

With more data stored in the cloud than ever before, now is a good time to  get into cybersecurity . Many top corporations are looking for new talent, and even junior professionals can earn $80,000 or more. The only barrier to entry is education. How do you learn about security protocols and white hat hacking? Enter the  All-In-One 2022 Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle . This collection of 18 courses provides the perfect launchpad for your new career, and readers of The Hacker News can currently grab it at a massive discount. Reader Offer —  This collection of 18 courses is worth $3,284. But for a limited time, you can get lifetime access to all the training  for only $42.99 ! Knowledge is everything in the world of cybersecurity. The more skills you acquire, the more doors will open within the industry.  This bundle helps you fill your résumé, with 1,686 individual tutorials covering a wide range of topics. You don't need any technical background in orde...

Ransomware is one of the most blatant and obvious criminal's money making schemes out there. Ransomware malware was mostly known by the people when Cryptolocker comes into play. At the time when readers were getting aware of ransomware, Cryptolocker threat had touched the peak and other money motivated cyber criminals have started developing their own Cryptolocker versions. Two hackers going by the name of ' gyx ' and ' Porphyry ' (admin of maldev.net hacking forum) are advertizing a new ramsomware malware tool-kit called "Prison Locker" on various hacking forums with tutorials. They have developed the Prison Locker a.k.a Power Locker ramsomware toolkit in C/C++ programming language, proving a GUI version with customizable features for customers. The Ransomware is using BlowFish encryption to encrypt all available files on the victim's hard disk and shared drives except . exe , . dll , . sys , other system files. During encryption it will ge...

If you're running any PHP based website on NGINX server and have PHP-FPM feature enabled for better performance, then beware of a newly disclosed vulnerability that could allow unauthorized attackers to hack your website server remotely. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-11043 , affects websites with certain configurations of PHP-FPM that is reportedly not uncommon in the wild and could be exploited easily as a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for the flaw has already been released publicly. PHP-FPM is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation that offers advanced and highly-efficient processing for scripts written in PHP programming language. The main vulnerability is an "env_path_info" underflow memory corruption issue in the PHP-FPM module, and chaining it together with other issues could allow attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code on vulnerable web servers. The vulnerability was spotted by Andrew Danau, a security researcher at Wallarm while hun...

100 Kenya government websites breached by Indonesian hacker An Indonesian hacker on Tuesday attacked and defaced more than 100 Kenya government websites Among the ministries affected include the Ministries of Local Government, Livestock, Environment, Fisheries, Housing, and Industrialisation in a major cyber security breach. A Kenyan expert aware of the incident said an Indonesian hacker known as direxer was responsible for the hacking. The hacker, referred to as Direxer , broke into the sites and defaced them to show that he had managed to access them. Others hacked sites are ministries of Finance, Education, Public Health, Youth Affairs, National Heritage and Roads; as well as sensitive departments such as Administration Police, Immigration, Prisons and various city, municipal and county councils. Check List here . A Cyber Incidence Response Team (CIRT) based at the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has moved into action and was making efforts to restore the affected ...

At long last, top companies are starting to take cybersecurity seriously. As a consequence, technical recruiters are looking for people with hacking skills and certifications to prove it. CompTIA is seen as the gold standard when it comes to cybersecurity exams, with several certifications to choose from. If you would like to scoop them all,  The CompTIA Security Infrastructure Expert Bundle  is worth your attention. This collection of courses offers 111 hours of video tutorials, working towards four certifications: Security+, CySA+, CASP, and PenTest+. The content in this bundle is worth $1,180 — but The Hacker News has partnered with iCollege to bring the price crashing down.  Special Offer  — Right now, you can  get lifetime access to all four courses for just $29.99 . This is the final reduction on this bundle, so you won't get a better price! Whether you want to become a cybersecurity specialist or just build a strong technical résumé, taking CompTIA...

Smartphones are powerful and popular, with more than thousands of new mobile apps hitting the market everyday. Apps and mobile devices often rely on consumers' data, including private information, photos, and location, that can be vulnerable to data breaches, surveillance and real-world thieves. When developing a mobile application, developer has to fulfill high security requirements, established for apps that deal with confidential data of the users. If you are a developer then responsibilities for providing security to the users is very high in comparison to functionality you are going to feed into the app. e.g. A vulnerability found in Starbucks' iOS app could have caused a massive financial data loss. It is always important for all app developers to have enough knowledge about major Mobile platform Security threats and its countermeasures. Today we would like to introduce open source ' Damn Vulnerable IOS App (DVIA) ' developed by Prateek Gianchan...

The FBI had seized a website called ' Silk Road ', that was considered one of the most popular Underground places on the Internet for buying drugs and other illicit goods and services. They arrested the site's alleged founder,  Ross William Ulbricht, known as " Dread Pirate Roberts ," in San Francisco, who reportedly had  26,000 Bitcoins worth $3.6 million. The FBI used information from Comcast in the investigation and collaborated with US Customs and Border Patrol, the Internal Revenue Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security. Ross Ulbricht Ross William Ulbricht, a 29-year-old graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Materials Science and Engineering  charged with one count each of narcotics trafficking conspiracy, computer hacking conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, according to the filing. ' Silk Road '  website, which had operated since early 2011, also offered tut...

Exclusive — If you have an account on Taringa , also known as "The Latin American Reddit," your account details may have compromised in a massive data breach that leaked login details of almost all of its over 28 million users. Taringa is a popluar social network geared toward Latin American users, who create and share thousands of posts every day on general interest topics like life hacks, tutorials, recipes, reviews, and art. The Hacker News has been informed by LeakBase , a breach notification service, who has obtained a copy of the hacked database containing details on 28,722,877 accounts, which includes usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords for Taringa users. The hashed passwords use an ageing algorithm called MD5 – which has been considered outdated even before 2012 – that can easily be cracked, making Taringa users open to hackers. Wanna know how weak is MD5?, LeakBase team has already cracked 93.79 percent (nearly 27 Million) of hashed passwords s...

Chris Hoff, HacKid.org Leads UNITED Security Summit Award Winners Awards Recognize Outstanding Contributions to Propel the Information Security Industry Forward to Meet Future Challenges San Francisco, CA at the UNITED Security Summit – September 20, 2011 –  The first annual  UNITED Security Summit  included an awards ceremony at the official event party, held at Vessel, San Francisco last night. The UNITED Security Summit Awards focus on recognizing the contributions of individuals and organizations that are propelling the information security industry forward, building the level of preparedness in the face of the changing threat landscape.  Winners at the ceremony were recognized specifically for innovation, collaboration, investment in the future or in the industry in general, and leadership. "As a co-sponsor of the UNITED Security Summit awards and participant in the judging process, it's exciting to see how innovative and collaborative companies in the secu...

Last October, the ' Silk Road ' story broke when its owner Ross William Ulbricht , a 29-year-old who allegedly created and managed the Silk Road underground website, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The police seized the website that was considered one of the most popular Underground places on the Internet for buying drugs and other illicit goods and services. Just some days after the Shutdown of Silk Road , Authorities in Britain, Sweden, and the United States arrested eight more vendors who dedicatedly used to sell illegal drugs on Silk Road. Yesterday, Cornelis Jan Slomp , a 22-year old Dutch man who allegedly used the Silk Road underground black market website to sell illegal drugs for bitcoins worth millions of dollars has agreed to plead guilty in Chicago federal court to federal drug conspiracy charge filed against him, according to a statement issued by U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon in Chicago and Slomp's lawyer. FBI CASHING OUT ...