Ransomware attacks hit 105 US local governments in 2022

In 2022, ransomware attacks targeted 105 state or municipal governments or agencies in the US, reads a report published by Emsisoft. According to the “The State of Ransomware in the US: Report and Statistics 2022” report published by Emsisoft, the number of ransomware attacks against government, education and healthcare sector organizations is quite similar to […]

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Are professional and white only targeting authorized target

I often find in books, video or article from ethical hacker or security professional saying you should never hack not even target a website without their consent. I’m not talking about harming those vulnerable website but I would have assume that hack…

Is possible that I can get hacked this way?

Hi, I am new to this sub, this is my first post here, hi to everyone. I was wondering if Instagram could be hacked and get phone number, chats, mail, and maybe the password of an account. Is this technically possible? Same with WhatsApp I, can someone hack it and get the chat? Thanks for the help y’all Ps: this is just for information purposes, I don’t know anything about this world, and I was minding if it was possible that someone can get my data (this kind of data I mean)

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What are some good meetups to find hackers at?

So like I am at a hackerspace and I don’t see loads of other hackers my age there. Most of them are older. I want to keep going because it’s a good meetup but where else can I find hackers typically? submitted by /u/notburneddown [link]…

Gmail hacking

Please help me out here. I need to somehow access my pretty old gmail account because a code is being sent there for me to get access to another account. I tried forgot password but it doesn’t work. I don’t care if I lose the account after I just need …

Windows Update / TPM / Bitlocker

I run little PC Business. Usual stuff, savong Computers. Today I had already the secon client ( first was a lenovo ) with a DELL, who run some updates and after the Bitlocker Blue Window comes up and asks for a password, that the person does not have. …

any iPhone experts here?

We had a situation in our family where an uncle decided it was a great idea to groom and then SA his 9 year old niece. The issue is he taught her how to delete texts and stuff from her iPhone. When trying to figure out how to restore them we found that…

Spoofing IoT devices

I’ve been trying to learn more about IoT devices and to do so I’ve been trying to hack my WiFi controlled smart lights. I found the port they communicate on and in an attempt to intercept the data spoofed the MAC address of one of the lights. As expect…