hack

Two cool hacks from WhatsApp, block anonymously and don’t repeat yourself

You’re in a group chat and everyone keeps asking for one set of information that was texted two days ago. Now you can pin…

WhatsApp hacked: Here’s what to do

Over 500 million records could be for sale, in what has been described as one of the biggest records breach for the social message…

Hands-free Tiktok hack you need

Scroll Tiktok videos with only your voice. Video-sharing platform Tiktok has one feature for iPhone users that’s incredibly handy for scrolling through videos while…

How to turn screenshot scribbles into perfect shapes

Here’s a life hack that most wished they knew. That’s if you don’t already know it by now. It’s a screenshot hack to get…

Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account has been hacked, yet again

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, has once again had his account hacked, his company confirmed on Friday. The account simply known as @jack,…

‘All Yahoo user accounts’ were affected by 2013 hack

When Yahoo announced that a billion users were affected by its 2013 hack, the internet weathered a collective cold sweat. But the story isn’t…

143m Americans’ credit, personal data compromised due to Equifax breach

Equifax, one of the US’s largest consumer credit reporting agencies, today announced a breach of its digital security measures that could affect as many…

Zomato hacked, 17m users’ personal data leaked to the dark web

If you frequent the India-based restaurant and food review app Zomato, you should probably change your password immediately. That’s the message conveyed in a…

Verified Twitter accounts post swastikas in Turkish hack

Last week, the Netherlands barred two Turkish ministers from speaking to expatriates ahead of a national memorandum. On 16 April, Turkey will be voting whether or…

FriendFinder Networks: 412m accounts hacked in 2016’s biggest breach

Another adult dating company has been hacked, but this time it’s FriendFinder. According to breach notification portal LeakedSource, details of around 412-million accounts have made…

Update: Leslie Jones’ website hacked, nude photos released

Update, 25 August, 10.10am: In light of the hack, Twitter leapt to Leslie Jones’ support. But while that included a swathe of her fans,…

Ashley Madison user data now leaks online, possibly includes 175k South Africans

A few weeks back, we reported that popular infidelity website Ashely Madison had been hacked. Hacker group Impact Team, threatened to release user data…

James Bond’s ‘Spectre’ movie plot notes leaked by hacker group

Following the cyber attacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November where five unreleased movies along with sensitive documents were made public, the drafts of…

Five Sony Pictures’ movies leak after major security breach

Sony employees are rounding the year off on a bad note. Five unreleased movies from Sony Pictures have recently leaked online. As reported by…

Facebook: Zuckerberg exploit was our bad…sorta

If you were trying to alert Facebook to a problem, but weren’t getting through to anyone what would you do? You could ask to…

Twitter adds two-step verification to beef up security

Twitter finally announced the rollout of a two-step verification security feature. We have seen this coming for a long time now. The feature allows you…

Twitter accidentally sends out mass password reset email

Your Twitter account might have been hacked today, although it probably wasn’t. Confused? So were a number of Twitter users around the world after…

Syrian gov’t supporters hack Al-Jazeera

News agency Al-Jazeera has been hacked for the second time in less than a week. The attack has seen the agency sending out false…

ANC Youth League website hacked

Hours after a South African newspaper revealed that the lavish lifestyle of ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema was being bankrolled by a…

Sony hack happened – a million Sony Pictures accounts stolen

Update on Gearburn’s breaking news yesterday. The hacker group Lulz Boat has claimed to have stolen more than one million passwords, email addresses and…

Hackers goad Sony, claim theft of internal data

It appears that the Sony’s numerous hacker problems are far from over. According to @LulzSec, the Twitter feed of the Lulz Boat (just go…

S-oh no!-ny hacked. Again

Sony on Tuesday said its websites in three countries had been hacked with 8,500 Greek user accounts compromised, in a blow to efforts to…

‘You’ve been Punk’d’ : Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter account hacked at TED

With over 6.3-million followers worldwide, Hollywood icon and new media entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher is one of the Twitter elite, and is the sixth most…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

How AI is Rewriting Urban Planning in Developing Regions

Transforming Healthcare in Africa with Technology

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain