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Over a Billion Records Leaked in Shanghai National Police Database Hack

July 8, 2022 By Ryan Estes

This past week, a hacker by the name of ChinaDan allegedly breached the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database and has put the nearly 23 TB of data up for sale for 10 bitcoin (BTC), or a little over $200k USD as of this writing. ChinaDan claims the data contains “information on 1 Billion Chinese national residents and several billion case records” including names, addresses, … [Read more...]

Botnet Tool Leaked – Daily Security Byte EP.110

July 7, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

A group of malware researchers wants the security community to know about a recent botnet tool that has leaked on the underground. Watch today's episode to learn about this tool, and why this leak will result in an increase in botnet activity. I also cover a few updates about the Hacking Team breach. (Episode Runtime: 2:06) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]

LinkedIn Passwords Leaked; Change Your Password

June 6, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

According to many reports, Russian attackers have somehow gotten their hands on 6.5 million hashed LinkedIn passwords. They have posted the hashed passwords to a Russian hacking web site, asking the hacking community to help them crack the hashes. With the increases in computing power and cracking technology, I suspect it's only a matter of time until they have actual … [Read more...]

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