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Security Vulnerability in McDonald's India allows hackers to access Customer data

If you are from India and have ordered Burger in McDonald's, your personal details are at risk. Security researchers from  Fallible foung a serious vulnerability  McDonald’s India application that allows hackers to access millions of customer data. There is no authentication or authorization check in API used in the application.   Sending request to "http://services.mcdelivery.co.in/ProcessUser.svc/GetUserProfile" with customer id in the header allows to access customer details. The customer id is a sequential number.  All an attacker needs to do is create a script and increase the number to dump all customer data. "The lack of strong data protection and privacy laws or penalties in India, unlike the European Union , United States or Singapore has led to companies ignoring user data protection" The researcher said. "We have in the past discovered more than 50 instances of data leaks in several Indian organizations." The researcher said. The vul...

Ukrainian CyberPolice arrested the spreader of PETYA RANSOMWARE

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Ukrainian CyberPolice arrest the Hacker Ukrainian officers from cyber crime department have arrested a 51-year-old resident of Nikopol (Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk region), who is suspected of spreading computer virus "Petya.A". Petya is a ransomware that infects the Master boot Record(MBR). If the malware successfully infectes the MBR, it will encrypt the whole hard drive. Otherwise, it encrypts all files. According to the local news report  the suspect published an online tutorial video explaining how to use the "Petya.A" malware to infect victim's computers. In the comments section, he also shared a link to social network on which he has uploaded the malware and distributed. The police have conducted a search at the residence of the suspect. They have seized the computer equipments and found malicious software which is similare to the "Petya.A". The malware is said to be infected more than 400 computers. Also a number of companies inte...

Why Python Programming Language is very useful for Hackers?

Programming is one of the most important skills of a hacker. When someone wants to become a hacker, he/she has to be a good programmer. But, what is the best programming language for hackers to begin with? Although, It is very important to have basic knowledge of every programming language still you have to master in a particular language. For that purpose, Python is the most popular programming language among hackers. Why is Python Programming Language very useful for Hackers? When you start learning the core of hacking, Python is great. With a giant standard library and a packaging system that puts prebuilt tools and frameworks at your fingertips, it is often very easy to hack something into existence. 1. Python is an Object-Oriented programming Object oriented programming approach is the most popular approach for software development. It uses classes and objects to create models based on the real world environment. Object-oriented Programming makes it eas...

Why Python Programming Language is very useful for Hackers?

Programming is one of the most important skills of a hacker. When someone wants to become a hacker, he/she has to be a good programmer. But, what is the best programming language for hackers to begin with? Although, It is very important to have basic knowledge of every programming language still you have to master in a particular language. For that purpose, Python is the most popular programming language among hackers. Why is Python Programming Language very useful for Hackers? When you start learning the core of hacking, Python is great. With a giant standard library and a packaging system that puts prebuilt tools and frameworks at your fingertips, it is often very easy to hack something into existence. 1. Python is an Object-Oriented programming Object oriented programming approach is the most popular approach for software development. It uses classes and objects to create models based on the real world environment. Object-oriented Programming makes it eas...

How to Reset Your Windows Local Admin Login Password !

 By Command Prompt Note: Most computers do not have administrator passwords by default when you open it in safe mode. This method will not work if it’ll ask you administrator password during safe mode.  Enter safe mode by restarting your computer by pressing F8 and then go to “Advanced Boot Options”. Then it will show you three options out of them you have to select Safe Mode with Command prompt. When you see Windows boots up choose Administrator. Press Windows button and type run or by holding windows button and press r then run command will open on the computer. In run, you have to type cmd.exe and a Command prompt pops up and then type net user and press Enter. For example, you have to remove login user “sun” then type “net user sun” then press Enter three times. You can change all the accounts password and also an administrative local password also. When the command is completed successful, the new password has been successfully reset. Then restart your comput...

How to Reset Your Windows Local Admin Login Password

 By Command Prompt Note: Most computers do not have administrator passwords by default when you open it in safe mode. This method will not work if it’ll ask you administrator password during safe mode.  Enter safe mode by restarting your computer by pressing F8 and then go to “Advanced Boot Options”. Then it will show you three options out of them you have to select Safe Mode with Command prompt. When you see Windows boots up choose Administrator. Press Windows button and type run or by holding windows button and press r then run command will open on the computer. In run, you have to type cmd.exe and a Command prompt pops up and then type net user and press Enter. For example, you have to remove login user “sun” then type “net user sun” then press Enter three times. You can change all the accounts password and also an administrative local password also. When the command is completed successful, the new password has been successfully reset. Then restart your comput...

How to Reset Your Windows Local Admin Login Password

 By Command Prompt Note: Most computers do not have administrator passwords by default when you open it in safe mode. This method will not work if it’ll ask you administrator password during safe mode.  Enter safe mode by restarting your computer by pressing F8 and then go to “Advanced Boot Options”. Then it will show you three options out of them you have to select Safe Mode with Command prompt. When you see Windows boots up choose Administrator. Press Windows button and type run or by holding windows button and press r then run command will open on the computer. In run, you have to type cmd.exe and a Command prompt pops up and then type net user and press Enter. For example, you have to remove login user “sun” then type “net user sun” then press Enter three times. You can change all the accounts password and also an administrative local password also. When the command is completed successful, the new password has been successfully reset. Then restart your comput...