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  • Exploding Pagers and Walkie-Talkies in Lebanon – A Hacker’s Analysis

    Exploding Pagers and Walkie-Talkies in Lebanon – A Hacker’s Analysis

    Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has had a rough couple of days with communication devices exploding all around them. Thousands of pagers detonated simultaneously in Hezbollah strongholds on Tuesday, the 17th of September, killing 9 and injuring more than 3,000 Lebanese citizens. Among the affected were several Hezbollah fighters as well…

  • Uber Fined 290 Million Euros for GDPR Violations

    Uber Fined 290 Million Euros for GDPR Violations

    The Dutch Data Protection Authority(DPA) has imposed a fine of 290 Million euros on transport giant Uber for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) in Europe. Uber was found to be transferring the personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States(US) without safeguarding the data being transferred…

  • Everything You Need to Know About the Snowflake Breaches

    Everything You Need to Know About the Snowflake Breaches

    Information stealer leaks over the past several years culminated in a series of breaches starting in May this year, involving 165 companies including Ticketmaster, Santander, AT&T, Advance Auto Parts, Anheuser-Busch, and Lending Tree. We will refer to these as the Snowflake breaches. It all started when a threat actor group…

  • ClownStrike: CrowdStrike’s Faulty Update that Broke the Internet

    ClownStrike: CrowdStrike’s Faulty Update that Broke the Internet

    Global cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike unintentionally became the reason for a massive Denial-of-Service(DoS) last Friday when a routine update to their endpoint security platform Falcon went horribly wrong. A faulty component pushed with the update triggered a logic error in Windows PCs worldwide causing them to get stuck on Blue Screens of Death(BSOD) and in never-ending boot loops. The update contained newly observed malicious pipes being used…

  • About Us

    About Us

    Cybersecurity for Everyone Cybersecurity affects everyone. Our purpose is to empower people with the knowledge they need to stay safe and secure online. Hello There! I am Kaval Joshi a.k.a Kr1pt7c, A cybersecurity consultant, security researcher, darknet prowler, and creator of Decrypting. Welcome! Let’s start with why. Why did I start Decrypting? The field of Cybersecurity has…