A pacemaker uses batteries to send electrical impulses to the heart to help it pump properly. An electrode is placed next to the heart wall and small electrical charges travel through the wire to the heart. – americanheart.org

There is nothing to panic about, at least not yet as the technique of having unauthorised access remains with the people (researchers and students) who would not use it to harm anyone.

Hacking pacemaker was probably never on a hackers list, but after this news hit the media I am sure it will attract a lot of unwanted attention.

Some things in life are better unexplained!

Read more at Venturebeat.

Victory will come, inshallah and the scenario of Chechnya will be repeated and we will drive you out. Millions of young Muslims are willing to die for al-Quds, which belongs to us.

This was the first time ever, a group of hackers managed to break into the an official site and leave a message. "Globes" reported the story on 27th-APR and the site is still down which goes on to show that the bank authorities at still trying to handle the situation.

As reported by "Globes" bank’s spokesman stated that the banks website is not linked to the internal systems of the bank so the doubts about the leakage of bank data does not arise.

So what’d the darker side of IRC, what does it have to offer? You name it and they have it. Hacking into e-mail accounts, hacking into hotels database for credit card information, buy expensive laptops for cheap no matter where in the world you are, buy paypal accounts, buy thousands of e-mail addresses, buy hacked roots, Bank Logins, Paypal accounts, etc.. etc..

Most of the channels and servers where the real action happens is either inaccessible as it is under secret mode (+S), password protected or only on invite basis, never the less, there are a few channels where you can still see such trading happening.

You can join the following channels where such information is shared and traded.

On UnderNet

• #debit
• #visa
• #cchack
• #carding

Following image shows one of the messages by a trader. (click on the image to enlarge it)

There are hundreds of network on IRC but the most busy and popular ones are 1) EFnet, created by Greg Lindahl, in 1990, 2) Undernet was created by Danny Mitchell in 1992 and 3) DALnet created by “dalvenjah" in 1994.

Click here to download mIRC. Click here to quick start at IRC

Hackers are fooling many users by circulating an “exclusive video” of the assassination which is actually a malware package.

This video mail started off just hours after Ms Bhutto’s killing.

All those who wanted to watch the video were asked to download a codec file.
The code file in turn opened the doors for an alternative of Zlob Trojan which additionally downloaded other malware.

To know more about Zlob Trojan,its technical details and removal, click here.

This mail has some naughty Christmas spam which invites people to go to a site name merrychristmasdude.com containing a picture scantily clothed women!

The site offers a free download which contains a malicious program called EmailWorm.Win32.
This in turn triggers a peer to peer virus activity and therefore forms a network.

Click here to know more about this virus and how to remove it.