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2017-08-21 10:55:28 | Sony PlayStation Social Media Accounts Hacked; Claims PSN Database Breach (lien direct) | After hacking social media accounts of HBO and its widely watched show Game of Thrones, a notorious group of hackers calling itself OurMine took control over the official Twitter and Facebook accounts for Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) on Sunday.
After taking over the accounts, OurMine, Saudi Arabian group of hackers which claims to be a "white hat" security firm, posted its first tweet on
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2017-08-21 02:52:04 | Warning: Enigma Hacked; Over $470,000 in Ethereum Stolen So Far (lien direct) | More Ethereum Stolen!
An unknown hacker has so far stolen more than $471,000 worth of Ethereum-one of the most popular and increasingly valuable cryptocurrencies-in yet another Ethereum hack that hit the popular cryptocurrency investment platform, Enigma.
According to an announcement made on their official website an hour ago, an "unknown entity" has managed to hack their website, slack account
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2017-08-21 02:14:11 | Doctor Implanted 6 MicroChips Under His Skin to Unlock Doors and Secure Data (lien direct) | Biohacking could be a next big thing in this smart world.
At the beginning of this month, several dozen employees of Three Square Market (32M) received microchip implants in their hands during a "chip party," allowing them to log into their office computers, open doors, and pay for food and drinks, by simply waving their hands, AP reported.
But, biohacking is already becoming common in
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2017-08-20 10:10:24 | New Snowden Doc Exposes How NSA\'s Facility in Australia Aids Drone Strikes (lien direct) | The new documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has exposed a United States secretive facility located near a remote town in Australia's Northern Territory for covertly monitoring wireless communications and aiding US military missions.
The leaked documents have come from the massive trove of classified material stolen by Snowden from the US National Security Agency (NSA) in
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2017-08-20 03:17:24 | Smart Devices Can Be Hijacked to Track Your Body Movements And Activities Remotely (lien direct) | If your smartphones, tablets, smart refrigerators, smart TVs and other smart devices are smart enough to make your life easier, their smart behavior could also be leveraged by hackers to steal data, invade your privacy or spy on you, if not secured properly.
One such experiment has recently been performed by a team of student hackers, demonstrating a new attack method to turn smart devices
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2017-08-18 00:56:58 | Android Trojan Now Targets Non-Banking Apps that Require Card Payments (lien direct) | The infamous mobile banking trojan that recently added ransomware features to steal sensitive data and lock user files at the same time has now been modified to steal credentials from Uber and other booking apps as well.
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new variant of the Android banking Trojan called Faketoken that now has capabilities to detect and record an infected
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2017-08-17 10:59:40 | Two Critical Zero-Day Flaws Disclosed in Foxit PDF Reader (lien direct) | Are you using Foxit PDF Reader? If yes, then you need to watch your back.
Security researchers have discovered two critical zero-day security vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader software that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a targeted computer, if not configured to open files in the Safe Reading Mode.
The first vulnerability (CVE-2017-10951) is a command injection bug
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2017-08-17 09:01:39 | Unpatchable Flaw in Modern Cars Allows Hackers to Disable Safety Features (lien direct) | Today, many automobiles companies are offering vehicles that run on the mostly drive-by-wire system, which means a majority of car's functions-from instrument cluster to steering, brakes, and accelerator-are electronically controlled.
No doubt these auto-control systems make your driving experience much better, but at the same time, they also increase the risk of getting hacked.
Car Hacking
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2017-08-17 01:06:57 | Game of Thrones and HBO - Twitter, Facebook Accounts Hacked (lien direct) | The Game of Thrones hacking saga continues, but this time it's the HBO's and GOT's official Twitter and Facebook accounts got compromised, rather than upcoming episodes.
As if the leak of episodes by hackers and the accidental airing of an upcoming episode of Game of Thrones by HBO itself were not enough, a notorious group of hackers took over the official Twitter and Facebook accounts for
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2017-08-16 09:18:56 | Oopss! HBO Itself Accidentally Leaked \'Game of Thrones\' Season 7 Episode 6 (lien direct) | HBO doesn't need hackers to leak its widely watched "Game of Thrones" episodes, as it is sufficient enough to leak them by its own. In what seems to be a terrible blunder, HBO Spain appeared to have accidentally broadcast the next episode-Episode 6-of Game of Thrones season 7 five days before its official premiere. And as expected, the GoT episode 6 quickly began circulating online. | |||
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2017-08-16 05:45:21 | Corrupt Federal Agent, Who Stole Bitcoins From Silk Road, Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering (lien direct) | A former the United States Secret Service agent who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoins during an investigation into then-largest underground marketplace Silk Road has now pleaded guilty to money laundering.
Shaun W. Bridges is one of two former US undercover agents who pleaded guilty in 2015 to one count of money laundering and one count of obstruction and was sentenced
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2017-08-16 05:22:04 | 8 More Chrome Extensions Hijacked to Target 4.8 Million Users (lien direct) | Google's Chrome web browser Extensions are under attack with a series of developers being hacked within last one month.
Almost two weeks ago, we reported how unknown attackers managed to compromise the Chrome Web Store account of a developer team and hijacked Copyfish extension, and then modified it to distribute spam correspondence to users.
Just two days after that incident, some unknown
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2017-08-16 00:14:34 | Backdoor Found in Popular Server Management Software used by Hundreds of Companies (lien direct) | Cyber criminals are becoming more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. They are now adopting more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors and are harder to detect.
Recently, cyber crooks managed to infiltrate the update mechanism for a popular server management software package and altered it to include an advanced backdoor, which lasts for at least 17
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2017-08-15 10:10:19 | Faulty Firmware Auto-Update Breaks Hundreds of \'Smart Locks\' (lien direct) | More features, more problems!
Today, we are living in a digital age that is creating a digital headache for people by connecting every other unnecessary home appliance to the Internet.
Last week, nearly hundreds of Internet-connected locks became inoperable after a faulty software update hit some models.
Users of remotely accessible smart locks made by Colorado-based company LockState have
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2017-08-15 04:14:23 | Warning: Two Dangerous Ransomware Are Back – Protect Your Computers (lien direct) | Ransomware has been around for a few years but has become an albatross around everyone's neck-from big businesses and financial institutions to hospitals and individuals worldwide-with cyber criminals making millions of dollars.
In just past few months, we saw a scary strain of ransomware attacks including WannaCry, Petya and LeakerLocker, which made chaos worldwide by shutting down hospitals
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2017-08-14 11:45:15 | How Just Opening A Malicious PowerPoint File Could Compromise Your PC (lien direct) | A few months back we reported how opening a simple MS Word file could compromise your computer using a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Office.
The Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199) resided in the Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) interface for which a patch was issued in April this year, but threat actors are still abusing the flaw through the
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2017-08-14 09:00:21 | Gmail for iOS Adds Anti-Phishing Feature that Warns of Suspicious Links (lien direct) | Phishing - is an older style of cyber-attack but remains one of the most common and efficient attack vectors for attackers, as a majority of banking malware and various ransomware attacks begin with a user clicking on a malicious link or opening a dangerous attachment in an email.
Phishing has evolved than ever before in the past few years – which is why it remains one of those threats that
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2017-08-14 06:42:49 | Facebook Covertly Launches A Photo-Sharing App In China (lien direct) | The Chinese market is no doubt a pot of gold for big technology giants with over 700 million internet users, but the Chinese government heavily controls the Internet within its borders through its Golden Shield project – the Great Firewall of China.
The Great Firewall has blocked some 171 out of the world's leading websites, including Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Dropbox, and
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2017-08-14 06:10:01 | IPS as a Service Blocks WannaCry Spread Across the WAN (lien direct) | One of the most devastating aspects of the recent WannaCry ransomware attack was its self-propagating capability exploiting a vulnerability in the file access protocol, SMB v1.
Most enterprises defences are externally-facing, focused on stopping incoming email and web attacks. But, once attackers gain a foothold inside the network through malware, there are very few security controls that
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2017-08-14 01:31:31 | Microsoft Launches Ethereum-Based \'Coco Framework\' to Speed Up Blockchain Network (lien direct) | A growing number of enterprises are showing their interest in blockchains, but the underlying software fails to meet key enterprise requirements like performance, confidentiality, governance, and required processing power.
However, Microsoft wants to help solve these issues and make it easier for the enterprises to build their networks using any distributed ledger.
Microsoft has unveiled a
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2017-08-12 06:26:45 | HBO Offered Hackers $250,000 As Ransom to Prevent More Leaks (lien direct) | Hackers who recently hacked into HBO network and stole scripts, shows, and employee information documents, have now provided an email in which the United States cable channel offered them $250,000.
The company offered the payment as a "bounty payment" reward in which companies reward white-hat hackers for discovering cyber security vulnerabilities in their computer networks.
Late last month,
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2017-08-11 09:21:18 | Cyberspies Are Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools to Spy On Hotels Guests (lien direct) | An infamous Russian-linked cyber-espionage group has been found re-using the same leaked NSA hacking tool that was deployed in the WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks-this time to target Wi-Fi networks to spy on hotel guests in several European countries.
Security researchers at FireEye have uncovered an ongoing campaign that remotely steals credentials from high-value guests using Wi-Fi networks
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2017-08-11 02:02:51 | More than 1,000 Spyware Apps Found On Android App Stores (lien direct) | If you think you are downloading apps from Google Play Store and you are secure, then watch out!
Someone has managed to flood third-party app stores and Google Play Store with more than a thousand malicious apps, which can monitor almost anything a user does on their mobile device from silently recording calls to make outbound calls without the user's interaction.
Dubbed SonicSpy, the
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2017-08-10 14:15:13 | Ukrainian Man Arrested For Distributing NotPetya Ransomware And Helping Tax Evaders (lien direct) | Ukrainian authorities have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of distributing the infamous Petya ransomware (Petya.A, also known as NotPetya) - the same computer virus that massively hit numerous businesses, organisations and banks in Ukraine as well as different parts of Europe around 45 days ago.
However, the story is not as simple as it seems, which portrayed this man as a criminal. I
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2017-08-10 04:31:54 | CouchPotato: CIA Hacking Tool to Remotely Spy On Video Streams in Real-Time (lien direct) | After disclosing CIA's strategies to hijack and manipulate webcams and microphones to corrupt or delete recordings, WikiLeaks has now published another Vault 7 leak, revealing CIA's ability to spy on video streams remotely in real-time.
Dubbed 'CouchPotato,' document leaked from the CIA details how the CIA agents use a remote tool to stealthy collect RTSP/H.264 video streams.
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2017-08-10 03:28:41 | Chinese Quantum Satellite Sends First \'Unhackable\' Data to Earth (lien direct) | In what appears to be the world's first quantum satellite transmission, China has successfully sent an "unbreakable" code over a long distance from an orbiting satellite to the Earth, achieving a milestone in the next generation encryption based on "quantum cryptography."
In August last year, China launched the world's first quantum communication satellite into the Earth's orbit aboard a Long
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2017-08-10 01:10:50 | Malware Encoded Into DNA Hacks the Computer that Reads It (lien direct) | Do you know - 1 Gram of DNA Can Store 1,000,000,000 Terabyte of Data for 1000+ Years?
Even in March this year, a team of researchers successfully stored digital data - an entire operating system, a movie, an Amazon gift card, a study and a computer virus - in the strands of DNA.
But what if someone stores a malicious program into the DNA, just like an infected USB storage, to hijack the
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2017-08-09 10:25:58 | How Top Companies Accidentally Leaking Terabytes of Sensitive Data Online (lien direct) | An anti-malware detection service provider and premium security firm has been accused of leaking terabytes of confidential data from several Fortune 1000 companies, including customer credentials, financial records, network intelligence and other sensitive data.
However, in response to the accusations, the security firm confirmed that they are not pulling sensitive files from its customers;
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2017-08-09 03:28:43 | Self-Driving Cars Can Be Hacked By Just Putting Stickers On Street Signs (lien direct) | Car Hacking is a hot topic, though it's not new for researchers to hack cars. Previously they had demonstrated how to hijack a car remotely, how to disable car's crucial functions like airbags, and even how to steal cars.
But the latest car hacking trick doesn't require any extra ordinary skills to accomplished. All it takes is a simple sticker onto a sign board to confuse any self-driving
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2017-08-09 01:07:48 | Companies Could Face $22 Million Fine If They Fail to Protect Against Hackers (lien direct) | Over the past few years, massive data breaches have become more frequent and so common that pretty much every week we heard about some organisation being hacked or hacker dumping tens of millions of users records.
But even after this wide range of data breach incidents, many organisations fail to grasp the importance of data protection, leaving its users' sensitive data vulnerable to hackers
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2017-08-08 15:04:08 | Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 25 Critical Vulnerabilities (lien direct) | Here we go again…
As part of its August Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has today released a large batch of 48 security updates for all supported versions Windows systems and other products.
The latest security update addresses a range of vulnerabilities including 25 critical, 21 important and 2 moderate in severity.
These vulnerabilities impact various versions of Microsoft's Windows operating
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2017-08-08 05:54:30 | Game of Thrones (Season 7) Episode 5 Script Leaked - Hacker Demands Millions in Ransom (lien direct) | The hacking group that recently hacked HBO has just dropped its third trove of documents, including a month emails of one of the company's executives, and a detailed script of the upcoming fifth episode of "Game of Thrones" Season 7, set to be aired on August 13.
The latest release is the second leak from the hackers who claimed to have obtained around 1.5 terabytes of information from HBO,
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2017-08-08 05:26:57 | Hotspot Shield VPN Accused of Spying On Its Users\' Web Traffic (lien direct) | "Privacy" is a bit of an Internet buzzword nowadays as the business model of the Internet has now shifted towards data collection.
Although Virtual Private Network (VPN) is one of the best solutions to protect your privacy and data on the Internet, you should be more vigilant while choosing a VPN service which actually respects your privacy.
If you are using popular free virtual private
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2017-08-08 01:39:55 | Critical Flaws Found in Solar Panels Could Shut Down Power Grids (lien direct) | A Dutch security researcher has uncovered a slew of security vulnerabilities in an essential component of solar panels which could be exploited to cause widespread outages in European power grids.
Willem Westerhof, a cybersecurity researcher at Dutch security firm ITsec, discovered 21 security vulnerabilities in the Internet-connected inverters – an essential component of solar panel that
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2017-08-05 03:03:32 | Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) Gets $30,000 Bail, But Can\'t Leave United States (lien direct) | Marcus Hutchins, the malware analyst who helped stop global Wannacry menace, has reportedly pleaded not guilty to charges of creating and distributing the infamous Kronos banking malware and is set to release on $30,000 bail on Monday.
Hutchins, the 23-year-old who operates under the alias MalwareTech on Twitter, stormed to fame and hailed as a hero over two months ago when he stopped a
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2017-08-04 00:58:43 | Hacker Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Spreading Linux Malware (lien direct) | A Russian man accused of infecting tens of thousands of computer servers worldwide to generate millions in fraudulent payments has been imprisoned for 46 months (nearly four years) in a United States' federal prison.
41-year-old Maxim Senakh, of Velikii Novgorod, was arrested by Finnish police in August 2015 for his role in the development and maintenance of the infamous Linux botnet called
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2017-08-03 12:21:55 | FBI Arrests Researcher Who Found \'Kill-Switch\' to Stop Wannacry Ransomware (lien direct) | The 22-year-old British security researcher who gained fame for discovering the "kill switch" that stopped the outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware-has been reportedly arrested in the United States after attending the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas.
Marcus Hutchins, operates under the alias MalwareTech on Twitter, was detained by the FBI in the state of Nevada, a friend of Hutchins
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2017-08-03 07:00:06 | Hackers Behind WannaCry Ransomware Withdraw $143,000 From Bitcoin Wallets (lien direct) | The cyber criminals behind the global WannaCry ransomware attack that caused chaos worldwide have finally cashed out their ransom payments.
Nearly three months ago, the WannaCry ransomware shut down hospitals, telecom providers, and many businesses worldwide, infecting hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries, encrypting files and then charging victims $300-$600 for the keys
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2017-08-03 03:58:33 | This is How CIA Disables Security Cameras During Hollywood-Style Operations (lien direct) | In last 20 years, we have seen hundreds of caper/heist movies where spies or bank robbers hijack surveillance cameras of secure premises to either stop recording or set up an endless loop for covert operations without leaving any evidence.
Whenever I see such scenes in a movie, I wonder and ask myself: Does this happen in real-life?
Yes, it does, trust me-at least CIA agents are doing this.
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2017-08-03 02:27:40 | Hackers Hijacked Chrome Extension for Web Developers With Over 1 Million Users (lien direct) | From past few years, spammers and cyber criminals were buying web extensions from their developers and then updating them without informing their users to inject bulk advertisements into every website user visits in order to generate large revenue.
But now they have shifted their business model-instead of investing, spammers have started a new wave of phishing attacks aimed at hijacking
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2017-08-02 11:05:50 | New IoT Bill Proposes Security Standards for Smart Devices (lien direct) | By this time, almost every one of you owns at least one internet-connected device-better known as the "Internet of things"-at your home, but how secure is your device?
We have recently seen Car hacking that could risk anyone's life, Hoverboard hacking, even hacking of a so-called smart Gun and also the widespread hacks of insecure CCTV cameras, routers and other internet-connected home
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2017-08-02 05:43:58 | WannaCry Inspires Banking Trojan to Add Self-Spreading Ability (lien direct) | Although the wave of WannaCry and Petya ransomware has now been slowed down, money-motivated hackers and cyber criminals have taken lessons from the global outbreaks to make their malware more powerful.
Security researchers have now discovered at least one group of cyber criminals that are attempting to give its banking Trojan the self-spreading worm-like capabilities that made recent
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2017-08-02 01:12:54 | Alexa, Are You Spying On Me? Not Really, Maybe, It\'s Complex! (lien direct) | Do you own an Amazon Echo?
So are you also worried about hackers turning out your device into a covert listening device?
Just relax, if there's no NSA, no CIA or none of your above-skilled friends after you.
Since yesterday there have been several reports on Amazon Echo hack that could allow a hacker to turn your smart speaker into a covert listening device, but users don't need to worry
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2017-08-01 02:12:19 | Dangerous Mobile Banking Trojan Gets \'Keylogger\' to Steal Everything (lien direct) | Cyber criminals are becoming more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. They have now shifted from traditional to more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vectors and are harder to detect.
Security researchers have discovered that one of the most dangerous Android banking Trojan families has now been modified to add a keylogger to its recent strain, giving
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2017-07-31 11:17:34 | HBO Hacked - \'Game of Thrones\' Scripts & Other Episodes Leaked Online (lien direct) | If you are a die heart fan of 'Game of Thrones' series, there's good news for you, but obviously bad for HBO.
Hackers claim to have stolen 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO, including episodes of HBO shows yet to release online and information on the current season of Game of Thrones.
What's more? The hackers have already leaked upcoming episodes of the shows "Ballers" and "Room 104" on the
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2017-07-31 10:01:22 | Someone Hijacks A Popular Chrome Extension to Push Malware (lien direct) | Phishers have recently hacked an extension for Google Chrome after compromising the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software and abused to distribute spam messages to unsuspecting users.
Dubbed Copyfish, the extension allows users to extract text from images, PDF documents and video, and has more than 37,500 users.
Unfortunately, the Chrome extension of Copyfish has
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2017-07-31 05:20:44 | Hacker Leaks Data From Mandiant (FireEye) Senior Security Analyst (lien direct) | Reportedly, at least one senior cyber security analyst working with Mandiant, a Virginia-based cybersecurity firm owned by the FireEye, appears to have had its system compromised by hackers, exposing his sensitive information on the Internet.
On Sunday, an anonymous group of hackers posted some sensitive details allegedly belonged to Adi Peretz, a ‎Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at
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2017-07-31 02:32:36 | Hackers Take Over US Voting Machines In Just 90 Minutes (lien direct) | Today, election hacking is not just about hacking voting machines, rather it now also includes hacking and leaking dirty secrets of the targeted political parties-and there won't be a perfect example than the last year's US presidential election.
But, in countries like America, even hacking electronic voting machines is possible-that too, in a matter of minutes.
Several hackers reportedly
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2017-07-29 09:10:23 | Apple removes VPN Apps from the China App Store (lien direct) | In order to comply with Chinese censorship law, Apple has started removing all virtual private network (VPN) apps from the App Store in China, making it harder for internet users to bypass its Great Firewall.
VPN service providers that provide services in China has accused the United States tech giant of complying with Chinese stringent cyberspace regulations.
In a blog post, the developers
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2017-07-29 00:33:12 | Hacking A $1500 \'Smart Gun\' With $15 Magnets (lien direct) | I think we should stop going crazy over the smart things unless it's secure enough to be called SMART-from a toaster, security cameras, and routers to the computers and cars-everything is hackable.
But the worst part comes in when these techs just require some cheap and easily available kinds of stuff to get compromised.
Want example? It took just cheap magnets purchased from Amazon online
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