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2017-01-24 05:47:25 | Nasty Android Malware that Infected Millions Returns to Google Play Store (lien direct) | HummingBad – an Android-based malware that infected over 10 million Android devices around the world last year and made its gang an estimated US$300,000 per month at its peak – has made a comeback.
Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the HummingBad malware hiding in more than 20 Android apps on Google Play Store.
The infected apps were already downloaded by over 12 Million
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2017-01-24 00:20:33 | China makes VPNs illegal to tighten its Great Firewall (lien direct) | China is long known for its strict Internet censorship laws through the Great Firewall of China – China's Golden Shield project that employs a variety of tricks to censor Internet and block access to various foreign websites in the country by its government.
The Great Firewall has blocked some 171 out of the world's 1,000 top websites, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Dropbox, and
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2017-01-23 10:26:47 | This Bug Could Allow Hackers to Delete Any Video On Facebook (lien direct) | A security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability in Facebook that could allow attackers to delete any video of the social networking site shared by anyone on their wall.
The flaw has been discovered by security researcher Dan Melamed in June 2016, allowing him not only to remotely delete any video on Facebook shared by anyone without having any permission or authentication but
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2017-01-23 02:35:46 | Over 199,500 Websites Are Still Vulnerable to Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug (lien direct) | It's more than two and half years since the discovery of the critical OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability, but the flaw is still alive as it appears that many organizations did not remediate properly to the serious security glitch.
It was one of the biggest flaws in the Internet's history that affected the core security of as many as two-thirds of the world's servers i.e. half a million servers at
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2017-01-23 01:05:10 | Source Code for another Android Banking Malware Leaked (lien direct) | Another bad news for Android users - Source code for another Android banking malware has been leaked online via an underground hacking forum.
This newly discovered banking Trojan is designed to steal money from bank accounts of Android devices' owners by gaining administrator privileges on their smartphones.
Apparently, it will attract the attention of many cyber criminals who can recompile
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2017-01-22 01:09:15 | Russian Hacker behind \'NeverQuest\' Malware, Wanted by FBI, Is Arrested in Spain (lien direct) | A Russian computer hacker wanted by the FBI on hacking allegations was arrested and jailed in Spain earlier this week, while a decision on his extradition to the United States has yet to be made.
The Guardia Civil, Spanish law enforcement agency officers, have detained 32-year-old Stanislav Lisov at Barcelona–El Prat Airport based on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol at the
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2017-01-21 00:41:11 | Lavabit - Encrypted Email Service Once Used by Snowden, Is Back (lien direct) | Texas-based Encrypted Email Service 'Lavabit,' that was forced to shut down in 2013 after not complying with a court order demanding access to SSL keys to snoop on Edward Snowden's emails, is relaunching on Friday.
Lavabit CEO Ladar Levison had custody of the service's SSL encryption key that could have helped the government obtain Snowden's password. Although the FBI insisted it was only
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2017-01-20 10:36:46 | How A Bug Hunter Forced Apple to Completely Remove A Newly Launched Feature (lien direct) | Recently Apple released a new Feature for iPhone and iPad users, but it was so buggy that the company had no option other than rolling back the feature completely.
In November, Apple introduced a new App Store feature, dubbed "Notify" button - a bright orange button that users can click if they want to be alerted via iCloud Mail when any game or app becomes available on the App Store.
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2017-01-19 23:16:03 | Billion-Dollar Hacker Gang Now Using Google Services to Control Its Banking Malware (lien direct) | Carbanak – One of the most successful cybercriminal gangs ever that's known for the theft of one billion dollars from over 100 banks across 30 countries back in 2015 – is back with a BANG! The Carbanak cyber gang has been found abusing various Google services to issue command and control (C&C) communications for monitoring and controlling the machines of unsuspecting malware victims. | |||
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2017-01-19 06:52:59 | THN Deal - Become A Certified Ethical Hacker With This Online Training Course (lien direct) | Hacking is not a trivial process, but it does not take too long to learn. If you want to learn Ethical Hacking and Penetration testing, you are at right place.
We frequently receive emails from our readers on how to learn hacking, how to become an ethical hacker, how to break into computers, how to penetrate networks like a professional, how to secure computer systems and networks, and so on.
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2017-01-19 02:05:00 | You Can Crash Anyone\'s iPhone Or iPad With A Simple Emoji Text Message (lien direct) | A newly discovered bug in Apple's iOS mobile operating system is being exploited in a prank that lets anyone crash your iPhone or iPad by just sending an emoji-filled iMessage, according to several reports.
YouTube star EverythingApplePro published a video highlighting a sequence of characters that temporarily freeze and restart an iPhone, which people can send to their iPhone buddies to
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2017-01-19 00:52:00 | Newly Discovered Mac Malware with Ancient Code Spying on Biotech Firms (lien direct) | Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Mac-based espionage malware that relies on outdated coding practices but has been used in some previous real-world attacks to spy on biomedical research center computers.
Dubbed Fruitfly, the malware has remained undetected for years on macOS systems despite using unsophisticated and "antiquated code."
Infosec firm Malwarebytes discovered
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2017-01-18 10:09:24 | Smile! Hackers Can Remotely Access Your Samsung SmartCam Security Cameras (lien direct) | It's not necessary to break into your computer or smartphone to spy on you. Today all devices in our home are becoming more connected to networks than ever to make our lives easy.
But what's worrisome is that these connected devices can be turned against us, anytime, due to lack of stringent security measures and insecure encryption mechanisms implemented in these Internet of Things (IoTs)
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2017-01-17 02:15:03 | Simple Hack Lets Hackers Listen to Your Facebook Voice Messages Sent Over Chat (lien direct) | Most people hate typing long messages while chatting on messaging apps, but thanks to voice recording feature provided by WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, which makes it much easier for users to send longer messages that generally includes a lot of typing effort.
If you too have a habit of sending audio clip, instead of typing long messages, to your friends over Facebook Messenger, you are
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2017-01-16 23:50:09 | How EaseUS Partition Master Can Easily Manage Your Hard Disk (lien direct) | If you want to get the most out of your computer, you need to get the most out of your hard drive, where all your data is stored.
Today hard drives are larger than ever, so it makes sense for you to partition your hard disk to effectively use all of its space and manage all your important information.
Partitioning is also useful if you intend to install and use more than one operating system
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2017-01-16 13:32:01 | How To Stop Larry From Hacking Your WiFi in 2017 (lien direct) | It's 2017, and we're not any further along with Wi-Fi security than we were 10 years ago. There are Intrusion Detection Systems and 2nd generation antivirus apps to protect us from some vulnerabilities but the simple fact that some people and businesses still don't set their network up well in the first place.
Installing WiFi is like running Ethernet to your parking lot. It's a cliche thing
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2017-01-16 10:43:33 | Don\'t Fall For This Dangerously Convincing Ongoing Phishing Attack (lien direct) | Security researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign targeting Gmail users, which is so convincing and highly effective that even tech-savvy people can be tricked into giving away their Google credentials to hackers.
The attackers first compromise a victim's Gmail account, and once they are in, they start rifling through inboxes to launch secondary attacks in order to pass on the
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2017-01-16 07:41:54 | Court Documents Reveal How Feds Spied On Connected Cars For 15 Years (lien direct) | It's not always necessary to break into your computer or smartphone to spy on you. Today all are day-to-day devices are becoming more connected to networks than ever to add convenience and ease to daily activities.
But here's what we forget: These connected devices can be turned against us because we are giving companies, hackers, and law enforcement a large number of entry points to break into
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2017-01-14 08:20:17 | Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger (lien direct) | A 21-year-old former Langley High School student, who won a Programmer of the Year Award in high school, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of developing and selling custom key-logging malware that infected thousands of victims.
Zachary Shames from Virginia pleaded guilty in a federal district court and now faces a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison for his past deeds.
Shames was
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2017-01-14 07:31:30 | WhatsApp Backdoor allows Hackers to Intercept and Read Your Encrypted Messages (lien direct) | Important Update - Most Security Experts argued, "It's not a backdoor, rather it's a feature," but none of them denied the fact that, if required, WhatsApp or a hacker can intercept your end-to-end encrypted chats. Read detailed explanation on arguments in my latest article.
Most people believe that end-to-end encryption is the ultimate way to protect your secret communication from snooping, and
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2017-01-14 07:30:08 | Explained - What\'s Up With the WhatsApp \'Backdoor\' Story? Feature or Bug! (lien direct) | What is a backdoor?
By definition: "Backdoor is a feature or defect of a computer system that allows surreptitious unauthorized access to data, " either the backdoor is in encryption algorithm, a server or in an implementation, and doesn't matter whether it has previously been used or not.
Yesterday, we published a story based on findings reported by security researcher Tobias Boelter that
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2017-01-13 01:09:54 | Donald Trump appoints a CyberSecurity Advisor Whose Own Site is Damn Vulnerable (lien direct) | Former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has been appointed as a cyber security advisor for the President-elect Donald Trump, but it appears that he never actually checked the security defenses of his own company's website.
Giuliani is going to head a new Cybersecurity Working group for the President-elect, and "will be sharing his expertise and insight as a trusted friend concerning
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2017-01-12 09:45:29 | Phone-Hacking Firm Cellebrite Got Hacked; 900GB Of Data Stolen (lien direct) | The company that sells digital forensics and mobile hacking tools to others has itself been hacked.
Israeli firm Cellebrite, the popular company that provides digital forensics tools and software to help law enforcement access mobile phones in investigations, has had 900 GB of its data stolen by an unknown hacker.
But the hacker has not yet publicly released anything from the stolen data
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2017-01-11 04:10:07 | Browser AutoFill Feature Can Leak Your Personal Information to Hackers (lien direct) | Just like most of you, I too really hate filling out web forms, especially on mobile devices.
To help make this whole process faster, Google Chrome and other major browsers offer "Autofill" feature that automatically fills out web form based on data you have previously entered in similar fields.
However, it turns out that an attacker can use this autofill feature against you and trick you
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2017-01-11 02:39:03 | Secure Your Enterprise With Zoho Vault Password Management Software (lien direct) | Recent data breaches have taught us something very important - online users are spectacularly bad at choosing their strong passwords.
Today majority of online users are vulnerable to cyber attacks, not because they are not using any best antivirus or other security measures, but because they are using weak passwords that are easy to remember and reuse same passwords on multiple accounts and
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2017-01-11 01:26:27 | Microsoft Releases 4 Security Updates - Smallest Patch Tuesday Ever! (lien direct) | In Brief
Microsoft has issued its first Patch Tuesday for 2017, and it's one of the smallest ever monthly patch releases for the company, with only four security updates to address vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system as well as Adobe Flash Player.
Meanwhile, Adobe has also released patches for more than three dozen security vulnerabilities in its Flash Player and Acrobat/Reader
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2017-01-10 10:21:51 | Stolen NSA "Windows Hacking Tools" Now Up For Sale! (lien direct) | The Shadow Brokers who previously stole and leaked a portion of the NSA hacking tools and exploits is back with a Bang!
The hacking group is now selling another package of hacking tools, “Equation Group Windows Warez,†which includes Windows exploits and antivirus bypass tools, stolen from the NSA-linked hacking unit, The Equation Group.
For those unfamiliar with the topic, The Shadow
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2017-01-10 04:18:10 | Los Angeles College Pays Hackers $28,000 Ransom To Get Its Files Back (lien direct) | Ransomware has turned on to a noxious game of Hackers to get paid effortlessly.
Once again the heat was felt by the Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) when hackers managed to infect its computer network with ransomware and demanded US$28,000 payment in Bitcoins to get back online.
The cyber-attack occurred over winter break and caused widespread disruption to online, financial aid, email and
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2017-01-10 01:00:13 | Goodbye! Yahoo to rename itself \'Altaba\' after Verizon Deal (lien direct) | It's time to say goodbye to Yahoo!
While Yahoo's core internet business was being sold to Verizon for $4.8 Billion, the remaining portions of the company left behind is renaming itself to Altaba Inc, which marks the sad ending of one of the most familiar brand names on the internet.
In a public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, the company announced that
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2017-01-09 04:47:38 | Over 27,000 MongoDB Databases Held For Ransom Within A Week (lien direct) | The ransomware attacks on poorly secured MongoDB installations have doubled in just a day.
A hacker going by the handle Harak1r1 is accessing, copying and deleting unpatched or badly-configured MongoDB databases and then threatening administrators to ransom in exchange of the lost data.
It all started on Monday when security researcher Victor Gevers identified nearly 200 instances of a
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2017-01-06 08:26:27 | Netgear launches Bug Bounty Program for Hacker; Offering up to $15,000 in Rewards (lien direct) | It might be the easiest bug bounty program ever.
Netgear launched on Thursday a bug bounty program to offer up to $15,000 in rewards to hackers who will find security flaws in its products.
Since criminals have taken aim at a rapidly growing threat surface created by millions of new Internet of things (IoT) devices, it has become crucial to protect routers that contain the keys to the
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2017-01-06 08:17:14 | FTC Sues D-Link Over Failure to Secure Its Routers and IP Cameras from Hackers (lien direct) | Image Source: Book - Protect Your Windows Network from Perimeter to Data
The United States' trade watchdog has sued Taiwan-based D-link, alleging that the lax security left its products vulnerable to hackers.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit (pdf) against D-Link on Thursday, arguing that the company failed to implement necessary security protection in its routers and
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2017-01-05 23:04:08 | KillDisk Ransomware Targets Linux; Demands $250,000 Ransom, But Won\'t Decrypt Files (lien direct) | What you'll do if Ransomware infects you? Should you pay or not to recover your files?
Believe me, the FBI advises - Pay off the criminals to get your files back if you don't have a backup.
But paying off a ransom to cyber criminals is definitely not a wise option because there is no guarantee that you'll get the decryption key in return.
In the latest incident, the new variant of KillDisk
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2017-01-05 22:49:54 | Best VPN Services for 2017 - Get Up to 91% Discount On Lifetime Subscriptions (lien direct) | Since most of us rely upon the Internet for day-to-day activities, hacking and spying have become a prime concern today, and so have online security and privacy.
The governments across the world have been found to be conducting mass surveillance and then there are hackers and cyber criminals who are always looking for ways to steal your sensitive and personal data from the ill-equipped
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2017-01-05 05:30:44 | FBI Hacked, Again! Hacker Leaks Data After Agency Failed to Patch Its Site (lien direct) | It seems like the FBI has been hacked, once again!
A hacker, using Twitter handle CyberZeist, has claimed to have hacked the FBI's website (fbi.gov) and leaked personal account information of several FBI agents publically.
CyberZeist had initially exposed the flaw on 22 December, giving the FBI time to patch the vulnerability in its website's code before making the data public.
The hacker
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2017-01-05 01:03:40 | This Ransomware Unlocks Your Files For Free If You Read CyberSecurity Articles (lien direct) | Ransomware has been around for a few years, but in last two years, it has become one of the fastest growing threats to businesses and users across the world, so will be in 2017.
Ransomware is a piece of malware that encrypts files on your computer with strong encryption algorithms and then demands a ransom money in Bitcoin to decrypt the data so you can regain access to your encrypted files.
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2017-01-04 07:48:58 | FTC sets $25,000 Prize for Automatic IoT Patch Management Solution (lien direct) | The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has announced a "prize competition" for creating a software or hardware-based solution with the ability to auto-patch vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Today we are surrounded by a number of Internet-connected devices. Our homes are filled with tiny computers embedded in everything from security cameras, TVs and refrigerators to thermostat and door
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2017-01-04 00:04:41 | Someone Hijacking Unsecured MongoDB Databases for Ransom (lien direct) | Nearly two years back, we warned users about publicly accessible MongoDB instances – almost 600 Terabytes (TB) – over the Internet which require no authentication, potentially leaving websites and servers at risk of hacking.
These MongoDB instances weren't exposed due to any flaw in its software, but due to a misconfiguration (bad security practice) that let any remote attacker access MongoDB
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2017-01-03 02:45:29 | Critical Updates - RCE Flaws Found in SwiftMailer, PhpMailer and ZendMail (lien direct) | A security researcher recently reported a critical vulnerability in one of the most popular open source PHP libraries used to send emails that allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the web server and compromise a web application.
Disclosed by Polish security researcher Dawid Golunski of Legal Hackers, the issue (CVE-2016-10033) in PHPMailer used by more than 9
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2017-01-02 23:58:03 | BHIM App - How to Send & Receive Money with UPI (lien direct) | After the lack of supply of cash in India following its Prime Minister step to remove high-denomination banknotes from circulation in November 2016, the country is moving a step closer towards becoming a cashless economy with the launch of Unified Payment Interface (UPI).
Unified Payment Interface (UPI) allows all bank account holders to pay money from their smartphones, both online and
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2017-01-02 08:26:16 | Bitcoin Price Jumps Above $1000 For First Time In last 3-Years (lien direct) | What a good start of the New Year for those holding Bitcoins!
Web-based digital currency Bitcoin has passed $1,000 for the first time on the Bitstamp Price Index (BPI) since early November 2013.
Bitcoin broke the barrier on 1 January and now is trading above $1,020 at the time of writing, marking a bright beginning to 2017 for the digital currency.
At the time of writing, 1 Bitcoin = $
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2016-12-29 22:34:09 | Obama Expels 35 Russian Spies Over Election Hacking; Russia Responds With Duck Meme (lien direct) | The United States has expelled 35 Russian spies in response to Russia's alleged interference in last month's presidential election, further escalating tensions between the countries.
The US state department has declared 35 diplomatic intelligence officials from the Russian embassy in Washington DC and the consulate in San Francisco "persona non grata," giving them and their families 72 hours to
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2016-12-29 02:45:52 | 3 Critical Zero-Day Flaws Found in PHP 7 - One Remains Unpatched! (lien direct) | Three critical zero-day vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP 7 that could allow an attacker to take complete control over 80 percent of websites which run on the latest version of the popular web programming language.
The critical vulnerabilities reside in the unserialized mechanism in PHP 7 – the same mechanism that was found to be vulnerable in PHP 5 as well, allowing hackers to
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2016-12-28 10:55:39 | New Android Malware Hijacks Router DNS from Smartphone (lien direct) | Another day, another creepy malware for Android users!
Security Researchers have uncovered a new Android malware targeting your devices, but this time instead of attacking the device directly, the malware takes control over the WiFi router to which your device is connected to and then hijacks the web traffic passing through it.
Dubbed "Switcher," the new Android malware, discovered by
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2016-12-28 01:25:01 | Police Ask for Amazon Echo Data to Help Solve a Murder Case (lien direct) | Hey, Alexa! Who did this murder?
Arkansas police are seeking help from e-commerce giant Amazon for data that may have been recorded on its Echo device belonging to a suspect in a murder case, bringing the conflict into the realm of the Internet of Things.
Amazon Echo is a voice-activated smart home speaker capable of controlling several smart devices by integrating it with a variety of home
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2016-12-27 07:58:29 | Did You Install Super Mario Run APK for Android? That\'s Malware (lien direct) | After the success of Pokémon Go, Nintendo's "Super Mario Run" has become the hottest game to hit the market with enormous popularity and massive social impact. The game has taken the world by storm since its launch for iOS devices over a week ago.
Can you believe - it was downloaded more than 40 million times worldwide in its first four days of release.
But if you have downloaded a Super
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2016-12-26 03:34:25 | Critical PHPMailer Flaw leaves Millions of Websites Vulnerable to Remote Exploit (lien direct) | A critical vulnerability has been discovered in PHPMailer, which is one of the most popular open source PHP libraries to send emails used by more than 9 Million users worldwide.
Millions of PHP websites and popular open source web applications, including WordPress, Drupal, 1CRM, SugarCRM, Yii, and Joomla comes with PHPMailer library for sending emails using a variety of methods, including
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2016-12-26 01:07:34 | Cyanogen Shutting Down All Services; No More Android ROM Updates (lien direct) | A bittersweet Christmas and New Year for users and fans of the most popular custom Android ROM, Cyanogen OS.
Cyanogen that tried and failed to kill Google's Android operating system is now shutting down the custom services that it provides to phones that run its Cyanogen OS as we know it and the "nightly builds" of said OS on December 31st.
Cyanogen came with an ambition to build better
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2016-12-24 02:24:56 | Hackers threaten to take down Xbox Live and PSN on Christmas Day (lien direct) | Bad news for gamers!
It's once again the time when most of you will get new PlayStations and XBoxes that continue to be among the most popular gifts for Christmas, but possibilities are you'll not be able to log into the online gaming console, just like what happens on every Christmas holidays.
On 2014 Christmas holidays, the notorious hacker group Lizard Squad knocked the PlayStation
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2016-12-22 08:46:44 | Raspberry Pi launches PIXEL OS for Mac and PCs (lien direct) | Here's the Raspberry Pi's Christmas treat for tech community!
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released an experimental version of its lightweight Linux-based Debian operating system called PIXEL OS that can run on most standard desktop computers ships with Windows and Mac OS X without the need of a Raspberry Pi.
Initially launched in September this year, the PIXEL operating
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