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New Mirai variant launched a 54 hour DDoS attack on a US college
Last August, a Malware called Mirai was discovered. Now, it appears that it has a new variant that has…
March 30, 2017
US ISPs to Snub Users Privacy by Collecting Personal Data
US legislation is about to pass a law that will allow Internet service providers to share user's personal information with advertising agencies.
March 29, 2017
Apple issues iPhone software update after fake police ransomware scam
The Apple Inc issued a quick iPhone software update to iOS (10.3) yesterday when its customers reported a series…
March 29, 2017
Vulnerable Smartphones, IoT Devices: 400% increase in infection rate
According to the Nokia threat intelligence report- 2H 2016, the smartphone and IoT devices infection rate is rising…
March 28, 2017
Laptops With More than 3.7 Million Hong Kong Voters’ Data Stolen
The Registration and Electoral Office of Hong Kong has reported the disappearance of two laptop computers after the…
March 28, 2017
“Unique and Highly Sophisticated” Vulnerability Found in LastPass Manager
Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher for Google, has managed to find yet another flaw in the LastPass password…
March 28, 2017
Here’s What a Samsung Galaxy S7 Hacked with Ransomware Looks Like
A couple of months ago we reported about an Android-based LG Smart TV had its screen bricked after…
March 27, 2017
Encrypted Email Service Tutanota Celebrates 2 Million Users
Tutanota, an email encryption service is gaining popularity all across the globe and has seen a rapid growth…
March 27, 2017
25 vBulletin Forums Hacked; Millions of Accounts Being Sold on Dark Web
A Dark Web hacker going by the handle of “Cfnt” has hacked 25 outdated vBulletin web forums and leaked their data on Hansa Dark Web marketplace.
March 25, 2017
Online stores under attack; a new fraudster bot spotted in the wild
Hackers have designed a new bot named Giftghostbot which is being used to defraud thousands of gift card…
March 25, 2017