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Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, the co-founder of the notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has been released from a Sweden prison following three years behind bars for hacking and copyright offenses. Yes, Svartholm Warg, also known as Anakata, is a free man again. Svartholm was convicted on both Swedish copyright ...
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London (CNN)The mantra of politicians who want Britain to leave the European Union has always been "take back control." As Westminster prepares itself for a third consecutive night of Brexit drama, the question is now: Who is in control?It's certainly not Theresa May. On Wednesday, she suffered another humiliating defe...
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A security researcher could have stolen as much as $25 Billion from one of the India's biggest banks ‒ Thanks to the bank's vulnerable mobile application. Late last year, security researcher Sathya Prakash discovered a number of critical vulnerabilities in the mobile banking application of an undisclosed bank that all...
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(CNN)Eliud Kipchoge has been here before, but this time is different. On Saturday, the Kenyan distance runner will attempt to run the first ever marathon under two hours in the Austrian capital of Vienna, two years since he fell 25 seconds short. Now he is resolute that he will break what is considered one of the ulti...
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Security researchers have finally, with "high confidence," linked a previously discovered global cyber espionage campaign targeting critical infrastructure around the world to a North Korean APT hacking group. Thanks to the new evidence collected by researchers after analyzing a command-and-control (C2) server involve...
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Well, here's some terrible news for all Apple iOS users… Someone just found an iOS zero-day vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely hack your iPhone running the latest version of iOS, i.e. iOS 9. Yes, an unknown group of hackers has sold a zero-day vulnerability to Zerodium, a startup by French-based c...
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Story highlightsTurkish coast guards and volunteers pull migrants from inflatable boatsSame cross from Turkey to Greece attempted by Aylan Kurdi's family last weekAylan, his brother and mother all died when their boat capsized Bodrum, Turkey (CNN)The image of a small boy lying lifeless, face down on a beach hasn't dete...
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A version of this story appeared in the December 3 edition of CNN's Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain's royal family. Sign up here. London (CNN)Earlier this week, we wrote to you from Barbados during Prince Charles' whirlwind tour as the Caribbean island took its first steps as a re...
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With the release of Chrome 68, Google prominently marks all non-HTTPS websites as 'Not Secure' on its browser to make the web a more secure place for Internet users. If you haven't yet, there is another significant reason to immediately switch to the latest version of the Chrome web browser. Ron Masas, a security res...
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Security researchers at ESET have discovered a new malware campaign targeting consulates, ministries and embassies worldwide to spy on governments and diplomats. Active since 2016, the malware campaign is leveraging a new backdoor, dubbed Gazer, and is believed to be carried out by Turla advanced persistent threat (AP...
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(CNN)When people like the German Chancellor Angela Merkel or the King of Belgium want to learn more about cybersecurity, they go to Estonia. The Baltic country runs on the internet. From filing taxes and voting, to registering the birth of a new baby, nearly everything a person might want or need from the government c...
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As part of its ongoing Vault 7 leaks, the whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks today revealed about a CIA contractor responsible for analysing advanced malware and hacking techniques being used in the wild by cyber criminals. According to the documents leaked by WikiLeaks, Raytheon Blackbird Technologies, the Central ...
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(CNN)Five emergency responders were killed when a helicopter crashed during a search and rescue operation in the French Alps, French President Emmanuel Macron said. Macron tweeted Tuesday that the crash took place in the Savoie department. One person was injured in the incident and is "fighting for their life." Three ...
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(CNN)Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Monday to a recently reinstated sexual assault charge in California.Last month, a Los Angeles County judge dismissed one of the 11 charges against him after his defense team argued that the statute of limitations on a sexual battery charge had run out. A c...
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Story highlightsHamilton claims 65th career pole Briton equals Senna's pole tally Vettel second on grid, Bottas third (CNN)Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix on pole after setting a blistering pace in Saturday's qualifying session in Montreal.The three-time Formula One world champion set the fastes...
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Story highlightsLewis Hamilton looking to ignite 2016 challengeBriton's hero Senna won Monaco six times The 74th Monaco GP takes place Sunday (CNN)Lewis Hamilton may have equaled Ayrton Senna's tally of three Formula One world titles and overtaken his childhood hero's career total of race wins and podiums.But as the Br...
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Story highlightsSpain is declared Ebola-free by the World Health OrganizationThere have been no new cases since a nurse's aide recovered from Ebola in OctoberSpanish authorities had been monitoring scores of people who had contact with her (CNN)Spain is officially clear of Ebola, the World Health Organization declared ...
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Adobe has been one of the favorite picks of the Hackers to mess with any systems devoid of any operating systems, as Flash Player is a front runner in all the browsers. Hackers have already been targeting Flash Player for long by exploiting known vulnerabilities roaming in the wild. Despite Adobe's efforts, Flash is ...
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The cybercrime syndicate behind Babuk ransomware has leaked more personal files belonging to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) after negotiations with the DC Police broke down, warning that they intend to publish all data if their ransom demands are not met. "The negotiations reached a dead end, the amount we we...
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Story highlightsRafael Nadal beats Leonardo Mayer in straight setsAndy Murray locked in five set struggle when play halted Gael Monfils wins epic five-setter against Fabio FogniniSloane Stephens to face Simona Halep in last 16 Rafael Nadal took another big step towards a ninth French Open title Saturday while one of hi...
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Monday expressed skepticism about foreign disinformation campaigns related to the coronavirus pandemic, contradicting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who has been a strong critic of China and Iran in particular.Asked about reported efforts by China, Russia and Iran to mislead th...
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I am quite sure that you must be syncing your Smartphone with your Computers for transferring files and taking backup of your device. If you are using windows operating system and Android devices, then it's a bad news for you, because FireEye Security Researchers have identified a new piece of windows malware that can...
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Story highlightsNeil Heywood was found dead in a Chinese hotel in NovemberThe wife of a former top Communist Party official is being investigated over the deathHeywood had worked for a firm founded by former British intelligence officersBut the British foreign secretary denies that he worked for the governmentA U.K. b...
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Story highlights TV and radio suspend entertainment programming to mourn victims of landslidesThe site in Badakhshan province has been declared a mass graveAuthorities are now scrambling to help 4,000 survivors and evacueesMore rain in the forecast creates fear there may be another landslideSunday is a day of mourning ...
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Beware! If you are using UC Browser on your smartphones, you should consider uninstalling it immediately. Why? Because the China-made UC Browser contains a "questionable" ability that could be exploited by remote attackers to automatically download and execute code on your Android devices. Developed by Alibaba-owned ...
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Story highlights On Syria, Putin says he and Obama "agreed to push the parties to the negotiating table" Obama says it's important to make sure chemical weapons don't proliferate in SyriaCameron: G8 summit aims to "fire up our economies and drive growth"Obama says negotiations for a U.S.-EU trade deal will start in Was...
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Story highlightsWorld No. 1 Novak Djokovic and younger brother Marko in action at the Dubai OpenNovak wins in straight sets in first match since his Australian Open win in JanuaryDjokovic watches brother Marko lose in first round clash before his own matchWorld No. 8 Mardy Fish into second round with a 6-1 6-1 victory ...
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(CNN)All good things must come to an end, and so it is that Jill Ellis has stepped down as coach of the United States women's soccer team.Ellis, who took charge in 2014, led the side to two World Cup final victories, most recently in France earlier this year. She oversaw her final match Sunday, a 1-1 draw against Sout...
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(CNN)Poland marks 100 years of independence on Sunday, at the same time as the centenary of the armistice that ended World War I is commemorated around Europe.The occasion should be one for celebration in Poland. But controversy and confusion over a planned far-right independence march in the capital Warsaw has oversh...
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A security researcher has just discovered a stealthy cryptocurrency-mining malware that was also using Windows SMB vulnerability at least two weeks before the outbreak of WannaCry ransomware attacks. According to Kafeine, a security researcher at Proofpoint, another group of cyber criminals was using the same EternalB...
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(CNN)Jurors in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the White former Minnesota police officer who says she mistook her firearm for her Taser and fatally shot Daunte Wright, concluded deliberations for the day Tuesday after earlier asking what they should do if they can't reach a verdict.They are expected to return We...
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Story highlights Court judgment is "unacceptable" and over emotional, Kremlin spokesman saysCourt: There were "serious shortcomings" in the Russian investigation into the attack (CNN)The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that there had been "serious failings" in the Russian authorities' handling of a 2004 t...
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Rome (CNN)Pope Francis has urged the Catholic faithful to embrace the "light of Christ" to help end conflict and injustice around the world, during his Christmas Day address. Speaking from the Vatican balcony under a clear blue sky on Wednesday, the Holy Father prayed for people struck by war, political instability, na...
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Security researchers have find out ways to hijack the Intel-compatible PCs running Linux by exploiting the physical weaknesses in certain varieties of DDR DRAM (double data rate dynamic random-access memory) chips and gaining higher kernel privileges on the system. The technique, dubbed "rowhammer", was outlined in a ...
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Chinese search engine Baidu has just launched a security product called Baidu Antivirus 2013. Described as a ultra light weight, easy to use, extremely fast anti-virus program that promises to protect your system from malware, viruses, spyware, adware and other malicious programs. Most interesting thing is that Baidu A...
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THN Report : ACER hacked because of their own stupidity ! Yes ! you read right , ACER hacked because of their own stupidity. Yesterday we report that Pakistan Cyber Army hacked Acer Europe Server and 40,000 Users Data, Source Codes & Server Compromised . Today we investigate on this and try to find out that how exact...
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A new threat has hit head the headlines (Robinhood anyone?), and you need to know if you're protected right now. What do you do? Traditionally, you would have to go with one of the options below. Option 1 – Manually check that IoCs have been updated across your security controls. This would require checking that sec...
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(CNN)Ferrari has competed in every Formula One season since it began in 1950 but its threatening to walk away from the sport if owners Liberty Media push through new engine changes.Liberty Media, which gained control of F1 in an $8 billion takeover in early 2017, proposed changes Tuesday designed to make engines cheap...
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Just Imaging — What if, you enter into your home from a chilling weather outside, and the heating system fails to work because of a cyber attack, leaving you in the sense of panic? The same happened late last month when an attack knocks heating system offline in Finland. Last week, a Distributed Denial of Service (DD...
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We found a high concern for cybersecurity tactics and an increased awareness of the challenges that it brings. This week, we shared lots of stories with our readers, and to help them in identifying the biggest malware threats to their online safety. We are here with the outline of our last week stories, just in case ...
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The malicious Russian Tor exit node, which was claimed to be patching binary files, is actually distributing a malware program to launch cyber-espionage attacks against European government agencies. The group behind the rogue Tor exit node had likely been infecting files for more than a year, causing victims to downlo...
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Story highlightsThe coach noticed when he drove the player home, it was always to different placesBraheam Murphy moved in with his coach and they treat each other as familyCharlotte, North Carolina (CNN)A quarterback sprinting 95 yards for a touchdown in the final minutes to help win a high school state championship is...
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Can you ever imagine that a single text message is enough to hack any Facebook account without user interaction or without using any other malicious stuff like Trojans, phishing, keylogger etc. ? Today we are going to explain you that how a UK based Security Researcher, "fin1te" is able to hack any Facebook account wi...
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Story highlightsLiverpool 3-0 Manchester CityKlopp's side stun opponents in 30-minute blitzKlopp issues City apology after team bus was smashed (CNN)The most highly-anticipated Champions League tie on British soil for years began with an apology.In the lead up to the game, sections of Liverpool fans had been posting on...
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Story highlightsThe U.S. loses to Finland 5-0 in hockey's bronze medal game The result comes a day after a demoralizing loss to Canada in the semisAustria's Mario Matt becomes the oldest man to win gold in alpine skiing Norway's Marit Bjoergen makes history by collecting 10th Olympic medal It's been a tough last few da...
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Story highlightsMedvedev says Putin has a better chance of being electedHe says he and Putin belong to "the same political force"Putin has suggested Medvedev take over as prime ministerPresident Dmitry Medvedev said Friday he had ceded his presidency bid to the country's powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin because t...
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A simple yet serious application-level denial of service (DoS) vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress CMS platform that could allow anyone to take down most WordPress websites even with a single machine—without hitting with a massive amount of bandwidth, as required in network-level DDoS attacks to achieve the ...
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Watering hole Internet Explorer 8 zero-day attack on the US Department of Labor website last week has spread to 9 more global websites over the weekend, including those run by a big European company operating in the aerospace, defense, and security industries as well as non-profit groups and institutes Attacks exploit...
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(CNN)A California man who had symbols linked to the extremist Boogaloo movement pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges related to a 2020 "drive-by shooting" outside a federal building complex in Oakland, the US Department of Justice said in a news release Friday.Steven Carrillo, who was an active-duty s...
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Roger Federer's clashes with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have become part of tennis legend, but the 16-time grand slam champion will renew one of his oldest rivalries on Sunday.Seeking a record-extending sixth title at the Gerry Weber grass-court event in Germany, Federer will face the man who denied him a chance t...
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As part of its "October Patch Tuesday," Microsoft has today released a large batch of security updates to patch a total of 62 vulnerabilities in its products, including a severe MS office zero-day flaw that has been exploited in the wild. Security updates also include patches for Microsoft Windows operating systems, I...
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Joomla – one of the most popular open source Content Management System (CMS) software packages, has reportedly patched three critical vulnerabilities in its software. The flaws, exist in the Joomla version 3.2 to 3.4.4, include SQL injection vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to take admin privileges on most cus...
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XKCD—one of the most popular webcomic platforms known for its geeky tech humor and other science-laden comic strips on romance, sarcasm, math, and language—has suffered a data breach exposing data of its forum users. The security breach occurred two months ago, according to security researcher Troy Hunt who alerted th...
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(CNN)Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has continued his ongoing spat with fellow player Casper Ruud in an explosive tweet Thursday. Kyrgios labeled the Norwegian "boring" in response to comments made by Ruud about the pair's first meeting at this year's Italian Open, in which the Australian was disqualified for thr...
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In the last two weeks, Florida has paid more than $1.1 million in bitcoin to cybercriminals to recover encrypted files from two separate ransomware attacks—one against Riviera Beach and the other against Lake City. Lake City, a city in northern Florida, agreed on Monday to pay hackers 42 Bitcoin (equivalent to $573,30...
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(CNN)The House January 6 committee's aggressive approach to seeking accountability from ex-President Donald Trump, on full display this week, may be setting up a choice for Attorney General Merrick Garland that would trigger a legal and political storm. In a torrent of legal filings, subpoenas, contempt referrals and ...
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(CNN)Actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are promising to match every donation up to $1 million for refugees fleeing war in Ukraine, the couple said on social media. "In 48 hours, countless Ukrainians were forced to flee their homes to neighboring countries. They need protection. When you donate, we'll match it up t...
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Story highlightsFans of Cadbury Creme Eggs are upset about a recipe change Cadbury Creme Eggs appear on shelves from January until EasterAmerican food giant Kraft acquired British-based Cadbury in 2010 (CNN)The makers of Cadbury Creme Eggs are walking on eggshells with fans of the beloved Easter treat after a recent tw...
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(CNN)On a typical year, the Golden Globe Awards serve as the gold standard for tipsy fun. But this is not a typical year for Hollywood's quirkiest award show.Still, even as the Globes serve a time out as The Hollywood Foreign Press Association works to repair its reputation, there is no break being taken from recogniz...
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Story highlightsPavel Petel had built up a career as a model, performance artist and DJ in RussiaHe is now losing business and blames it on a Russian law banning gay "propaganda"Most of Moscow's gay population lives in secret and city has few gay clubs "Don't ask, don't tell" is the unspoken rule outside Moscow's gay "...
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Story highlightsChen Guangcheng's mother lives with memories of guards in their homeDissident Hu Jia says Chinese authorities are playing cat-and-mouse gamesNew breed of activists make mark in China, posing threat to the Communist PartyThe memories are still raw for 78-year-old Wang Jinxiang. In her own home, guards p...
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Beziers, France (CNN)The train speeds out of the darkness of the channel tunnel, emerging into a landscape of high security fences and barbed wire. Welcome to France."The migrants have come back, you know," the conductor says as we pull into Calais station. "Trying to get to England. It's going to be a big problem agai...
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Bitcoin Talk, the popular Bitcoin discussion forum, has been hacked and as it stands the site is currently unreachable. Bitcointalk has been down for nearly 6 hours. The forums have been allegedly hacked and Defaced by "The Hole Seekers" and selling 150,000 emails and hashed passwords stolen from Bitcointalk.org for 2...
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A threat actor believed to be working on behalf of Chinese state-sponsored interests was recently observed targeting a Russia-based defense contractor involved in designing nuclear submarines for the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. The phishing attack, which singled out a general director working at the Rubin De...
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Global IT consultancy giant Accenture has become the latest company to be hit by the LockBit ransomware gang, according to a post made by the operators on their dark web portal, likely filling a void left in the wake of DarkSide and REvil shutdown. "These people are beyond privacy and security. I really hope that their...
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(CNN)Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs was found dead at a Hilton hotel in Southlake, Texas, Monday, officials said.Skaggs, 27, was found unresponsive at the hotel in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, police said in a statement. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Southlake Police said in a statement that foul play...
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Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that the threat actor behind the SolarWinds supply chain hack returned to the threat landscape to target government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations located across 24 countries, including the U.S. Some of the entities that were singled out include th...
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Story highlightsRichmond, California, has seen a dramatic drop in homicides since a fellowship beganThe fellowship invites hardened teens and young men to change their waysIf they show good behavior, fellows can earn a stipend of up to $1,000 a monthRichmond, California (CNN)The four teens kick back and talk openly wit...
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SwaggSec gained access to China Telecom and Warner Bros A hacking group is claiming to have breached the networks of Warner Bros. and China Telecom, releasing documents and publishing login credentials. Swagg Security, or SwaggSec, the same hacker collective that breached Foxconn a few months ago to highlight the poor...
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A new sensational discovered has been announced by Kaspersky Lab's Global Research & Analysis Team result of an investigation after several attacks hit computer networks of various international diplomatic service agencies. A new large scale cyber-espionage operation has been discovered, named Red October, name inspire...
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The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011 2011 has been labeled the "Year of the Hack" or "Epic #Fail 2011". Hacking has become much easier over the years, which is why 2011 had a lot of hacking for good and for bad. Hackers are coming up with tools as well as finding new methods for hacking faster then compa...
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(CNN)Great Britain's Ben Maher is in line to complete show jumping's Global Champions double this weekend in Doha.The world's top riders and horses have flown to Qatar for the glittering finals of the Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League which are held at the vast state-of-the-art AL SHAQAB arena...
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Story highlightsPutin argues other countries also guilty of dopingHe directs criticism at "idiot" whistleblower RodchenkovMoscow, Russia (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted there had been "instances of doping use in Russia," but said the issue was a global problem.Addressing supporters on Tuesday, Putin ...
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London (CNN)Was the Zoom meeting of the century called illegally? Had all participants read and understood the standing orders? And, most importantly, did Jackie Weaver have the authority to kick Handforth parish council's chairman out of the discussion?Those were the questions engrossing Britain on Friday, after a cha...
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FBI warning about Banking trojan "Gameover" Organized crooks have begun launching debilitating cyber attacks against banks and their customers as part of a smoke screen to prevent victims from noticing simultaneous high-dollar cyber heists. On Friday the FBI issued a warning about a banking trojan named Gameover. It'...
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Android - a widely used Smartphone platform offered by Google is once again suspected to affect its users with malicious software that puts their android devices at risk. This time the vulnerabilities occur in the way Android handle the updates to add new flavors to your device. Researchers from Indiana University and...
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Stuxnet was planted by Iranian double agent using memory stick The Stuxnet computer worm used to sabotage Iran's nuclear program was planted by a double agent working for Israel. The agent used a booby-trapped memory stick to infect machines deep inside the Natanz nuclear facility, according to a report published on W...
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Reading a 'Note' created by anyone on the Facebook could trick you automatically to do malicious attacks against others unknowingly. A Security researcher Chaman Thapa, also known as chr13 claims that the flaw resides in 'Notes' section of the most popular social networking site - Facebook, that could allow anyone to ...
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Story highlightsDenmark has a long history of jihadist activismDenmark has a large immigrant population from the Muslim worldAs many as 70 Danish nationals may have returned from Syria to Denmark Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister are co-authors, with Morten Storm, of "Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda and the CIA." (C...
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Hackers successfully infiltrated the computer system controlling a water treatment facility in the U.S. state of Florida and remotely changed a setting that drastically altered the levels of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in the water. During a press conference held yesterday, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said an ope...
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Moscow (CNN)Russia is suspending its permanent mission to NATO in response to the alliance's expulsion of eight Russians, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday. Lavrov said the Kremlin's move -- which could come into effect as early as November 1 -- was a result of "NATO's actions." Russia is also suspending the a...
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(CNN)FIFA has relocated the Palestinians' World Cup qualifying match against Saudi Arabia, after the Saudi team refused to travel to the West Bank.Fulfilling the October 13 fixture at a stadium on the outskirts of Ramallah would require the Saudis to go through the West Bank's Israeli-controlled borders. Saudia Arabia...
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Facebook EXE attachment Vulnerability can Compromise with Users Security Nathan Power from SecurityPentest has discovered new Facebook Vulnerability, that can easily attach EXE files in messages,cause possible User Credentials to be Compromised . When using the Facebook 'Messages' tab, there is a feature to attach ...
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(CNN)Denmark has passed a law allowing it to relocate asylum seekers to third countries while their asylum claims are processed, in a move that has drawn sharp condemnation from human rights groups. The bill paves the way for the establishment of offshore asylum centers outside the European Union. It was approved in D...
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No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat. The European Police agency Europol has joined forces with police and cyber security companies to launch a worldwide initiative to combat and tackle together the exponential growth of Ransomware used by cyber criminals. Europol announced today the initiative, dubbed NO More...
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Microsoft and the FBI have taken down a botnet that controlled millions of infected PCs, which was responsible for massive bank fraud. Botnets are networks of computers infected with viruses that let them be controlled by hackers. The outfit runs the Citadel Botnets and is believed to have stolen more than $500 millio...
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A Russian man accused of developing and distributing the Citadel Banking Trojan, which infected nearly 11 Million computers globally and caused over $500 Million in losses, has finally pleaded guilty to charges of computer fraud. Mark Vartanyan, 29, who was very well known as "Kolypto," pleaded guilty in an Atlanta co...
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) may terminate a $930 Million USD contract with France based companies for the supply of two two military Imaging satellites due to the discovery of several US produced components in them. Now the deal is in danger because the UAE claims it has discovered backdoors in the components which are...
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In the digital age, one of the most popular sayings is—if you're not paying, then you're not the customer, you're the product. While downloading apps on their smartphones, most users may not realize how much data they collect on you. Believe me; it's way more than you can imagine. Nowadays, many app developers are f...
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Sabpab - Another Mac os Backdoor Trojan Discovered Security firm Sophos has discovered more malware for the Mac OS X platform called Sabpab. It uses the same Java vulnerability as Flashback to install itself as a "drive-by download." Users of older versions of Java now have still more malware to worry about. It also ...
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Story highlightsPolice: Two people are arrested in connection with slavery offensesThree men are freed and taken to a safe placeThe operation aims to crack down on forced labor and human traffickingBritish police freed three men Sunday and arrested two people as part of a human trafficking bust, authorities announced. ...
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Operation Ghost Click by FBI - Online advertising scam taken Down A gang of internet 'cyber bandits' who stole $14 million after hacking into at least 4 million computers in an online advertising scam have been arrested following a joint investigation by the FBI and Nasa. Six men are in custody in Estonia, pending ext...
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A cyberespionage campaign aimed at aerospace and defense sectors in order to install data gathering implants on victims' machines for purposes of surveillance and data exfiltration may have been more sophisticated than previously thought. The attacks, which targeted IP-addresses belonging to internet service providers ...
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Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio's daily program "The Dean Obeidallah Show" and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @DeanObeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN)Chris Farley passed away nearly 22 years ago, but...
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Story highlightsVladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe attend judo tournament in Vladivostok The two world leaders took a break from the Eastern Economic ForumVladivostok (CNN)Russian president Vladimir Putin and fellow world leaders took time away from the Eastern Economic Forum Thursday to enjoy a shared passion -- judo.Putin...
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested the CEO of a UK-based company for allegedly advertising and selling a spyware app to individuals who suspect their romantic partners of cheating on them. The dodgy cell phone spyware application, dubbed as StealthGenie, monitors victims' phone calls, text messages...
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Next time when you hear an announcement in the flight, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking…," the chances are that the announcement is coming from a hacker controlling your flight. Dangerous vulnerabilities in an in-flight entertainment system used by the leading airlines, including Emirates, United, ...
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Berlin (CNN)On the streets of Berlin, you can't help but be reminded of the horrors of World War II. The stark concrete slabs of the Holocaust memorial stand just outside the city's Brandenburg Gate. Then there are the thousands of brass "stumbling stones" carefully set into the city's sidewalks, memorializing victims ...
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Moscow (CNN)A Russian agent sent to tail opposition leader Alexey Navalny has revealed how he was poisoned in August -- with the lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants. The stunning disclosure from an agent who belonged to an elite toxins team in Russia's FSB security service came in a lengthy phone call...
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Google has rolled out yet another update to Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix four security vulnerabilities, including one zero-day flaw that's being exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2021-30554, the high severity flaw concerns a use after free vulnerability in WebGL (aka Web Graphics Library), a Ja...
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