Yearly Archives: 2017

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Dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa shut down

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Credits: TheGuardian

AlphaBay and Hansa – two of the largest “dark web” marketplaces for illegal and illicit items such as drugs and guns – have been shut down, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.

Police in the US and Europe, including the US […]

By |July 22nd, 2017|Cyber News|

Department of Homeland Security Authorization of 2017 needs your support

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Credits: TheHill

For fifteen years, the Department of Homeland Security has been in the business of keeping Americans safe. Since the Homeland Security Act of 2002 first authorized the Department, the men and women of DHS have worked tirelessly to uphold that […]

By |July 21st, 2017|Cyber News|

Segway MiniPro patched to stop hackers hijacking remote control from hoverboard riders

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Credits: Tripwire

Critical security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Segway/Ninebot MiniPro Hoverboard, but don’t panic – firmware patches have already been issued to prevent malicious hackers from attacking the devices.

Which is a relief – as successful exploitation of the security holes […]

By |July 21st, 2017|Cyber News|

Ships can be hacked by Exploiting VSAT Communication System

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Credits: thenextweb

Large shipping vessels and aircraft are often equipped with VSAT systems, allowing crewmembers to send and receive messages and access the Internet during voyages. Turns out, some of these VSAT systems are profoundly insecure, and could allow an attacker to gain […]

By |July 20th, 2017|Cyber News|

OnePlus 5: Serious glitch prevents phone from calling police, smartphone reboots !!!

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Credits: Independent

The new OnePlus 5 restarts itself when you try to call emergency services, a user of the phone has claimed.

The apparent glitch is being discussed by OnePlus 5 owners online, and has been demonstrated in a video posted on Facebook too.

In the clip, the […]

By |July 20th, 2017|Cyber News|

Beware these bogus WhatsApp subscription messages that want to steal your banking info

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Credits: ZDNET

Cybercriminals prey on naivety, and a new scam campaign that attempts to trick people into providing bank details to pay for a fake WhatsApp subscription does just that.

WhatsApp did once charge a subscription fee of $0.99/£0.99, but stopped the practice in January […]

By |July 20th, 2017|Cyber News|

Ransomware attack puts KQED in low-tech mode

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Credits: sfchronicle

The journalists at San Francisco’s public TV and radio station, KQED, have been stuck in a time warp.

All Internet-connected devices, tools and machinery have been cut off in an attempt to isolate and contain a ransomware attack that infected the station’s computers June […]

By |July 20th, 2017|Cyber News|

Amazon launches shopping social network Spark for iOS

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Credits: Reuters

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has launched a social feature called Spark that allows members to showcase and purchase products on its platforms, the retail giant’s first clear move into the world of social media.

Spark, which is currently only available for Amazon’s […]

By |July 20th, 2017|Cyber News|

Cisco patches critical bug in WebEx plug-in for Chrome, Firefox on Windows

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Cisco has released a fix for a critical remote code execution bug in its WebEx video conferencing extension for two browsers running on Windows.

The bug, which affects the WebEx extensions for Chrome and Firefox, can be exploited by leading a user […]

By |July 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

U.S. charges Iranian nationals for hacking and reselling weapon software

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Credits: cbsnews

Two Iranian nationals have been charged for allegedly stealing and reselling computer programs in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

The federal indictment accuses 39-year-old Mohammed Reza Rezakhah and 35-year-old Mohammed Saeed Ajily of hacking into software companies, stealing and […]

By |July 18th, 2017|Cyber News|