Yearly Archives: 2017

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Facebook fighting court order over law enforcement access

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Facebook is fighting a court order that blocks the social media giant from letting users know when law enforcement investigators ask to search their online information, particularly their political affiliations and comments.

Major technology companies and civil liberties groups have joined […]

By |July 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

Telegram promises to act faster on terror content as Indonesia threatens ban

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Telegram will form “a dedicated team of moderators with knowledge of Indonesian language and culture” to get rid of terrorism-linked content more quickly and accurately, co-founder Pavel Durov wrote in a message to his followers on Sunday.

“I am confident […]

By |July 18th, 2017|Cyber News|

What is WikiLeaks’ new dump HighRise? CIA Android malware allows spies to covertly steal data

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WikiLeaks has published its latest Vault 7 documents, revealing the CIA’s alleged Android malwaredubbed HighRise that has been designed to allow spies to covertly steal data from targeted smartphones. According to WikiLeaks, HighRise functions as an SMS proxy and sends stolen data to […]

By |July 16th, 2017|Cyber News|

How Microsoft’s Calibri font could lead to this Prime Minister’s downfall

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You may have sent an Outlook email to the wrong person or accidentally opened an embarrassing PowerPoint during a meeting, but for Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, one of Microsoft’s products is becoming a real problem.

A legal battle is heating […]

By |July 16th, 2017|Cyber News|

Phishing-as-a-service is making it easier than ever for hackers to steal your data

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Phishing is already the easiest way for hackers to steal data and it’s getting even easier thanks to the rise of organised criminal groups on the dark web offering phishing-as-a-service schemes to budding cybercriminals and ever-lowering the cost of entry.

According to […]

By |July 16th, 2017|Cyber News|

Indonesia Limits Telegram Messaging Service, Threatens To Ban App Over Security Concerns

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Web versions of encrypted-messaging app Telegram has been blocked by the Indonesian government and the service could be completely banned, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said Friday evening, according to the Associated Press.

Indonesia said it will block the app if it […]

By |July 16th, 2017|Cyber News|

Conway praises Trump for getting all-girl Afghan robotics team to United States. Critics disagree.

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Twice rejected for US visas, an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan has arrived in Washington after an extraordinary, last-minute intervention by President Donald Trump.

The six-girl team and their chaperone completed their journey early on Saturday morning (local time) from […]

By |July 16th, 2017|Cyber News|

Ranchi to set up a command centre with help of CDAC

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The state IT department is working on a Rs 100-crore project to set up a command centre manned by experts to address issues of cyber vulnerability that plague government websites, officials said today, a day after reports that hackers had targeted […]

By |July 15th, 2017|Cyber News|

Cyberwarfare has taken a new turn. Yes, it’s time to worry.

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The recent “ransomware” events created headaches and headlines — but also masked a greater cyber-issue: chaos and disruption on the Internet as the new normal. Earlier this week, in fact, the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a new effort headed by former […]

By |July 15th, 2017|Cyber News|

White House says US-Russia cyber unit would not share intel

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The controversial joint United States–Russia cybersecurity unit would focus on hashing out rules for cyber espionage between the countries, not sharing intelligence, according to White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert.

On Sunday, President Trump tweeted he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had […]

By |July 15th, 2017|Cyber News|