Monthly Archives: February 2019

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Accused hacker Laurie Love to sue National Crime Agency to retrieve confiscated computing kit

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Lauri Love, the Brit who beat US attempts to extradite him over accusations of hacking, is suing the National Crime Agency (NCA) to get back computing gear seized in 2013 as part of the case against him.

More than five years ago, […]

By |February 6th, 2019|Cyber News|

Google: All your leaked passwords are belong to us – here’s a Chrome extension to find them

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During its incessant web crawling, Google’s search engine constantly encounters credentials dumped by hackers or left exposed by the careless. And because it can, the ad confectionery copies and encrypts these spilled usernames and passwords.

Armed with this info, the […]

By |February 6th, 2019|Cyber News|

Airbus cyber attack believed to be conducted by hackers in China

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Credits: Mirror

Hackers in China are believed to be behind a cyber attack against Airbus which occurred earlier this year.

Airbus revealed in January that it had ‘detected a cyber incident’ on its Commercial Aircraft Business information systems – although the company says […]

By |February 5th, 2019|Cyber News|

RIP, RDP: Security house Check Point punches holes in desktop controls

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Security firm Check Point has found some 25 security vulnerabilities in three of the most popular remote desktop protocol (RDP) tools for Windows and Linux.

The company tasked its bug-hunters with a manual code audit on Microsoft mstsc as well as the FreeRDP and […]

By |February 5th, 2019|Cyber News|

Fake fuse: Bloke admits selling counterfeit chips for use in B-1 bomber, other US military gear

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Credits: The Regsiter

Rogelio Vasquez, the owner of California-based PRB Logics Corporation, has pleaded guilty to selling fake branded semiconductor chips from China, some of which made their way into US military systems.

The 44-year-old resident of Orange County, Cali, accepted four charges […]

By |February 5th, 2019|Cyber News|

LibreOffice patches malicious code-execution bug, Apache OpenOffice – wait for it, wait for it – doesn’t

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A security flaw affecting LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice has been fixed in one of the two open-source office suites. The other still appears to be vulnerable.

Before attempting to guess which app has yet to be patched, consider that Apache […]

By |February 5th, 2019|Cyber News|

European Commission orders mass recall of creepy, leaky child-tracking smartwatch

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The European Commission has ordered the recall of a smartwatch aimed at kids that allows miscreants to pinpoint the wearer’s location, posing a potentially “serious risk”.

The commission uses its Rapid Alert System for Non-Food products (Rapex) to send out […]

By |February 5th, 2019|Cyber News|

Mumbai Police uses Andaz Apna Apna to share a message about cyber security

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Credits: Hindustan Times

It’s well established by now that the Mumbai Police Twitter handle does a great job of sharing important messages through quirky tweets. And their recent tweet on cyber security is just another stellar example. In the hilarious post, Mumbai […]

By |February 4th, 2019|Cyber News|

Dubai police launch second annual cyber security challenge

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Credits: ABC News

Dubai police have launched the second annual cyber security challenge, titled “Capture the Flag”, to inspire cyber security enthusiasts to learn more about computer science and strengthen their problem-solving skills.

According to Dubai police, “Capture the Flag” (CTF) has been […]

By |February 4th, 2019|Cyber News|

Metro Bank hit by cyber attack used to empty customer accounts

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Credits: Telegraph

Metro Bank has become the first major bank to fall victim of a new type of cyber attack targeting the codes sent via text messages to customers to verify transactions.

Hackers were able to intercept an additional layer of security offered by Metro Bank, which asks […]

By |February 3rd, 2019|Cyber News|