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Senior UK Cop: Punish Hackers by Jamming Wi-Fi Signals
A senior UK police officer has suggested that those found guilty of committing cybercrimes should be forced to wear Wi-Fi jamming ankle tags, rather than sending them to prison. In the UK, ankle tags are predominantly used to monitor those on bail, on probation, or serving an anti-social behaviour order…
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Steam Services Are Currently Down on a Global Scale
If you’ve tried to connect to the Valve’s Steam network and were unsuccessful, then you’re not alone. It looks like the entire service is down on a global scale at the moment. Users aren’t able to connect and only have the options to run Steam in offline mode for now.…
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Hackers Disrupt San Francisco Transit System
San Francisco is one the USA’s most iconic cities due to the Golden Gate Bridge and bustling transport network. Of course, any kind of system is susceptible to failures or attacks, especially in today’s interconnected world. Recently, San Francisco’s transport agency was compromised in a hack which allowed customers to travel for free!…
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NSA Hackers Rickrolled Using Bitcoin Addresses
Earlier this week, a team of hackers leaked information on cyber weapons that were linked to the NSA. The team hoped to raise lots of cash by offering to release even more information in exchange for Bitcoins, unfortunately for them, it didn’t go as planned. Fortunately for us, we think…
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Hackers Demand Second Ransom From Hospital But Get Nothing
When it comes to ransomware, there are no lengths that people won’t go to get a little bit of money. While ransomware has been around everyday systems for a while, it is becoming an increasingly worrying trend that groups employing ransomware have targeted large organisations or even hospitals. The idea…
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Were Bangladesh Bank Hackers Behind Sony Attack?
When the Bangladesh hack was detected by a bad spelling, it saved the organisation from millions in damages, while costing them $81 million instead of the massive sum of nearly a billion dollars that they would have got away with. With investigations underway, research from the SWIFT payment network could…
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Hacker Selling Over 270 Million Compromised Email Accounts
People rely on online emails for everything from business needs to keeping up with their everyday lives. So when it turns out that a hacker is selling 273.3 million email accounts online, people are naturally worried. The millions of accounts were found online by security expert Alex Holden of Hold…
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Uber Accused of Skipping Out of Paying Bug Bounties
With all the apps and systems that are used, created and updated every day it is often impossible for you to be absolutely certain about their security. This resulted in the creation of external help through schemes like bug bounties unless your Uber who change the scope of what bug bounties they’ll…
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Hackers Leave Advice for Breached Security Company
Security firm Staminus servers have been taken offline today, following a supposedly successful cyber-attack on their network. The Newport Beach, California-based hosting and distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection company went down at 8 am EST on Thursday, with the company communicating details of the event via Twitter citing it as…
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Pirates Identify Booty by Hacking Shipping Company
When people talk about “pirates” and “hacking” together, it usually refers to those who release versions of software with the digital rights management systems removed or disabled. In this case, it was different. Revealed as part of Verizon’s 2015 Data Breach Investigation Report, Verizon’s RISK security response team were called in…
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‘Anti-IS’ Hackers Tested Abilities On BBC Website
Three days ago we reported on the BBC’s web services being down, from their website to iPlayer, their on-demand streaming service. It has now00000000000000000000 come to light at that a group has claimed responsibility, stating that the attack was just to test their capabilities. The group calls itself New World Hacking…
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New Firefox Testing Feature Warns Of Insecure Website Password Submission
Consumers are exposed to a myriad of cyber threats which are intent upon harvesting as much information as possible, from bogus emails offering state cash refunds to spoofed pages which purport to be from a genuine vendors, but are in fact aiming to collect sensitive consumer details. Well known and…
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Hackers Can Control Siri and Google Now Silently and Remotely
Even though Apple and Google’s operating systems and apps are usually relatively safe from hackers, at least compared to other similar software, it looks like hackers have found a way to control Siri and Google Now from up to 16 feet away and without having to say a single word.…
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NCA Warning After Hackers Steal £20 Million from UK Bank Accounts
The UKs National Crime Agency have urged the people of Britain to ensure they take adequate measures of online security after a significant strain of malicious software allowed criminal hackers to steal an estimated £20 million from UK bank accounts. The highly skilled malware developers are thought to be based…
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Ashley Madison Ex-CTO Hacked Competing Website
Adultery website, Ashley Madison is at the forefront of a hacking scandal despite reassurances about the site’s confidentiality. The data released includes information on members, their activity and the CEO’s e-mail correspondence. In an ironic twist, leaked documents show that the CTO in collaboration with employees, and the CEO of parent…
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