A startup called Cake has an ambitious plan to take on incumbents like Chrome and Safari to build a better browser for mobile devices. The company announced this morning it has raised $5 million for those efforts from Peak Ventures, Pelion Ventures and Kickstart Seed Fund. Cake was founded in late […]
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The operators of at least one Tor proxy service was recently caught replacing Bitcoin addresses on ransomware ransom payment sites, diverting funds meant to pay for ransomware decrypters to the site’s operators. A « Tor proxy service » is a website that allows users to access .onion domains hosted on the Tor […]
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Malware provoque des machines pour distribuer rapidement d’énormes quantités d’argent. Pour la première fois dans l’histoire, les guichets automatiques situés aux États-Unis sont en proie à jackpotting, une attaque dans laquelle le matériel ou les logiciels malveillants oblige les machines à distribuer d’énormes quantités d’argent aux voleurs en attente, KrebsOnSecurity […]
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Uber has no plans to fix a critical security flaw in its two-factor authentication (2FA) protocol reported by an IT security researcher. An Indian IT security researcher Karan Saini has discovered a critical security flaw in the two-factor authentication protocol used by the ride-hailing giant Uber to protect user accounts from hijacking and prevent […]
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Cryptocurrency heist are usually covert affairs that leave users with empty wallets, but not fearing for their life. Still, there are always some unlucky individuals who get the worst of everything. Case in point: Bitcoin traders Danny Aston and Amy Jay, who were robbed at gunpoint on January 22 in […]
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A new ransomware called GandCrab was released towards the end of last week that is currently being distributed via exploit kits. GandCrab has some interesting features not seen before in a ransomware, such as being the first to accept the DASH currency and the first to utilize the Namecoin powered […]
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Infrastructure firms could face fines of up to £17m if they do not have adequate cybersecurity measures in place, the UK government has announced today. The plans follow proposals earlier this year from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport intended to comply with the EU Network and Information […]
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Une panne OVH sévit encore, rendant certains sites, services, webmails et l’espace client indisponibles. Comme à son habitude, l’hébergeur ne se montre pas avare en information pour expliquer la panne et communiquer l’état d’avancement des réparations, mais ses clients s’agacent fortement : depuis plusieurs mois, ce genre de problèmes […]
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Après la découverte de l’espionnage du siège de l’Union Africaine par son bienfaiteur, la Chine , on est en droit de nous demander si Pékin s’est contentée d’espionner les Africains au niveau du siège de l’institution panafricaine qu’il a construit et offert gracieusement au continent, ou si cet espionnage dépasse […]
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — World’s leading ATM makers have warned of « jackpotting » attacks against U.S. cash machines in the wake of the country’s first confirmed hacks, according to a media report. ATM jackpotting is a sophisticated hack that thieves gain physical access to the machine and, with the help […]
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