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A new text bomb threatens Apple devices, a single character can crash any apple iPhone, iPad Or Mac

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Researchers discovered a new dangerous text bomb that crashes Apple devices, only a single character of the Indian Telugu language could create the chaos. A new ‘text bomb’ threatens Apple devices, just a single character of the Indian alphabet (precisely the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in India by about 70 million […]

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Unknown hackers stole $6 million from a Russian bank via SWIFT system last year

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

A new attack against the SWIFT system made the headlines again, unknown hackers have stolen 339.5 million roubles (roughly $6 million) from a Russian bank last year. The news of the attack against the international payments messaging system was reported on Friday by the Russian central bank, this is the last incident of […]

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Ubuntu Gets in the User Data Collection Business

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Canonical announced plans to roll out a user data and diagnostics collection system with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver). This new system will collect data on the user’s OS details, hardware setup, apps and OS settings. « We want to be able to focus our engineering efforts on the things that […]

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Hackers who stole $300 million, hacked Citibank & Nasdaq are jailed

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

Two Russian Hackers Charged with Running America’s Largest Credit-Card Information Hacking Campaign. Two Russian citizens, the 37-year old Muscovites Vladimir Drinkman and 34-year old Dmitriy Smilianets have received strict sentences. Reportedly, the two Russian hackers collectively carried out what is assumed to be the largest credit-card involving hack attack in the history of […]

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Facebook loses Belgian privacy case, faces fine up to $125 million

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian court threatened Facebook (FB.O) with a fine of up to 100 million euros ($125 million) if it continued to break privacy laws by tracking people on third party websites. In a case brought by Belgium’s privacy watchdog, the court also ruled on Friday that Facebook […]

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Kaspersky Lab Spam and Phishing report: FIFA 2018 and Bitcoin among 2017’s most luring topics

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

According to Kaspersky Lab’s “Spam and Phishing in 2017” report, criminals have been following a global agenda by using hot topics such as FIFA 2018 and Bitcoin to fool users and steal their money or personal information in the last 12 months. Spammers have shown themselves to be thoughtful actors, […]

Hackers stole $6 million from Russian bank via SWIFT system: central bank

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

MAGNITOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) – Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) from a Russian bank last year in an attack using the SWIFT international payments messaging system, the Russian central bank said on Friday. The disclosure, buried at the bottom of a central bank report on digital thefts in […]

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OpenSSL adds TLS 1.3 (Transport Layer Security) supports in the alpha version of OpenSSL 1.1.1 that was announced this week.

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

OpenSSL adds TLS 1.3 supports in the alpha version of OpenSSL 1.1.1 that was announced this week. TLS protocol was designed to allow client/server applications to communicate over the Internet in a secure way preventing message forgery, eavesdropping, and tampering. “OpenSSL 1.1.1 is currently in alpha. OpenSSL 1.1.1 pre release 1 has now been […]

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Physician, protect thyself: healthcare cybersecurity circling the drain

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

No one knows you better than you do. But thanks to technology advances and the continued digitization of healthcare data accumulation and sharing processes, we can also honestly say the same about your healthcare provider. Indeed, every time we get in touch with a health professional, data is recorded (either on […]

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U.S., Canada, Australia Attribute NotPetya Attack to Russia

Haythem Elmir 7 ans ago

The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have joined the United Kingdom in officially blaming Russia for the destructive NotPetya attack launched last summer. Moscow has denied the accusations. In a statement released on Thursday, the White House attributed the June 2017 attack to the Russian military and described it as […]