We have all been in situations where Google Maps has come up and saved us from being lost and actually given us the correct location, but imagine cases whereby the Map application showed you the wrong place and showed you a wrong place. If the thing happened in previous years …
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Hacker is Hacked Hours After Compromising The San Francisco Rail System
On Friday, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was hit by an attack, and the ransomware attack caused some problems including on the fare station terminals whereby they carried the message which said, You Are Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. However, it turns out that the person who was responsible for …
Read More »Locky malware using malicious image files to attack Facebook, LinkedIn accounts
One cunning malware which is surprisingly low tech has been seen spreading over the week through a new attack vector, and the problem is worrying security researchers. The malware program works by exploiting some flaws which they see on the Facebook and LinkedIn platforms. One Israeli security firm, Check Point …
Read More »Users could hide with VPN services as the UK passes the ‘Snooper Charter’ into law
The UK Snooper’s Charter, which is the UK investigatory Power’s Bill, but famously known with the former name by most of its critics has now been successfully passed as a law. The law, among other things, brings corporations and tech firms to start storing their data in bulk and be …
Read More »The FBI used one warrant to hack into thousands of computers based in 120 countries
The FBI is said to have hacked thousands of computers around the world, and it did all of this based on just one warrant. And some deem the warrant to be illegal. According to one of the defendants in the case, Colin Fieman, there has never been a case where …
Read More »Huawei launches their new service, the Cloud VPN Integration Service
Huawei are launching a new VPN service which it claims will be able to resolve all the problems in the various enterprise leased services which seem to be affecting the telecoms operators. These problems include the slow provisioning of the network, the lack of services and the difficult operation. The …
Read More »133,000 users’ data from Three Mobile was compromised as hackers
Telecommunications Company, Three mobile have confirmed that they suffered a hack in a massive way in which data of about 133,000 users was compromised as a result. The mobile operator however assuaged fears by noting that there was no financial information including passwords and bank details which was accessed by …
Read More »400,000 Records Stolen Taken After Hack On Michigan State University Server
It seems these days every week there is a new hack. The hackers not only target sites for less reputable companies and organizations, but rather they go for the big guns. Hackers have attacked the Michigan State University servers, in an attack which has seen them get access to a …
Read More »People turn to privacy services such as VPNs and encryption apps after Trump wins
It’s only been one week since Trump was elected as the US President for the next four years and the world has been shaking in their boots already. It’s unclear what lies ahead for industries in the country just yet, and one of those which is shrouded in that kind …
Read More »Zuckerberg’s accounts hacked by OurMine hacking group again
One Pinterest account which belongs to the founder of the moat used social media network, Facebook, has been hacked in an attack that seems to be the same with those that other accounts of his have experienced over the past few months. Mark Zuckerberg has had his Twitter account hacked …
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