Russian hackers are involved in US cyber attacks, congressman believes
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Russian hackers are involved in US cyber attacks, congressman believes

October 7, 2016
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The US election for this year has been hectic on its own lately with all the candidates in the running having their own flaws. So for something like Russian hacking to come in and try to sway the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election, it just adds to the

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Buzzfeed website hit by OurMine hacking group
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Buzzfeed website hit by OurMine hacking group

October 6, 2016
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A group which claims affiliation to the hacking group OurMine is said to have breached a part of the Buzzfeed website, and managed to deface some articles on the website. The hacker is also said to have boasted that they had they had a copy of the site’s database. A

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Flaws revealed in Animas OneTouch Ping insulin pump
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Flaws revealed in Animas OneTouch Ping insulin pump

October 5, 2016
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The Animas OneTouch Ping has some flaws in it that can be remotely exploited, and the two flaws were disclosed by the parent companies, Rapid7 and Johnson & Johnson. The two also say that the attack is sophisticated and the risk of exploitation at the moment is relatively low. The

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Hacking Attacks against Business Leaders Are Getting Personal Each Day
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Hacking Attacks against Business Leaders Are Getting Personal Each Day

October 4, 2016
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Business leaders have been fighting off hacking attempts and internet intruders who want to steal data and secrets from their servers for a long time now. And now, the focus of attacks has changed for the hackers as they are now targeting the business leaders personal and private information itself to

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There is a new Trojan in town and it’s DDoS nightmare
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There is a new Trojan in town and it’s DDoS nightmare

October 3, 2016
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Security researchers at security firm based in Russia, Doctor Web have discovered one more Trojan which targets Linux devices and conducts Distributed Denial of Attacks to the websites. The new malware has been named the Linux.Mirai by the security researchers and they say that the malware works with the SPARC,

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One Yahoo insider claims Yahoo hack could have been more than 1 billion accounts
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One Yahoo insider claims Yahoo hack could have been more than 1 billion accounts

October 1, 2016
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Just last week, Yahoo revealed that they had noticed a hack of about 500 million accounts, but a former Yahoo executive who is more familiar with the security practices has come out saying that there might be more accounts stolen than what was revealed. The former Yahoo insider said that

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New technology makes your body a password
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New technology makes your body a password

September 30, 2016
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Transmission of data and use of passwords has been a problem in the past and it has brought with it several disadvantages and advantages. Simple passwords have opened up the privacy of various people to the hackers and cyber actors who can break the encrypted passwords. However, if there are

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Powerful Keylogger Targeting Skype and Webcams to Steal Passwords
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Powerful Keylogger Targeting Skype and Webcams to Steal Passwords

September 29, 2016
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One keylogger known as iSpy has been in the last few months under close monitoring after researchers noticed that the keylogger was under demand on the Dark Web. The keylogger is being sold at just a mere $25 to $35 probably the reason why it is on demand. However the

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Krebs on Security Website Faces DDoS attacks Which Take Down Whole Server
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Krebs on Security Website Faces DDoS attacks Which Take Down Whole Server

September 28, 2016
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Even security researchers do face difficulties with the cyber attackers they do research on. Last week, popular security researcher, Brian Krebs had his website, Brian Krebs On Security hit with some record cyber attacks which led to the website going offline. Thankfully, for Krebs, everything did eventually turn out good

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Apple mistakenly weakens backups on iTunes with iOS 10
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Apple mistakenly weakens backups on iTunes with iOS 10

September 27, 2016
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Apple has improved the user experience on its Apple devices through their recent iOS 10 updates, but it’s not all rosy. The tech giant mistakenly introduced a flaw in the new iOS 10 update which made it easier for the password crackers to use brute force methods to get data

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