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Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Pre-Installed Dell Software

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By Jahanzaib Hassan

With so much of news surrounding major global malware attacks such as the recent NotPetya incident, not much has been talked about some flaws that exist within the popular Dell software. Security flaws that require immediate update Before letting you know about the technical details of the vulnerabilities, it is important to note that those […]

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Servers associated with NotPetya attack seized by Ukrainian Police

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By Jahanzaib Hassan

Last week the computer systems of several companies in Europe were infected with NotPetya malware. At first, the researcher thought it’s just another ransomware attack like the WannaCry one but later discovered that NotPetya is a disk wiper that locks a victim’s data files and throws away the decryption key. Now, Police in Ukraine has […]

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Teen Charged for Selling Malware Used in DDoS Attacks

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An 18-year-old teenager named Jack Chappell was charged by the West Midlands for selling malware to attackers over the web which could potentially send Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to systems of large corporations. The malware The malware that Chappell sold was originally meant to carry DDoS attacks on PCs of some of the largest corporations in the UK, including T-Mobile, EE, Vodafone, […]

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Hackers Steal Billions in S.Korean Won by Hacking 4th Largest Bitcoin Exchange

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Update1: The heading of this article was updated due to confusion among readers that stolen currency was in USD – The stolen money was in South Korean Won not in USD. Bithumb, one of the largest Bitcoin and Ether exchange platforms, has been hacked resulting in a loss of billions of South Korean Won with […]

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Pakistani man jailed for 4 years over $19.6M hacking scheme

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Muhammad Sohail Qasmani, a 49-year-old Pakistan was sentenced to four years of imprisonment after he was discovered to have hacked into the internal phones systems of U.S companies and made $19.6 million in revenue. The million-dollar hack Although there have been more brutal hacking schemes by groups that are still out on the loose, this […]

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Kaspersky Willing to Share Its Source Code with US Govt

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Eugene Kaspersky, the CEO of Kaspersky Labs, is ready to share the source code of the software that his company develops – He wants the authorities to audit his company’s security products amid claims that it has deep ties with the Russian government. In an interview with The Associated Press, he stated that he wanted to […]

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Afghan robotic team of girls denied US visa

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By Jahanzaib Hassan

Robotics is almost everywhere, and it is not surprising to see a team of six teenage girls has created a robot that will be fighting in the FIRST Global Challenge to take place in Washington DC in mid-July. But things have changed since the team’s visa application has been rejected by US authorities. Visa denied, […]

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Fake Pornography App Infecting Devices with Android Ransomware

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Lukas Stefanko, a researcher at ESET security, recently discovered a ransomware that goes by the name of Koler to be affecting Android users based in the US through adult-themed websites and a fake PornHub app. Not a new threat The ransomware is not new, and according to BleepingComputer, it appeared on the scene in 2014. This […]

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Google to stop scanning user emails for Gmail ads

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Diane Greene, the founder of VMware Inc. and the board member at Google revealed that Google will now stop analyzing user’s personal emails for targeted advertising purposes. Gmail As you may know, Gmail users encounter a number of ads based on their emails content. That is, the company uses algorithms to monitor the content of […]

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WikiLeaks’ Latest Dump Exposes CIA Hacking Tools for air-gapped PCs

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As part of the Vault 7 series, WikiLeaks released a set of documents that is essentially a user manual for a set of hacking tools belonging to the CIA. The hacking tools are capable of infecting air-gapped PCs via USB drives and are collectively named as the Brutal Kangaroo. Brutal Kangaroo Brutal Kangaroo is not […]

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