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Microsoft Cortana Can Now Read Your Skype Messages to Make Chat Smarter

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Microsoft today announced built-in support for Cortana—an artificial intelligence-powered smart assistant—in Skype messenger on Android as well as iOS devices.

What purpose does it serve?

Microsoft wants its AI-based smart assistance to understand your conversations and help you with quick suggestions, ideas and information right inside your chat window.

“Cortana can also help you organize

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Warning: Millions Of P0rnHub Users Hit With Malvertising Attack

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Researchers from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint have recently discovered a large-scale malvertising campaign that exposed millions of Internet users in the United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia to malware infections.

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U.S. Believes Russian Spies Used Kaspersky Antivirus to Steal NSA Secrets

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Do you know—United States Government has banned federal agencies from using Kaspersky antivirus software over spying fear?

Though there’s no solid evidence yet available, an article published by WSJ claims that the Russian state-sponsored hackers stole highly classified NSA documents from a contractor in 2015 with the help of a security program made by Russia-based security firm Kaspersky Lab

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Apple macOS High Sierra Bug Exposes Passwords of Encrypted APFS Volumes As Hint

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A severe programming error has been discovered in Apple’s latest macOS High Sierra 10.13 that exposes passwords of encrypted Apple File System (APFS) volumes in plain text.

Reported by Matheus Mariano, a Brazilian software developer, the vulnerability affects encrypted volumes using APFS wherein the password hint section is showing the actual password in the plain text.

Yes, you got that right—

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FormBook—Cheap Password Stealing Malware Used In Targeted Attacks

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It seems sophisticated hackers have changed the way they conduct targeted cyber operations—instead of investing in zero-days and developing their malware; some hacking groups have now started using ready-made malware just like script kiddies.

Possibly, this could be a smart move for state-sponsored hackers to avoid being attributed easily.

Security researchers from multiple security firms,

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Spanish Court Agrees to Extradite Russian Spam King to the United States

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Spain’s National Court ruled on Tuesday to extradite a 36-year-old Russian computer programmer, accused by American authorities of malicious hacking offences, to the United States, according to a court document.

Peter Yuryevich Levashov, also known as Peter Severa, was arrested in April this year when he was travelling with his family to Barcelona, Spain from his home in Russia—a country

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EtherParty Breach: Another Ethereum ICO Gets Hacked

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Etherparty announced Sunday that its ICO (Initial Coin Offering) website selling tokens for a blockchain-based smart contract tool was hacked and the address for sending funds to buy tokens was replaced by a fraudulent address controlled by the hackers… Continue reading EtherParty Breach: Another Ethereum ICO Gets Hacked→

Google Finds 7 Security Flaws in Widely Used Dnsmasq Network Software

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Security researchers have discovered not one or two, but a total of seven security vulnerabilities in the popular open source Dnsmasq network services software, three of which could allow remote code execution on a vulnerable system and hijack it.

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Millions of Up-to-Date Apple Macs Remain Vulnerable to EFI Firmware Hacks

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“Always keep your operating system and software up-to-date.”

This is one of the most popular and critical advice that every security expert strongly suggests you to follow to prevent yourself from major cyber attacks.

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Dark-Web Drug Dealer Arrested After He Travelled US for World Beard Championships

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United States authorities arrested suspected dark web drug kingpin late last month while he was travelling from his base in France to the United States of America for this year’s annual World Beard and Mustache Championships.

Gal Vallerius, a 38-year-old French national, was travelling to Austin, Texas, for the competition but was caught by U.S. authorities on August 31 upon landing at

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