Author Archives: Mohit Kumar

It’s Fappening Again! Private Photos of Emma Watson and Others Leaked Online

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Are you clicking nude selfies? That is fine and not any criminal act, but this act can land you in trouble — here’s how!

Almost three years after a wave of private photographs of celebrities leaked online, “The Fappening 2.0” appears to be underway with the circulation of alleged naked pictures of female celebrities, including Emma Watson and Amanda Seyfried on Reddit and 4chan.

Back in 2014,

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US Charges Two Russian Spies & Two Hackers For Hacking 500 Million Yahoo Accounts

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The 2014 Yahoo hack disclosed late last year that compromised over 500 million Yahoo user accounts was believed to be carried out by a state-sponsored hacking group.

Now, two Russian intelligence officers and two criminal hackers have been charged by … Continue reading US Charges Two Russian Spies & Two Hackers For Hacking 500 Million Yahoo Accounts→

Microsoft Finally Releases Security Patches For Publicly-Disclosed Critical Flaws

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After last month’s postponement, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is back with a massive release of fixes that includes patches for security vulnerabilities in Windows and associated software disclosed and exploited since January’s patch release.

Meanwhile, … Continue reading Microsoft Finally Releases Security Patches For Publicly-Disclosed Critical Flaws→

Scientists Store One Bit of Data on a Single Atom — Future of Data Storage

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Imagine a pocket-sized hard drive capable of storing the entire list of 35 Million Songs?

This isn’t yet practical, but IBM has just taken a big step towards improving computing technology: IBM researchers just discovered a way to store data on a single atom.

Data storage is undergoing dramatic evolution, recently researchers successfully stored digital data — an entire operating system, a

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Secure Messaging App ‘Confide’ Used by White House Staffers Found Vulnerable

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The secure messaging app used by staffers in the White House and on Capitol Hill is not as secure as the company claims.

Confide, the secure messaging app reportedly employed by President Donald Trump’s aides to speak to each other in secret, promises… Continue reading Secure Messaging App ‘Confide’ Used by White House Staffers Found Vulnerable→

Proposed Bill Would Legally Allow Cyber Crime Victims to Hack Back

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Is it wrong to hack back in order to counter hacking attack when you have become a victim? — this has been a long time debate.

While many countries, including the United States, consider hacking back practices as illegal, many security firms and experts believe it as “a terrible idea” and officially “cautions” victims against it, even if they use it as a part of an active defense strategy.

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Secdo Automates End-to-End Incident Response with Preemptive IR

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As vast volumes of digital data are created, consumed and shared by companies, customers, employees, patients, financial institutions, governments and so many other bodies, information protection becomes a growing risk for everyone.

Who wants to see p… Continue reading Secdo Automates End-to-End Incident Response with Preemptive IR→

StoneDrill Disk Wiping Malware Found Targeting European Industries

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A new disk wiping malware has been uncovered targeting a petroleum company in Europe, which is quite similar to the mysterious disk wiper malware Shamoon that wiped data from 35,000 computers at Saudi Arabia’s national oil company in 2012.

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Database of 1.4 Billion Records leaked from World’s Biggest Spam Networks

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A database of 1.4 billion email addresses combined with real names, IP addresses, and often physical address has been exposed in what appears to be one the largest data breach of this year.

What’s worrisome? There are high chances that you, or at leas… Continue reading Database of 1.4 Billion Records leaked from World’s Biggest Spam Networks→

Trump’s New FCC Chairman Lets ISPs Sell Your Private Data Without Your Consent

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Bad News for privacy concerned people!

It will be once again easier for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to sell your personal data for marketing or advertisement purposes without taking your permission.

Last October, the United States Federal Commu… Continue reading Trump’s New FCC Chairman Lets ISPs Sell Your Private Data Without Your Consent→