Author Archives: Swati Khandelwal

The Panama Papers — Biggest leak in History Exposes Global Corruption

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A huge trove of confidential documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca was made public on Sunday in what’s known as One of the World’s Largest Data Leaks ever, called The Panama Papers.

Over 11.5 Million Leaked Files including 2.6 Terabytes of Data

Even larger than the NSA wires leak in 2013, the Panama Papers includes 2.6 Terabytes of private data, exposing an enormous web

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Hacker Hijacks a Police Drone from 2 Km Away with $40 Kit

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A researcher has demonstrated how easy it is to steal high-end drones, commonly deployed by government agencies and police forces, from 2 kilometres away with the help of less than $40 worth of hardware.

The attack was developed by IBM security rese… Continue reading Hacker Hijacks a Police Drone from 2 Km Away with $40 Kit→

Just One? No, FBI to Unlock More iPhones with its Secret Technique

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) worked with Israeli mobile forensic firm Cellebrite to unlock iPhone used in the San Bernardino shooting last year, confirmed by multiple sources familiar with the matter.

The United States Department of Jus… Continue reading Just One? No, FBI to Unlock More iPhones with its Secret Technique→

Microsoft adds Linux Bash Shell and Ubuntu Binaries to Windows 10

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‘Microsoft loves Linux’ so much that now the company is bringing the popular Bash shell, alongside the entire Linux command environment, to its newest Windows 10 OS in the upcoming ‘Anniversary Update,’ Redstone.

The rumours before the Microsoft’s Build 2016 developer conference were true. Microsoft has just confirmed that it is going to enable its users to run Bash (Bourne Again Shell)

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Google has also been Ordered to Unlock 9 Android Phones

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The legal battle between Apple and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) over a locked iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters may be over, but the Department of Justice (DoJ) are back in front of a judge with a similar request.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has discovered publicly available court documents that revealed the government has asked Google’s

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FBI is fighting back against Judge’s Order to reveal TOR Exploit Code

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Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was ordered to reveal the complete source code for the TOR exploit it used to hack visitors of the world’s largest dark web child pornography site, PlayPen.

Robert J. Bryan, the federal judge, ordered the FBI to hand over the TOR browser exploit code so that defence could better understand how the agency hacked over 1,000 computers and if

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Remotely Exploitable Bug in Truecaller Puts Over 100 Million Users at Risk

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Security researchers have discovered a remotely exploitable vulnerability in Called ID app “Truecaller” that could expose personal details of Millions of its users.

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FBI Has Successfully Unlocked Terrorist’s iPhone Without Apple’s Help

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End of Apple vs. FBI. At least for now, when the FBI has unlocked iPhone successfully.

Yes, you heard it right. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has unlocked dead terrorist’s iPhone 5C involved in the San Bernardino shooting without the hel… Continue reading FBI Has Successfully Unlocked Terrorist’s iPhone Without Apple’s Help→

Microsoft says It’s Deeply Sorry for Racist and Offensive Tweets by Tay AI Chatbot

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After Microsoft’s Twitter-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot ‘Tay’ badly defeated earlier this week, Microsoft has expressed apology and explained what went wrong.

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New Bill targets Anonymous Prepaid ‘Burner’ phones by requiring Registration

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Terrorist organisations are increasingly using high-grade encryption technologies to prevent being caught by the law enforcement. But, that was not in the case of last year’s Paris attacks that killed 129 people, as Encryption seems to have played litt… Continue reading New Bill targets Anonymous Prepaid ‘Burner’ phones by requiring Registration→