Author Archives: Swati Khandelwal

FBI Arrests A Cyberstalker After Shady “No-Logs” VPN Provider Shared User Logs

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FBI recently arrested a psycho cyber stalker with the help of a popular VPN service and this case apparently exposed the company’s lies about the “no logs” policy.

Taking down cyber stalkers and criminals is definitely a good thing, and the FBI has truly done a great job, but the VPN company whose first line of the privacy policy is—”We Do Not monitor user activity nor do we keep any logs”—

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Disqus Hacked: More than 17.5 Million Users’ Details Stolen in 2012 Breach

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Another day, Another data breach disclosure.

This time the popular commenting system has fallen victim to a massive security breach.

Disqus, the company which provides a web-based comment plugin for websites and blogs, has admitted that it was breach… Continue reading Disqus Hacked: More than 17.5 Million Users’ Details Stolen in 2012 Breach→

Apple Allows Uber to Use a Powerful Feature that Lets it Record iPhone Screen

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If you are an iPhone user and use Uber app, you would be surprised to know that widely popular ride-hailing app can record your screen secretly.

Security researcher Will Strafach recently revealed that Apple selectively grants (what’s known as an “ent… Continue reading Apple Allows Uber to Use a Powerful Feature that Lets it Record iPhone Screen→

Greek Court Approves US Extradition of BTC-e Operator In $4 Billion Money Laundering Case

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A Greek court has approved the U.S. extradition of a 38-year-old Russian national accused of laundering more than $4 billion in bitcoin for culprits involved in hacking attacks, tax fraud and drug trafficking with the help of the now-defunct BTC-e exchange.

Alexander Vinnik, an alleged operator of BTC-e—a digital currency exchange service that has been in operation since 2011 but seized by

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Apache Tomcat Patches Important Remote Code Execution Flaw

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The Apache Tomcat team has recently patched several security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat, one of which could allow an unauthorised attacker to execute malicious code on affected servers remotely.

Apache Tomcat, developed by the Apache Software Fo… Continue reading Apache Tomcat Patches Important Remote Code Execution Flaw→

It’s 3 Billion! Yes, Every Single Yahoo Account Was Hacked In 2013 Data Breach

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The largest known hack of user data in the history just got tripled in size.

Yahoo, the internet company that’s acquired by Verizon this year, now believes the total number of accounts compromised in the August 2013 data breach, which was disclosed in December last year, was not 1 billion—it’s 3 Billion.

Yes, the record-breaking Yahoo data breach affected every user on its service at the

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Whoops, Turns Out 2.5 Million More Americans Were Affected By Equifax Breach

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Equifax data breach was bigger than initially reported, exposing highly sensitive information of more Americans than previously revealed.

Credit rating agency Equifax says an additional 2.5 million U.S. consumers were also impacted by the massive data… Continue reading Whoops, Turns Out 2.5 Million More Americans Were Affected By Equifax Breach→

Judge: FBI Doesn’t Have to Reveal How It Unlocked iPhone Used by San Bernardino Terrorist

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Remember the infamous encryption fight between the FBI and Apple for unlocking an iPhone belonging to terrorist Syed Farook behind the San Bernardino 2015 mass shooting that killed 14 people?

The same Apple vs. FBI case where Apple refused to help fed… Continue reading Judge: FBI Doesn’t Have to Reveal How It Unlocked iPhone Used by San Bernardino Terrorist→

Amazon’s Whole Foods Market Suffers Credit Card Breach In Some Stores

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Another day, another data breach. This time Amazon-owned grocery chain has fallen victim to a credit card security breach.

Whole Foods Market—acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion in late August—disclosed Thursday that hackers were able to gain unauthorized access to credit card information for its customers who made purchases at certain venues like taprooms and full table-service restaurants

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Amazon’s Whole Foods Market Suffers Credit Card Breach In Some Stores

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Another day, another data breach. This time Amazon-owned grocery chain has fallen victim to a credit card security breach.

Whole Foods Market—acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion in late August—disclosed Thursday that hackers were able to gain unauthorized access to credit card information for its customers who made purchases at certain venues like taprooms and full table-service restaurants

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