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By Uzair Amir
Misconfigured ElasticSearch Servers Exposed Private Data of over 82 Million Users. A warning has been issued by Bob Diachenko, a HackenProof security researcher informing users in the US that around 73 gigabytes of data is identified in a… Continue reading Private data of more than 82 million US citizens left exposed
By Uzair Amir
You may have watched YouTube videos about tech support scam tricking unsuspecting users into believing that their devices have been compromised with some nasty malware and the only way to get rid of it is to pay the technician for their &… Continue reading Indian police & Microsoft busts tech support scam centers
By Uzair Amir
A Chinese school headmaster Lei Hua was caught mining cryptocurrency using the school’s electricity. As a result, he had to lose his job. It happened at Puman Middle School in Hunan province of China. Initially, teachers complained … Continue reading Headmaster caught mining cryptocurrency at school; gets fired
By Uzair Amir
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has suffered a data breach in which unknown hackers have accessed personal and financial data of its customers. The data breach, according to the notification from HSBC, took between Oc… Continue reading HSBC suffers data breach after hackers access customers’ personal data
By Uzair Amir
VPNs are a fantastic tool for maintaining your online privacy, in that they keep your connection secure and your details anonymous while you’re browsing the web. One key flaw for many VPN users is the lag they can sometimes add to your co… Continue reading How to boost your VPN connection speed in 5 ways
By Uzair Amir
The US Justice Department has accused China to be involved in industrial espionage. According to a press release from the department, the Chinese government has made memory chips that store data its centralized science and technology stra… Continue reading Feds accuse Chinese firm of stealing trade secrets of US tech giant
By Uzair Amir
Due to the carelessness of an employee, who apparently was a porn fan, the network of the satellite imaging facility, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the EROS Center, South Dakota got infected with malware. An audit carried out by th… Continue reading Employee infects US govt network with malware after visiting 9,000 porn sites
By Uzair Amir
Former Lee Davis High School, Virginia teacher Christopher Brannan set to plead guilty to the federal charges of hacking into the computers of Celebrities including Emma Watson and non-celebrities leading to their private data in the Cele… Continue reading Teacher linked to Celebgate hacking scandal facing 7 years in prison
By Uzair Amir
Sony’s most prestigious gaming console till date PlayStation 4 or PS4 contains a bug that exploits and crashes the console through a text message. It is believed that malicious threat actors are sending infected messages to the console to… Continue reading Text Bomb Causing PS4 to Crash
By Uzair Amir
Several Critical Vulnerabilities Identified in Major Weapon Systems Being Developed by US DoD. The advanced weapon systems developed by the US Department of Defense with a whopping estimated expenditure of $1.66 trillion are plagued with … Continue reading Major weapon systems developed by US DoD highly vulnerable to cyber attacks