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Is your router collects data on your network?
Netgear last week pushed out a firmware update for its wireless router model NightHawk R7000 with a remote data collection feature that collects router’s analytics data and sends it to the company’s server… Continue reading Netgear Now Collects Router ‘Analytics Data’ — Here’s How to Disable It
After the shutdown of Kickass Torrents and Torrentz.eu, it’s time for the torrent community to say goodbye to the second most popular torrent site in the world, ExtraTorrent.
Yes, the popular torrent site ExtraTorrent has permanently shut down. So, st… Continue reading ExtraTorrent, Popular Torrent Site, Permanently Shuts Down!
Hackers won’t be spared.
Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8 million (£6.8 million) after hacking email servers of two major New York-based law firms to steal corporate merger plans in December 2016 and used them to trade stocks.
The U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan sued 26-year-old Iat Hong, 30-year-old Bo Zheng, and 50-year-old Hung Chin, over a multi-million
Continue reading Three Chinese Hackers Fined $9 Million for Stealing Trade Secrets
The malicious scam campaign, “The ‘HoeflerText’ font wasn’t found,” is back, which was previously targeting Google Chrome users to trick them into installing Spora ransomware on their computers.
This time the campaign has been re-designed to target Mozilla Firefox users with a banking trojan, called Zeus Panda, says Kafeine, a security researcher at Proofpoint.
Interestingly, the attackers
Continue reading Beware! Don’t Fall for FireFox “HoeflerText Font Wasn’t Found” Banking Malware Scam
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The Internet just lost one of its most prominent innovators.
Robert W Taylor, a computer scientist who was instrumental in creating the Internet as well as the modern personal computer, has died at the age of 85.
Mr. Taylor, who is best known as the mastermind of ARPAnet (precursor of the Internet), had Parkinson’s disease and died on Thursday at his home in Woodside
Continue reading Robert W. Taylor, Who Helped Create the Internet, Dies at 85
Do you like watching funny videos online?
I am not kind of a funny person, but I love watching funny videos clips online, and this is one of the best things that people can do in their spare time.
But, beware if you have installed a funny video app f… Continue reading Android Trojan Targeting Over 420 Banking Apps Worldwide Found On Google Play Store
Update (Tuesday, April 11): The arrest of a Russian man in Spain was apparently for his role in Kelihos botnet responsible for sending hundreds of millions of spam emails worldwide.
A Russian computer hacker and alleged spam kingpin was arrested in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday reportedly over suspicion of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in last year’s United
Continue reading Suspected Kelihos Botnet Operator Arrested in Spain
It’s an impressive milestone for Google — For the first time in decades, Android has been crowned as the world’s most popular operating system in terms of Internet usage, knocking Microsoft Windows off the top spot.
According to a new report from web traffic analytics firm StatCounter, Google’s Android is the most popular operating system worldwide in terms of total internet usage across
Continue reading Android Beats Windows to Become World’s Most Popular Operating System
Microsoft has announced to shut down CodePlex — its website for hosting repositories of open-source software projects — on December 15, 2017.
Launched in 2006, CodePlex was one of the Microsoft’s biggest steps towards the world of open source commun… Continue reading Microsoft is Shutting Down CodePlex, Asks Devs To Move To GitHub
The British authority has reportedly arrested a 20-years-old young man – potentially one of the member of a cyber criminal gang ‘Turkish Crime Family’ who threatened Apple last week to remotely wipe data from millions of iOS devices unless Apple pays a ransom of $75,000.
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested a young man from London on Tuesday on suspicion of “Computer Misuse Act and