Popular free Android VPN apps on Play Store contain malware

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If you want to ensure optimal privacy while surfing the web, a VPN (virtual private network) is the only reliable option. In this regard, a majority of web and smartphone users rely upon free VPN services, which according to the latest researc… Continue reading Popular free Android VPN apps on Play Store contain malware

Government Spyware Vendor Left Customer, Victim Data Online for Everyone to See

The Germany-based spyware startup Wolf Intelligence exposed its own data, including surveillance target’s information, passports scans of its founder and family, and recordings of meetings. Continue reading Government Spyware Vendor Left Customer, Victim Data Online for Everyone to See

Activist Publishes 11,000 Private DMs Between Wikileaks and Its Supporters

Emma Best, a freedom of information activist, has published a large cache of Twitter direct messages between Wikileaks and some of its most fervent supporters, including ones showing antisemitic sentiment from Wikileaks. Continue reading Activist Publishes 11,000 Private DMs Between Wikileaks and Its Supporters

Major data breaches at Adidas, Ticketmaster pummel web users

There’s been a number of major data breaches and leaks revealed in the last few days, and we take a look at three of the biggest: Adidas, Ticketmaster, and marketing firm Exactis.
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Former NSA contractor Reality Winner accepts guilty plea for leaking classified report

Former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner accepted a guilty plea agreement on Tuesday. For one count of espionage, Winner faces 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release. She originally faced ten years in prison. Final sentencing is yet to come. Winner, 26, is a former Air Force linguist who then worked as a contractor for the NSA in Georgia where she printed out classified material about the Russian government’s attempts at interference in U.S. elections and mailed the file to a reporter at The Intercept. The report was published on June 5, 2017. Winner had already been arrested two days earlier. “All of these actions I did willfully, meaning I did them of my own free will,” she said at Tuesday’s hearing. Winner’s lawyers and family pointed to the Espionage Act, a century-old piece of legislation routinely criticized as draconian, as the reason she pleaded guilty on Tuesday. “The […]

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