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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 16th, 2015
New Hacking Group Threatening Xbox Live and PSN with DDoS Attacks for Christmas

New Hacking Group Threatening Xbox Live and PSN with DDoS Attacks for Christmas

LizardSquad copycats are trying to ruin Christmas for gamers

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 16th, 2015
TinyV Trojan Takes Aim at Jailbroken iOS Devices

TinyV Trojan Takes Aim at Jailbroken iOS Devices

Chinese iOS users under fire from TinyV trojan

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 14th, 2015
Armada Collective Launches DDoS Attacks on UK Web Hosting Company

Armada Collective Launches DDoS Attacks on UK Web Hosting Company

Hosting company goes offline to upgrade servers and prepare for the larger wave of the announced DDoS attack

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 14th, 2015
Anonymous Hacks European Space Agency Just for Fun

Anonymous Hacks European Space Agency Just for Fun

The hacker did it "for the lulz," no other reason

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 13th, 2015
Twitter Starts Warning Users of State-Sponsored Cyber-Attacks

Twitter Starts Warning Users of State-Sponsored Cyber-Attacks

Twitter becomes the third social network to warn users of state-sponsored attacks, after Google and Facebook

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 10th, 2015
UK Academic Network Hit by Massive DDoS Attack That Lasted Days

UK Academic Network Hit by Massive DDoS Attack That Lasted Days

Internet connections take a dive for many UK universities

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 10th, 2015
ZeroDB, End-to-End Encryption Database Engine, Goes Open Source

ZeroDB, End-to-End Encryption Database Engine, Goes Open Source

100% encrypted database decides to go open source

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 8th, 2015
Security Flaw Fixed in Malwarebytes Antivirus

Security Flaw Fixed in Malwarebytes Antivirus

Malwarebytes fixes memory corruption issue

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 8th, 2015
Hashcat Password Cracker Goes Open Source

Hashcat Password Cracker Goes Open Source

Author choose open source to improve performance

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 8th, 2015
John McAfee Joins Everykey, Passwordless Authentication System

John McAfee Joins Everykey, Passwordless Authentication System

Everykey also announces new line of products

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 7th, 2015
LA Considering Using License Plate Readers to Shame People Soliciting Prostitutes

LA Considering Using License Plate Readers to Shame People Soliciting Prostitutes

Citizen privacy thrown out the door, once again

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 5th, 2015
Anonymous Declares December 11 as ISIS Trolling Day

Anonymous Declares December 11 as ISIS Trolling Day

ISIS may have an image problem after December 11

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 3rd, 2015
Signal Encrypted Messaging App Comes to Desktops

Signal Encrypted Messaging App Comes to Desktops

Signal will be provided as a Google Chrome extension

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 2nd, 2015
Increased Number of Financial Transactions via Mobile Devices Puts Enterprises at Risk

Increased Number of Financial Transactions via Mobile Devices Puts Enterprises at Risk

1 in 3 companies uses mobile apps for financial transactions

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 2nd, 2015
Files Encrypted with helpme@freespeechmail.org Ransomware Can Be Decrypted for Free

Files Encrypted with [email protected] Ransomware Can Be Decrypted for Free

Users dodge a bullet, ransomware can be easily decrypted

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 1st, 2015
Dallas County Officials Have Been Exposing User Details for over a Decade

Dallas County Officials Have Been Exposing User Details for over a Decade

Officials haven't fixed the issue, months after being warned

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 1st, 2015
Greek Banks Hit by DDoS Attacks, Hackers Ask for Bitcoin Ransoms to Stop

Greek Banks Hit by DDoS Attacks, Hackers Ask for Bitcoin Ransoms to Stop

Banks refuse to pay ransom, call on the FBI for help

 
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