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Hacker hijacks Apple devices remotely, asks for ransom

An unusual case of cyber extortion has been spotted in Australia: Apple device users in Queensland, NSW, Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria have woken up to see …

In wake of breach, eBay has to deal with multiple web vulnerabilities

As eBay flounders while trying to adequately respond to the breach it disclosed last week, and deems weak passwords to be good but stronger ones to be weak, researchers are …

China will start screening IT products

The Chinese government has announced that it will start vetting IT products and services that are to be used on networks and systems important to national security and public …

Anti-surveillance mask foils facial recognition systems

The unnerving ubiquity of security cameras in public places and the fact that an increasing number of them are connected to facial recognition systems has spurred …

Google Image Search results redirect to Browlock ransomware

Browlock is the most basic approach to ransomware there is: there is no actual malware that blocks the victims’ computer or encrypts its contents, there is only a Web …

Facebook introduces privacy check up tool

Facebook continues on its course to give users more privacy by making “Friends” the default sharing option for first time posters, and by introducing a privacy …

CERN, MIT scientists launch Swiss-based secure webmail

Last week marked the beta release of yet another encrypted, secure email service, and interest for it was so overwhelming that its developers had to temporarily close the …

Sophisticated Google Drive phishing campaign persists

Symantec researchers are once again warning about a sophisticated and persistent phishing campaign targeting Google users. The victims are hit with fake emails sporting a …

Still no patch for 7-month-old IE8 zero-day flaw

HP’s Zero Day Initiative has published details about a zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 which the Redmond giant apparently has no intention …

OnionShare lets you send files securely and anonymously

A new programming project that allows users to send files anonymously over Tor has been made available on GitHub by its author Micah Lee, former staff technologist at the EFF …

PayPal fixes merchant account hijacking bug

Well-known and prolific bug hunter Mark Litchfield has unearthed a pretty big flaw in PayPal Manager, which would allow attackers to hijack a merchants’ account by …

AT&T hacker wants US govt to pay for the time he spent in prison

In an open letter addressed to members of the New Jersey District Court, FBI, and DOJ, Andrew “weev” Auernheimer is seeking monetary restitution for the time he …

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