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Rafia Shaikh

Head of Business Development

Rafia joined Wccftech in 2012 as a tech reporter. She is currently working on stories focusing on people and technologies that are turning Microsoft into a “company to watch” again.

She is also responsible for collaborating with tech makers and e-commerce platforms to bring annoying but tempting deals to our readers.

Joined January 2013 5884 articles

Recent Posts

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More Spills… Thousands of Passports, Driver’s Licenses, & Photo IDs of FedEx Customers Exposed

Feb 15, 2018
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Sony Starts Sharing PlayStation 4 Data with the FBI – Begins with a Terror Investigation

Feb 14, 2018
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Happy Days! Microsoft Starts Offering Buggy Windows 10 Redstone 5 Builds to Skip Ahead Insiders

Feb 14, 2018
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No Love for Huawei – US Spy Chiefs Want You to Ditch Your Huawei Phones 

Feb 14, 2018
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Kaspersky on Its Ban: Trump Gov Just Wanted “to Be Seen as Reacting to the Apparent Russian Meddling in 2016 Election”

Feb 14, 2018
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Western Union Customer Data Stolen – Company Blames an Unnamed Storage Firm

Feb 14, 2018
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Bill Gates Seems to Hate Cryptocurrencies and Encryption – Encourages Apple to Offer Government Backdoor Access

Feb 14, 2018
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Microsoft Releases Free Spectre, Meltdown Tool to Assess If Your Windows Machines Are Vulnerable

Feb 13, 2018
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This Month’s Cumulative Updates Are Finally Out for ALL Windows 10 Versions

Feb 13, 2018
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Telegram 0-Day Exploited for Months to Spread Backdoors & Mining Malware

Feb 13, 2018
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Time to Add Cryptojacking Worries to Your Regular Android Malware Problems

Feb 13, 2018
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Germany Rules Facebook’s “Real Name Policy” and Use of Personal Data Illegal

Feb 13, 2018
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Skype Suffers a Security Bug That Can’t Be Fixed Anytime Soon Because It Needs a “Large Code Revision”

Feb 13, 2018
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Dark Web Goliaths Are Turning Litecoin into the Next Bitcoin

Feb 12, 2018
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Apparently Microsoft Still Cares About Windows 7 – Announces Windows Defender APT for Windows 7 and 8.1

Feb 12, 2018
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The Cyberattack on 2018 Winter Olympics – Organizers Know but Won’t Reveal the Source

Feb 12, 2018
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Secure Fit, Bluetooth Headphones That Claim to Be Water Resistant – Possible in a Budget? Yep.

Feb 12, 2018
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“Sandboxed Mac Apps Can Record Your Screen at Any Time Without You Knowing,” but Apple Doesn’t Seem to Care

Feb 12, 2018
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One Plugin, Over 4,200 Victims – When Thousands of Government Websites Were Hijacked to Mine Monero

Feb 12, 2018
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VMware Releases Workarounds to Address Meltdown & Spectre Flaws Affecting Virtual Appliances

Feb 9, 2018
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Linux Bugs in Demand – Exploit Acquisition Firm Increases Its Payouts for Linux Exploits

Feb 9, 2018
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FSB Arrests Russian Nuclear Scientists for Using Supercomputer to Mine Bitcoin

Feb 9, 2018
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US Considers Extending Kaspersky Ban to Huawei – Also Limits China from Acquiring Sensitive Technology

Feb 9, 2018
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California Voter Records Turn into a Hot Commodity? Second Ransomware Attack Reported

Feb 8, 2018
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No One Needs Your Permission! How Phones Can Be Used to Track You Even with GPS and Location Turned Off

Feb 8, 2018
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Google Making Hackers Richer – Paid Researchers in 6 Figures for a Pixel Bug

Feb 8, 2018
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Apple’s Top-Secret iBoot Source Code Posted Online in “Biggest Leak in History”

Feb 8, 2018
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New Beginnings? Microsoft Introduces the Ability to Delete Telemetry Data – Redesigns Security Settings

Feb 7, 2018
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MASSIVE UPDATE! New Windows 10 Preview Brings Improved Windows Defender, Game Bar Makeover & Several Other Changes

Feb 7, 2018
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Everyone Falls for Phishing Attacks – Even the Defense Contractors [Fancy Bear Is Back in the News]

Feb 7, 2018
Windows 10 Redstone 5 Builds Coming Sooner Than Expected!

While We Are Waiting for Windows 10 Redstone 4 Release, Microsoft May Already Be Moving to Redstone 5!

Feb 7, 2018
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Hotspot Shield Is Back in the News – This Time for Leaking User Locations

Feb 7, 2018
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Adobe Patches Flash Player 0-Day Allegedly Exploited in the Wild by North Korean Hackers

Feb 7, 2018
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Microsoft Continues to Deal with the Results of Its Aggressive Windows 10 Push

Feb 6, 2018
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