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cyber attack germany

Mirai Bots Knock Nearly a Million German Broadband Users Offline in Another Massive Cyber Assault

San Francisco

San Francisco Might Have Refused Ransom Demands as Hackers Now Threaten to Expose Data

San Francisco hackers ransom

San Franciscans Got Free Rides After Hackers Hit the Transport System with Ransom Demands

fbi email privacy act

One Warrant to Rule Them All – FBI Hacks Over 8,000 Computers in 120 Countries

Twitter surveillance tools

Twitter Tells Police to Stop Building Surveillance Tools Using Its Data

China Facebook censorship

Facebook Reportedly Builds Censorship Tool to Get Back into China – Several Employees Quit

Headphones Can Spy on You

New Malware Turns Headphones into Makeshift Microphones to Record Your Conversations

Apple encryption

Manhattan DA Reopens Encryption Battle with Apple Following Trump’s Election Win

Security

3 Million Android Smartphones Found to Have a Powerful Backdoor Preinstalled on Them

iOS security flaw on iPhone

iOS Security Flaw Lets Anyone Bypass iPhone Passcode and Access Photos – Siri Bugs Continue

iPhone sends call logs to Apple without user consent

iPhones Secretly Send Real-Time Call Logs to Apple Even with iCloud Backup Disabled

Hackers broke into Zuckerberg's Pinterest account - again

Mark Zuckerberg Hacked Again – Facebook Chief Uses Old Gmail Password for His Twitter Account

Shazam privacy concerns

[Updated w/ Official Response] Shazam Is Always Listening on the Mac, Even When You Toggle It OFF

Twitter online abuse

Twitter Says #ShutUp to Online Abuse – You’ll Soon Be Able to Mute Words & Conversations

Chinese Company Added Backdoor in Android banking trojan

Chinese Company Added a Secret Backdoor in Phones Sold in the US – Sent Data to Shanghai

Russia Starts Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft Kaspersky

Russia Investigates Microsoft After Kaspersky Complains About Windows 10

AdultFriendFinder Hack

Adult Friend Finder Hacked Exposing Over 400 Million Users – Lousy Password Habits Continue

Delete Yahoo Admits Staff Was Aware of the "State-Sponsored" Email Hack in 2014

Yahoo Admits Staff Was Aware of the “State-Sponsored” Hack in 2014

Windows 10 Creators Update Insider 15055

Microsoft Finally Patches Windows Zero-Day Exploited by Russian Hackers – Complete Changelog

Patch Tuesday Adobe Flash Player

Patch Tuesday Brings Fixes to Nine Code Execution Flaws in Flash Player

China passes controversial cybersecurity law

China Passes “Abusive” Cybersecurity Law to Strengthen Beijing’s Censorship Regime

Russia US Cyberwar

US Penetrates Kremlin to Launch Cyber Attacks If Russia Tries to Hack the Election – Moscow Demands Explanation

iphone encryption cia wikileaks

India’s Buying Cellebrite Technology to Become A “Global Hub” of Unlocking iPhones

Cyber attack on Liberia

Criminals Trying to Take an Entire Country Offline with Massive DDoS Attacks – Testing Cyber Weapons?

Windows zero-day exploited by Russian spies Microsoft

Windows Bugs Exploited by Russia-Linked Cyberspies with Patch Still a Week Away

Russia cyber war

Following US, MI5 and UK Also Prepare to Retaliate Against “Increasingly Aggressive” Russia

Firefox 58 to Improve User Privacy

Firefox Cuts Website Access to Battery API That Allowed Sites to Track Users

government data breach

US Bank Regulator Reports a Major Security Breach – Staffer Copied Data Before Retiring

paypal wifi security Cyber Threat Analysis

Google Discloses an Unpatched Critical Windows Bug That’s Being Exploited in the Wild

Hackers could attack Windows without exploiting any bugs

Attackers Can Abuse Underlying Windows Mechanisms to Attack ALL Versions – Can’t Be Patched

Hack iPhone 6s and Nexus 6P

Chinese Hackers Managed to Steal Photos from iPhone 6s and Hack Nexus 6P

macOS and iOS Security Flaws

Attackers Can Hack Your iPhone, iPad & Macs Using Maliciously Crafted JPEG, PDF and Even Font Files

Dirty Cow Linux Security Vulnerability

Most Dangerous Linux Security Flaw Gives Users Full Access in 5 Seconds

memcached ddos attack

Chinese Webcam Maker Issues a Product Recall over Links to East Coast DDoS Attack