Hundreds of Android devices shipped with pre-installed malware

By Waqas

It is commonly believed that a brand new handset would

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Bitcoin Gold loses over $18 million after hack attack

By Waqas

Hackers are conducting Double Spend attack on cryptocurrency exchanges and the

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Wicked Mirai Brings New Exploits to IoT Botnets The latest variant of the venerable Mirai botnet malware combines approaches and brings new exploits to the world of IoT security challenges.

Pornhub’s VPNhub is a free VPN for everyone

By Carolina

Looking for a free VPN service? Look no further, believe

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Most Expensive Data Breaches Start with Third Parties: Report Data breach costs increased 24% for enterprise victims and 36% for SMBs from 2017 to 2018, researchers found.

FBI seizes VPNFilter botnet domain that infected 500,000 routers

By Waqas

It is believed that the botnet was run by infamous

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DOJ Sinkholes VPNFilter Control Servers Found in US The US Department of Justice said the move aims to thwart the spread of the botnet as part of its investigation into Russian nation-state hacking group APT28 aka Fancy Bear.

GDPR, WHOIS & the Impact on Merchant Risk Security Monitoring The EU's General Data Protection Regulation will make it harder for law enforcement, forensic investigators, and others to track down everything from credit card fraud to child porn rings.

3 Charged In Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack Federal prosecutors have charged three men with carrying out a deadly hoax known as "swatting," in which perpetrators call or message a target's local 911 operators claiming a fake hostage situation or a bomb threat in progress at the target's address -- with the expectation that local police may respond to the scene with deadly force. While only one of the three men is accused of making the phony call to police that got an innocent man shot and killed, investigators say the other two men's efforts to taunt and deceive one another ultimately helped point the gun.

Teen monitoring app exposes plaintext Apple ID passwords of its users

By Uzair Amir

A popular teen monitoring app has become a victim of a

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