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Police Arrested 16-Year-Old Teenager Behind CIA, FBI Breaches

vendredi 12 février 2016 à 19:39
The teenage hacker, who calls himself a member of hacktivist group "Cracka with Attitude," behind the series of hacks on the United States government and its high-level officials, including CIA director, might have finally got arrested. In a joint effort, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and British police reportedly have arrested a 16-year-old British teenager who they believe

New York Police Used Cell Phone Spying Tool Over 1000 Times Without Warrant

vendredi 12 février 2016 à 12:13
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has admitted that it used controversial cell phone spying tool "Stingrays" more than 1,000 times since 2008 without warrants. In the documents obtained by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), the NYPD acknowledged that the department has used Stingrays to intercept personal communications and track the locations of nearby mobile phone users.

Microsoft Edge's InPrivate Mode Finally Keeps Your Activity Private

vendredi 12 février 2016 à 11:14
Browsing the Web in 'Private Mode' is not as private as you think. Microsoft has patched the Private Browsing Leakage bug in its newest Edge browser with the latest update. When we talk about Browsers, only one thing which does not strike our mind is Internet Explorer or IE. Even there were some trolls on Internet Explorer (IE) waving over the social medias such as "The best web

Hey, Apple User! Check If You are also Affected by the Sparkle Vulnerability

vendredi 12 février 2016 à 09:41
A pair of new security vulnerabilities has been discovered in the framework used by a wide variety of Mac apps leaves them open to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks. The framework in question is Sparkle that a large number of third-party OS X apps, including Camtasia, uTorrent, Duet Display and Sketch, use to facilitate automatic updates in the background. Sparkle is an open source

ENCRYPT Act of 2016 — Proposed Bill Restricts States to Ban Encryption

jeudi 11 février 2016 à 13:46
The last year's ISIS-linked terror attacks in Paris and California has sparked debate on Encryption, and the intelligent agencies started reviving their efforts to weaken encryption on various encrypted products and services. But, there is some Good News! California Congressman and Texas Republican are now challenging state-level proposals to restrict US citizens' ability to encrypt