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Facebook Takes Down Bitcoin Stealing Botnet that Infected 250,000 Computers

mercredi 9 juillet 2014 à 19:16
Once again Facebook is on The Hacker News! This time not for any scam or surveillance, but for a different reason.  The social networking giant has managed to take down a Greek botnet that used Facebook to spread malware and infected 250,000 computers to mine crypto-currencies, steal bitcoins, email passwords and banking details. Facebook is always one of the favourite weapon of cyber

Smart LED Lightbulbs Can be Hacked too; Vulnerability exposes Wi-Fi Passwords

mardi 8 juillet 2014 à 19:03
Until now, we have seen how different smart home appliances such as refrigerators, TVs and routers could expose our private data, but now you can add another worry to your list —LED light bulb. Don’t laugh! It’s true. Researchers at UK security firm Context have formulated an attack against the Wi-Fi connected lightbulbs, which is available to buy in the UK, that exposes credentials of the Wi-Fi

Android Vulnerability Allows Applications to Make Unauthorized Calls without Permissions

mardi 8 juillet 2014 à 14:48
A major vulnerability believed to be present in most versions of Android can allow a malicious Android applications on the Android app store to make phone calls on a user’s device, even when they lack the necessary permissions. The critical vulnerability was identified and reported to Google Inc. late last year by researchers from German security firm Curesec. The researchers believe the

Facebook Founder Wants to Make Internet Availability as Universal as 911 Emergency Service

mardi 8 juillet 2014 à 14:27
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a dream to make Internet access available to everyone across the world - Zuckerberg argues Internet should be a service as essential as of 911 in the case of an emergency. In a blog post published Monday in The Wall Street Journal, founder of the social networking giant highlighted the future of universal Internet access, along with the steps he thinks

90 Percent of the Information Intercepted by NSA Belongs to Ordinary Internet Users

mardi 8 juillet 2014 à 10:45
If anybody says that NSA is watching you, nobody surprises. But, a large scale investigation published by Washington Post indicates that the scope of surveillance carried out by US National Security Agency was massive even than the expectation of you and me. Just because you are an ordinary person doesn’t mean that you are safe, as 90 percent of messages intercepted by the NSA were not foreign