WhatsApp Chats Never Really Get Deleted, Says Security Researcher
Most popular messaging app ‘WhatsApp’ doesn’t really deletes your chats, says researcher Jonathan Zdziarski. Zdziarski claims that the chats on WhatsApp are never removed,even after users have hit the...
View ArticleRussian Government websites hacked
Cyber attack has hit the Russian government bodies websites by a "professional" hackers, the country's intelligence service agency, Federal Security Service (FSB) says.According to the FSB, a...
View ArticleSocial media rescued Erdogan’s government
Hours after the attempted coup began, Turkey's defiant president Tayyip Erdogan appealed to the supporters to take to streets and confront the rebels. He addressed the nation from a smartphone and not...
View ArticleIndian researchers work on establishing human robot communication
With the increasing use of robots in every sphere of life, it becomes utmost important to establish proper communication between humans and robots. A team of researchers of Speech and Audio (SAG) at...
View ArticlePrivacy concern while playing Pokemon Go
Within few days of its release, Pokémon Go has been a huge hit among the gamers, but security bloggers are concerned about the security of the users.The game is free to download, and requests for...
View ArticlePokemon Go creators face lawsuit over trespassing
A New Jersey man has filed a lawsuit against the makers of the popular location-based augmented reality game, ‘Pokemon Go’ for placing the virtual creatures on his property without permission which...
View ArticleGoogle fights piracy through ContentID
Google has figured out a way to deal with thousands of piracy and copyright issues with its YouTube focused automated identification system, ContentID for audio and video, though visual artwork still...
View ArticleHackers stole more than 30 Jeeps
A duo of computer geeks who had digitally hijacked a Jeep over a year ago have again hacked but this time with a twist.In 2015, automotive cybersecurity researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek...
View ArticleKabali Superstar 'Rajinikanth's' Twitter Account Hacked !
As he basks in the success of his latest release ‘Kabali’, a rather shocking incident came to the forefront when Superstar Rajinikanth’s daughter Aishwarya revealed that his Twitter account was...
View ArticleIran First To Ban Pokemon Go, Cites Security Concerns
(pc-google images)Iran has become the first country to officially banned Pokemon Go, the smash hit reality game that has taken the world by storm in recent months.The Iranian High Council of Virtual...
View ArticleTech-Savvy Highly Prone To ID Theft, Reveals Experian
(pc-google images)In a recent study by credit checking service Experian, it was revealed that nearly one in four people targeted by identity theft attempts in 2015 were highly tech-savvy users of...
View ArticleJulian Assange: Wikileaks "Working On" Hacking Trump’s Tax Returns
Was it just a joke? When Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told Bill Maher during an interview with Real Time that his organization is working on hacking into Donald Trump’s tax returns.“Well, we’re...
View ArticleYahoo Investigates Massive Breach of 200 Million Accounts
(pc-Google Images)Yahoo is investigating a massive data breach after the apparent user names, passwords and birth dates of up to 200 million users appeared for sale online. The information is being...
View ArticleOnline booter services to be tackled by Push
An FBI study has suggested that youngsters are behind many web attacks. The study scrutinized ‘booter’ providers that perform denial of service assaults.The research presented at the Black Hat security...
View ArticleGarda Computer Systems Hacked In Zero-Day Cyber Attack
(pc-Google Images)Hackers launched an attack on the Garda Siochana (Irish Police) Computer Systems last week that forced the shut down a number of internal systems in an attempt to prevent sensitive...
View ArticleBitfinex to reduce customer balance by 36% to share loss
People who stored bitcoins at a popular Hong Kong-based exchange, Bitfinex have been told they will lose 36% of their assets following a cyber-attack.Late last week Bitfinex was hacked and 119, 756...
View Article900 million Android phones under security risk
Security flaws that could be used by the attackers to gain the complete access to a phone's data have been found in software used in Android devices.The bugs were found by the Checkpoint researchers...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Tesla Turns Lifesaver, Drives Owner To Hospital
(pc-google images)Joshua Neally would be considering himself very lucky to have got himself a self-driving car. Joshua was driving his Tesla Model X in Missouri when he suffered extreme piercing pain...
View ArticleAustralian census website hacked
A series of hacking attacks took place on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website on Tuesday (July 09) night which prevented thousands of citizens from participating in the census. The...
View ArticlePrivacy rights organization sends notice to UK government
Privacy rights organization Privacy International, and five global internet and communications services providers have lodged a formal complaint against the UK government’s use of bulk hacking...
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