Tag: Hack
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Towards the end of last week, ride-hailing firm Uber announced that it was conducting an investigation after the platform’s internal communications and engineering systems were breached. After the breach, the hacker then sent images of email, cloud storage and code repositories to the media. On September 16 at 10:30am Pacific Time, Uber offered an update about…
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Can you hack someone’s text messages? Being a coder myself, I am confronted by these questions. Frankly speaking, it is possible with the new coding technology. However, it is illegal to do so. Hacking someone’s text messages is a massive invasion of their privacy. Doing this can lead you to jail. Most of the hacking…
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The July 2018 hack of the presidential website could perhaps have been prevented if stronger security measures, including web application firewalls (WAF), had been implemented. This is the opinion of Simon McCullough, major channel account manager at F5 Networks, which specialises in application delivery networking technology for the delivery of web applications, and the security, performance,…
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Analysing the activities of hacking group OceanLotus, known for campaigns targeting eastern Asia, security researchers at ESET have followed one of the group’s latest campaign. ESET’s research into the group, also known as APT32 or APT C-00, has shown they are using the same tricks but now includes a new backdoor and utilizing several methods…
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As part of its Global Transparency Initiative, Kaspersky Lab is extending its successful bug bounty program to include rewards of up to $100,000 for the discovery and responsible disclosure of severe vulnerabilities in some of its leading products. The opportunity to get this bounty is available to all members of the famous HackerOne platform, Kaspersky…
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Many of these breaches were in fact the result of human error. They demonstrate that to compete in the emerging digital world, businesses must not only build robust security perimeters to protect themselves against cyber-attacks, but they must also educate employees about the dangers of falling victim to cybercrime. Here are some ways you can…
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By Dirk-Jan (DJ) Koeman Symantec recently reported that 60 per cent of consumers think their information is safe when they are using public Wi-Fi – completely unaware of the danger, or of its severity. The US software company further reported that only half of consumers believe they need to secure their information, 17 per cent think websites are…
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Uber has suffered a data breach that has affected 57 million customers and drivers. According to an IBM study the average cost of a data breach hit US$ 4 million up to US$ 3.8 million in 2015 and criminals have now focussed on payment based attacks. Due to lack of preparedness and the magnitude of…
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Bitcoin trader Bitfinex has been forced to halt operations after its platform was breached by hackers and millions of user funds stolen. The US-based firm has also had to stop all digital token deposits to and withdrawals from its platform. Bitfinex stated that it is investigating the breach to determine what happened, adding that some of…