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If you get caught using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the broader of United Arab Emirates (UAE), you could face temporary imprisonment and fines of up to $545,000 (~Dhs2 Million).
Yes, you heard that right.
Online Privacy is one of the biggest challenges in today’s interconnected world. The governments across the world have been found to be using the Internet to
Do you know that you can access your WeChat, Line and WhatsApp chats on your desktop as well using an entirely different, but fastest authentication system?
It’s SQRL, or Secure Quick Response Login, a QR-code-based authentication system that allows users to quickly sign into a website without having to memorize or type in any username or password.
QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes that
A critical zero-day flaw has been discovered in the popular cloud password manager LastPass that could allow any remote attacker to compromise your account completely.
LastPass is a password manager that also available as a browser extension that automatically fills credentials for you.
All you need is to remember one master password to unlock all other passwords of your different online
SMS-based Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) has been declared insecure and soon it might be a thing of the past.
Two-Factor Authentication or 2FA adds an extra step of entering a random passcode sent to you via an SMS or call when you log in to your account as an added layer of protection.
For example, if you have 2FA enabled on Gmail, the platform will send a six-digit passcode to your mobile
Radio-based wireless keyboards and mice that use a special USB dongle to communicate with your PC can expose all your secrets – your passwords, credit card numbers and everything you type.
Back in February, researchers from the Internet of things security firm Bastille Networks demonstrated how they could take control of wireless keyboards and mice from several top vendors using so-called
Researchers have discovered over 100 malicious nodes on the Tor anonymity network that are “misbehaving” and potentially spying on Dark Web sites that use Tor to mask the identities of their operators.
Two researchers, Amirali Sanatinia and Guevara Noubir, from Northwestern University, carried out an experiment on the Tor Network for 72 days and discovered at least 110 malicious Tor Hidden
On Friday, just three days prior to the start of the party’s national convention, WikiLeaks released almost 20,000 e-mails with more than 8,000 stolen from the US Democratic National Committee (DNC) following a cyber attack in June.
Two days later, on Sunday, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation and now had no major role on the party’s convention stage.
Many of
No More Ransom, so is the Ransomware Threat.
The Dutch National law enforcement agency Europol has joined forces with police and cyber security companies to launch a worldwide initiative to combat and tackle together the exponential growth of Ransomware used by cyber criminals.
Europol announced today the initiative, dubbed NO More Ransom, that has been backed by technology giant Intel,
Cyber attacks get bigger, smarter, more damaging.
PornHub launched its bug bounty program two months ago to encourage hackers and bug bounty hunters to find and responsibly report flaws in its services and get rewarded.
Now, it turns out that the world’s most popular pornography site has paid its first bounty payout. But how much?
US $20,000!
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Yes, PornHub has paid $20,000
Guess What? Someone just downloaded Twitter’s Vine complete source code.
Vine is a short-form video sharing service where people can share 6-second-long looping video clips. Twitter acquired the service in October 2012.
Indian Bug bounty hunter Avinash discovered a loophole in Vine that allowed him to download a Docker image containing complete source code of Vine without any hassle.
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