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China develops the World's Most Powerful Supercomputer without US chips

China beats its own record with the World’s fastest supercomputer.

Sunway TaihuLight, a newly built supercomputer from China, now ranks as the world’s most powerful machine.

During the International Supercomputer Conference in Germany on Monday, Top500 declared China’s 10.65 Million-core Sunway TaihuLight as the world’s fastest supercomputer. Moreover, the supercomputer is leading by a wide

Insider Breach: T-Mobile Czech Employee Steals and Sells 1.5 Million Users Data

T-Mobile is the latest in the list of recent high-profile data breaches, though this time the breach is not carried out by “Peace” – the Russian hacker who was behind the massive breaches in some popular social media sites including LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, and VK.com.

Instead, one of the T-Mobile’s employees stole more than 1.5 Million customer records at the T-Mobile Czech Republic in

Hacker Breaks into Political Party's Video Conference System; Could Spy, too!

A critical flaw in the video conferencing software of the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) − a Canadian federalist provincial political party − allowed a user to spy on and hear the strategy discussions of the party at its premises and even access the live video camera feeds.

But luckily, the unknown white hat hacker who discovered the flaw alerted the PLQ staff of the security issue, showing them

The Pirate Bay Founder Ordered to Pay $395,000 Fine in Lawsuit he didn't even know about

One of the founders of notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been ordered to pay a fine worth nearly US$400,000 to several major record labels after their content was shared illegally via the platform.

The penalty has been imposed on The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde by a court in Helsinki, Finland.

Interestingly, Sunde, who already left the notorious file sharing site in

US charges Chinese ex-IBM employee with Espionage

The United States federal authorities have boosted charges against a former IBM Corp. software developer in China for allegedly stealing valuable source code from his former employer in the US.

Chinese national Xu Jiaqiang, 30, was arrested by the FBI in December last year, when he was charged with just one count of theft of a trade secret.

However, Jiaqiang has been charged with six counts:

Android Ransomware now targets your Smart TV, Too!

Do you own a Smartwatch, Smart TV, Smart fridge, or any Internet-connected smart device?

If your answer is yes, then you need to know the latest interest of the cyber criminals in the field of Internet of Things.

Ransomware!

After targeting hospitals, universities, and businesses, Ransomware has started popping up on Smart TV screens.

A new version of the Frantic Locker (better known as

Microsoft releases tons of Security Updates to patch 44 vulnerabilities

Microsoft has released 16 security bulletins on Tuesday resolving a total of 44 security holes in its software, including Windows, Office, Exchange Server, Internet Explorer and Edge.

Five bulletins have been rated “critical” that could be used to carry out remote code execution and affected: Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Edge (the new, improved IE), Microsoft Office and Office services;