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Vigilante Hackers Aim to Hijack 200,000 Routers to Make Them More Secure

The same “Vigilante-style Hacker,” who previously hacked more than 10,000 routers to make them more secure, has once again made headlines by compromising more than 70,000 home routers and apparently forcing their owners to make them secure against flaws and weak passwords.

Just like the infamous hacking group Lizard Squad, the group of white hat hackers, dubbed the White Team, is building

Hackers Are Offering Apple Employees $23,000 for Corporate Login Details

An unsatisfied Employee may turn into a Nightmare for you and your organization.

Nowadays, installing an antivirus or any other anti-malware programs would be inadequate to beef up the security to maintain the Corporate Database.

What would you do if your employee itself backstabbed you by breaching the Hypersensitive Corporate Secrets?

Yes! There could be a possibility for an

All Versions of Windows affected by Critical Security Vulnerability

Microsoft has released 13 security bulletins, six of which are considered to be critical, resolving a total of 41 security vulnerabilities in its software this month.

Every Windows version Affected:

One of the critical vulnerabilities affects all supported version of Windows, including Microsoft’s newest Windows 10 operating system, as well as Windows Server 2016 Tech Preview 4.

The

France Orders Facebook To Stop Tracking Non-Users or Face Fines

8th February 2016 would be considered as a cursed day in the history of Facebook. You might have known that just yesterday India bans Facebook’s Free Basic Internet in the country.

Now, Zuckerberg had got another bombshell in the form of a French Order from the European Data Protection Authority, who ordered Facebook to stop tracking non-users’ online activity and to stop data transfers of

How to Crack GCHQ Crypto Puzzle? — Here's the Solution

GCHQ has finally released the solution to their head spinning Xmas Puzzle, after all, the participants failed to reach the final answer.

GCHQ had released a crypto puzzle, dubbed Xmas Puzzle, on 9th December in the form of a Christmas Card that went viral online soon after its release.

Nearly 600,000 people shot a “Go” for the challenge since early December, but only 30,000 had made it

Apple Could Offer iMessage App for Android

Although Apple has its own operating system for both desktop (Mac OS X) and iPhone (iOS), the company has always tried to port its in-house applications to other OS platforms.

Apple debuted on its rival mobile OS platform last year with the launch of Apple Music on Android. However, iTunes and Safari has already been made available for both Windows as well as Mac.

Now, the company will

Russian Hackers Manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate with Malware

Russian Group of Hackers reportedly cracked into the Kazan-based Energobank and messed up with the Ruble-Dollar exchange rates.

In Feb 2015, a hacking group, known by the name METEL, successfully breached into the Russian Regional Bank for just 14 minutes and caused the exchange rate to fluctuate between 55 and 66 rubles per dollar, which finally resulted in the increment of Ruble’s value.

Hacker Leaks Info of 30,000 FBI and DHS Employees

An unknown hacker who promised to release the personal information on government employees has dump online a list of nearly 20,000 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents and 9,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers.

Though the authenticity of the information has not been verified, at least, some of the leaked data appears to be legitimate.

Here’s What the Hacker Leaked

Breaking — India Bans Facebook's Free Basics Service

Facebook’s Free Basics Internet service has been Blocked in India.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has banned mobile carriers and broadband providers to charge customers based on what services or content they access over the Internet.

Under Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016, “no service provider shall offer or charge