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China Passes Anti-Terrorism Law; Here's What You Need to Know

If you rely on encrypted services to keep your data private and, unfortunately, you are in China, then you are about to be worried.

As of now Chinese government could snoop into the operations of technology companies as well as circumvent privacy protections in everyday gadgets.

China So-called Anti-Terrorism Law

Despite months of objections from major technology firms and concerns

Somebody Offered Money to Raspberry Pi Foundation for Pre-Installing Malware

The Raspberry Pi is now gaining attention from malware distributors who want the popular mini-computers to deliver with pre-install malware.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has made a shocking revelation that the charitable foundation has been offered money to install malware onto the Raspberry Pi machines before they were shipped out to users.

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The Raspberry Pi is an

Want WhatsApp Free Video Calling? This Leaked Screenshot Reveals Upcoming Feature

Raise your hands if you want Free Video Calling feature in WhatsApp.

I am in, and I think most of you people.

And the good news is that it looks like WhatsApp’s much-awaited Free Video Calling feature is on its way, according to the recently leaked screenshots.

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Free Video Calling Feature in WhatsApp

German technology blog Macerkopf.de has posted what it claims are

India temporarily Bans Facebook's Free Internet Service

Facebook’s Free Internet access to India has hit a hurdle:

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has ordered the mobile carrier to temporary suspend the Facebook’s Free Basics Internet program.

Facebook’s Free Basics is an app that allows users to access certain Internet websites, including Facebook, for free.

However, India’s independent regulatory body has asked

Hyatt Hotel Says Payment Systems Hacked with Credit-Card Stealing Malware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is notifying its customers that credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been stolen after it found malware on the computers that process customer payments.

“We recently identified malware on computers that operate the payment processing systems for Hyatt-managed locations,” the company announced on Wednesday. “As soon as we discovered the

Kim Dotcom loses Fight Against Extradition to the US

Internet millionaire and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his three associates are eligible for extradition to the US to face criminal charges over massive copyright infringement on Megaupload (now-shuttered), the court has ruled citing “overwhelming” evidence.

On Tuesday afternoon, New Zealand District Court Judge Nevin Dawson told the court that the United States had presented enough

Encrypted Email Servers Seized by German Authorities After School Bomb Threats

In the wake of a hoax bomb threat, all public schools in Los Angeles were closed for a day last week, and now German authorities have seized an encrypted email server.

But, Does that make sense?

In a video statement posted on Monday, the administrator of Cock.li – an anonymous email provider service – said German authorities had seized a hard drive from one of its servers that used to

How to Crash Your Friends' WhatsApp Just By Sending Crazy Smileys

What would require crashing the wildly popular WhatsApp messaging application?

Nearly 4000 Smileys.

Yes, you can crash your friends’ WhatsApp, both WhatsApp Web and mobile application, by sending them not any specially crafted messages, but just Smileys.

Indrajeet Bhuyan, an independent researcher, has reported The Hacker News a new bug in WhatsApp that could allow anyone to remotely

Oracle Ordered to Publicly Admit Misleading Java Security Updates

Security issues have long tantalized over 850 Million users that have Oracle’s Java software installed on their computers. The worst thing is that the software was not fully updated or secure for years, exposing millions of PCs to attack.

And for this reason, Oracle is now paying the price.

Oracle has been accused by the US government of misleading consumers about the security of its Java