Category: Tech News
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32 Million Twitter Passwords May Have Been Hacked and Leaked
The world came to know about massive data breaches in some of the most popular social media websites including LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, Fling, and VK.com when an unknown Russian hacker published the data dumps for sale on the underground black marketplace. However, these are only data breaches that have been publicly disclosed by the hacker. […]
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Windows Local Privilege Exploit On Sale For $90,000
How much would a cybercriminal, nation state or organized crime group pay for blueprints on how to exploit a serious, currently undocumented, unpatched vulnerability in all versions of Microsoft Windows? That price probably depends on the power of the exploit and what the market will bear at the time, but here’s a look at one […]
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FBI Warns to Beware of Fake USB Chargers that Wirelessly Record Everything You Type
Last year, a white hat hacker developed a cheap Arduino-based device that looked and functioned just like a generic USB mobile charger, but covertly logged, decrypted and reported back all keystrokes from Microsoft wireless keyboards. Dubbed KeySweeper, the device included a web-based tool for live keystroke monitoring and was capable of sending SMS alerts for […]
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Spotify Hack?
Spotify Possibly Hacked! Change your Password ASAP If you are one of the millions of people around the world who love to listen to music on Spotify, you may need to change your password immediately. Has Spotify been hacked? The company says no, but some Spotify users have claimed their profiles were hijacked, and details […]
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Uninstall QuickTime For Windows
Here are the instructions to uninstall QuickTime for Windows via the Windows Programs And Features interface. Click the Start Menu, then click the Control Panel, and click on Uninstall a program under Programs. In the list of programs, highlight QuickTime For Windows, and then choose Uninstall. At this point QuickTime 7 and the Browser plugins […]
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Firefox Exploitable Through Popular Plugins Such As NoScript
NoScript, Firebug, and other popular Firefox add-on extensions are opening millions of end users to a new type of attack that can surreptitiously execute malicious code and steal sensitive data. There is no isolation among various Firefox add-ons installed by an end user. The underlying weakness has been described as an extension reuse vulnerability because […]