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Evil twin attack: attacker mimicked airplane Wi-Fi and stole passenger data

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has accused a suspect of creating a fake Wi-Fi network on an airplane and using it to collect passengers' login information from email and social media - a so-called "evil twin" attack. The suspicion fell on the ma...

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Much more than "30 engineers": Telegram commented on the fears of security experts

After the publication of the material "Durov boasts that Telegram serves "about 30 engineers" - security experts call this a "red flag" for users," the ITC.UA edition contacted a representative of Telegram and commented on the main points that caused...

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Durov brags that Telegram is maintained by "about 30 engineers" ─ security experts call this a "red flag" for users

Over the weekend, a video from a recent interview with Telegram founder Pavel Durov appeared on X (formerly Twitter). In the video, Durov tells Tucker Carlson that he is the company's only product manager and that he has only "about 30 engineers" wor...

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Federal Google Pixel owners must update smartphones within 10 days or stop using them - U.S. government requirement

The update for Google Pixel smartphones, which was released earlier this month, received a significant number of security fixes. Among them was the patch for the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2024-32896. Google labeled it as a "high severity" and warned...

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The owner found a GPS tracker in the new Toyota GR Corolla Circuit - he had previously refused to install one

Anthony Do says that he fully paid for his new Toyota GR Corolla Circuit. When the man left the car in the parking lot for about a month, he returned and found that the battery had completely discharged. The culprit was a little "surprise" that his d...

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Hacker forum sells sensitive AMD data - company launches investigation into possible hack

AMD is investigating whether it has become a victim of a cyberattack. The investigation began after a hacker put up allegedly stolen AMD data for sale on a hacker forum. The hacker claims that the lot contains information about AMD employees, financi...

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AirTag stalking - U.S. accuses Russian gang member of intimidating ex-spouse

The USA accuses a suspected member of a Russian smuggling network of using AirTags to stalk his ex-wife, reports 404 Media based on recently disclosed charges. A Tajikistan citizen, Ibodullo Numonovich Mukhiddinov, is suspected of illegally trafficki...

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A senior U.S. Navy commander illegally installed Wi-Fi on a ship - she's fired and demoted

The US Navy has shut down an unauthorized Wi-Fi network on a warship. The senior commander who ordered its installation has been demoted. Former senior chief Grizzel Marrero was convicted in March, according to Navy Times, which obtained court docume...

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Revenge for stealing an iPhone and setting fire to the wrong house - man pleads guilty to killing five people

On Friday, May 17, 20-year-old Kevin Bui pleaded guilty to the murder of a family of five over a stolen Apple iPhone. The horror is compounded by the fact that the young man confused houses and set fire to the wrong door, even though the crime was al...

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Clean Windows XP survived 10 minutes on the internet before being infected - it was hit by malware from russia

YouTuber Eric Parker decided to find out how much time it would take for a "naked" Windows XP to be infected with malware in 2024 if the computer is simply connected to the internet and left idle. Using a virtual machine, Parker created an instance o...

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Hackers attacked servers of UK's Ministry of Defense

The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain has become a victim of a hacker attack. As a result, there was a mass leakage of data of military personnel. The government does not mention the country that was involved in this attack, but Sky News reports t...

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Ukrainian hacker from the REvil ransomware team received a sentence of 13 years in prison and a $16 million fine

On October 8, 2021, an Ukrainian, Yaroslav Vasinsky, was arrested at the border of Poland with Ukraine, accused of hacking the Kaseya business software provider in Florida. In March 2022, Vasinsky was extradited to Dallas, Texas. After investigation...

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Apple ID users faced a massive authorization reset and temporary lockout

On April 27, many Apple device users noticed that their Apple ID accounts had been reset, and the system did not allow them to reauthorize. Users were asked to reset their password, some of them reported that they needed to enter their iPhone passwor...

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Are you sure you're not a robot? The new era of CAPTCHA is here - and here's why we've been "failing" these tests lately

"Is it me or have the 'I am not a robot' tests become harder?" joked British comedian Jack Whitehall in his recent Netflix special, complaining about his inability to correctly identify traffic lights. CAPTCHA is a computer test of the challenge-resp...

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Apple can't, Samsung can. South Korea to ban iPhones for military for security reasons

According to the publication The Korea Gerald, the South Korean military is considering a complete ban on the use of Apple iPhones on military premises due to concerns about possible leakage of confidential information through voice recordings. A gro...

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