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4 Feb

First Hacker Convicted of ‘SIM Swapping’ Attack Gets 10 Years in Prison

A 20-year-old college student who stole cryptocurrency worth more than $5 million by hijacking victims’ phone numbers has pleaded guilty and accepted a sentence of 10 years in prison. Ortiz was arrested last year on charges of siphoning millions of...
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23 Jan

Male Scammer – Big boss: “I am 25 years old guy from Mumbai andheri”

Vital Statistics: Gender:Man Seeking:Sex only 1-on-1 Location:Mumbai, India Age:25 to 29 Status:Prefer Not to Say Ethnicity:Prefer not to say Details: Appearance:Above average looking Height:5ft 6in to 5ft 8in Hair:Black hair Tattoos:Just one Have Children:Prefer not to say Tobacco...
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18 Jan

A Twitter Bug Left Android Users’ Private Tweets Exposed For 4 Years

Twitter just admitted that the social network accidentally revealed some Android users’ protected tweets to the public for more than 4 years — a kind of privacy blunder that you’d typically expect from Facebook. When you sign up for Twitter,...
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17 Jan

Unprotected Government Server Exposes Years of FBI Investigations

A massive government data belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS) was left unsecured on a storage server for at least a week, exposing a whopping 3 terabytes of data containing millions of sensitive files. The unsecured storage server,...
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11 Jan

DDoSing Hospital Networks Landed This Hacktivist in Jail for Over 10 Years

A simple DDoS attack could land you in jail for 10 years or even more. A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for launching DDoS attacks against the computer network of two healthcare organizations in...
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3 Jan

Google Partially Patches Flaw in Chrome for Android 3 Years After Disclosure

Google has finally patched a privacy vulnerability in its Chrome web browser for Android that exposes users’ device model and firmware version, eventually enabling remote attackers to identify unpatched devices and exploit known vulnerabilities. The vulnerability, which has not yet...
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25 Oct

Google Makes 2 Years of Android Security Updates Mandatory for Device Makers

When it comes to security updates, Android is a real mess. Even after Google timely rolls out security patches for its Android platform, a major part of the Android ecosystem remains exposed to hackers because device manufacturers do not deliver...
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11 Oct

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