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Introducing: Security Key
The flaw, dubbed ‘Sandworm’, allowed spies to gain access to computers using all versions of Windows for PCs and servers during the past five years.
The cloud-storage service issued a statement, saying it wasn’t hacked and that usernames and passwords were stolen from other services.
Even completely deleting the contents of a USB stick wouldn’t get rid of the dangerous code.
Mark Pritchard claims he was contacted by the paper for the story which took down a UK Minister.
In a statement, the company said it has apologised to the people involved and as agreed to pay compensation.
A second wave of nude photos, apparently of female celebrities, have been posted online.
Make sure you’re not freely handing away your personal data…
“Who is this 4Chan person?”
The company has alerted An Garda Síochána and the Data Protection Commissioner’s office about the incident.
Assange has been holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London for more than two years
Coulson had been found guilty of phone hacking.
Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick, who oversaw the investigation, said it was not “an attack on press freedom”.
It wasn’t hacked. And you don’t need to change your password.
Hector Xavier Monsegur, known as Sabu, taught the US government about the inner workings of hacking collectives like Anonymous.
Those who bought BlackShades could use it to secretly take control of a user’s webcam or computer, and hold them to ransom.
The FBI’s Bob Anderson Jr., described the charges as ‘the new normal’.
Former royal editor Clive Goodman illegally listened to the messages of Kate and Princes William and Harry, the court was told.
As soon as the company realised there had been an intrusion, it restricted access to eliminate a threat.
The study from PWC found that cybercrime in Ireland has risen from 24 per cent to 45 per cent since 2011.
Both BitVendo and Merrion Vaults are allowing bitcoin owners to store the crypto-currency through cold storage, a service which stores them offline and protects them from security breaches.
The claim was made by the paper’s former royal editor.
A lack of resources has forced Flexcoin to shut down after 896 bitcoin, worth €446,000, were stolen by hackers on Sunday.
In one six-month period in 2008, the British spy agency collected webcam imagery from more than 1.8 million Yahoo user accounts around the world.
The virus, named Chameleon, searches for weaknesses within WiFi networks and infects them before automatically seeking other vulnerable access points.
… US spy agencies would continue to “gather information about the intentions of governments”.
The photo was taken at a 007-themed party that the prince was attending with Kate Middleton in 2006.
Ministers are being briefed by Alan Shatter this morning, following his meeting yesterday with the Garda Ombudsman Commission.
The meeting follows reports that a surveillance operation was used to hack into the police watchdog’s emails, wi-fi and phone systems.
A report today claimed emails, wi-fi and phone systems were hacked and a phone in a conference room at the building was bugged.
A former News of the World journalist said he used phone hacking to find out about an affair between Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller.
The BSI uncovered the security breach after it ran an analysis of botnets, which can be used to carry out attacks.
Other gems included “abc123,” “qwerty,” “iloveyou,” and “password.”
The technology has been used to monitor the Chinese Army, Mexican police and drug cartels, and trade institutions inside the European Union.
If you use public wi-fi systems, you should read this.
Coulson, who later became Prime Minister David Cameron’s media chief, denies conspiring to illegally access celebrities’ voicemail messages in a scandal that forced tycoon Rupert Murdoch to shut the paper in 2011.
Brooks’ affair with Coulson was revealed in a love letter dated February 2004 that was found on her computer, the court heard today.
The publishers are seeking an injunction over a new charter drawn up by Britain’s three main political parties after their proposals for a self-regulation were rejected.
An attack by hackers had been initially estimated to affect three million customers but it is now believe 38 million accounts have been compromised.