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The Southern African Federation Against Copyright Theft (SAFACT) announced that it is shutting down. The group lacks proper funding and…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Yandex Russian Search Engine

The Russian government will be changing copyright laws to account for data regulation. The decision came shortly after Yandex was…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Pegasus Spyware by NSO Group Found in 45 Countries

Security researchers have identified NSO Group-made spyware 'Pegasus' in the United States and 44 other countries. The findings were published…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
US Government-Partnered Website GovPayNet Leaks Over 14 Million Records

Indianapolis-based payments solutions provider has leaked over 14 million customer records in a recent data leak. The service was used…

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Last updated November 8, 2018

A research by Zscaler ThreatLabZ team has found that hackers and malware developers are using cheap cloud-based hosting services. These…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
190 UK Universities Targeted with Hundreds of DDoS Attacks

A large number of security attacks have been targeting universities all over the UK. Over 850 DDoS attacks were analyzed…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Hacker Group Magecart is Still At Large According to Report

The Magecart campaign that was responsible for hacking into British Airlines is still active according to a report. Zscaler ThreatLabZ…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Silk Road Marketplace Admin 'Libertas' Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Court

A former admin of the Silk Road marketplace admitting to enabling drug trades on the platform. Ireland resident Gary Davis…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Sky Subscribers Caught Pirating Music Will Face Legal Consequences

Music labels have partnered with Sky Ireland to implement a “three-strike” anti-piracy scheme. Users will receive two warnings when pirating…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Instagram Introduces Tools to Curb Bullying and Spread Kindness

Instagram announced two new features to make the social media platform less toxic. The service will now be detecting bullying…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Dropbox Adds Automated OCR Scanning for Images and PDFs

Dropbox has finally added an automated optical character reader to the cloud storage service. The new feature will scan all…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Eleven Sports Breaks Controversial “Football Blackout” Rule in the UK

Eleven Sports defied a ban that has been in place for decades in the UK. The streaming service aired two…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Thousands of Servers Vulnerable to Hijacking Due to Libssh Vulnerability

A vulnerability found in SSH library authentication protocol Libssh has left enterprise servers vulnerable to attacks. The vulnerability was found…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Warner Bros. Shutdowns DramaFever Streaming Service

Popular Korean drama channel DramaFever has been shut down by Warner Bros. The channel was available online through a subscription…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Yandex Russian Search Engine

Yandex has come under firing by copyright holders for indexing links to sites containing infringing content. Last year in Sept.…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
75,000 Healthcare.Gov Portal Users Affected by Data Breach

Private information belonging to 75,000 individuals was exposed after Healthcare.gov’s sign-up system was compromised. The breach was revealed by the…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
CISCO Finds Critical Vulnerability in VLC, MPlayer and Other Popular Media Players

A critical vulnerability has been discovered by security research company Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. The bug affects a number of…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
GandCrab Ransomware Developers Release Decryption Keys for Syrian Victims

A decryption tool has been released for Syrian victims who have been affected by the GandCrab ransomware that encrypts user…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
India Bans 827 Adult Websites in A Bid to Block Pornography

India revisited its efforts against pornography and has directed ISPs in the country to ban 827 pornography websites. The order…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Classic Movie Streaming Service FilmStruck To Shut Down Next Month

Movie streaming website FilmStruck is one of the most popular sources of classic movies. The website will be shutting down…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
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