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WordPress GDPR Compliance Plugin

Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the WP GDPR compliance plugin and creating backdoors to take over websites.…

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Published on November 10, 2018
Video Sharing App Vine to Be Succeeded by Byte in Spring 2019

Vine was one of the most popular video sharing platforms in its time, and it eventually became defunct. The app…

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Published on November 9, 2018
Lack of Funding Forces Free Music Archive to Shut Down

The Free Music Archive was responsible for offering freely downloadable music since 2009. The platform was legal with no subscription…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Canada Post Data Leaks Data of 4,500 Ontario Cannabis Users

Canada Post has leaked data of 2% of the Ontario Cannabis Store customer base. An unnamed official was able to…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
Tech Support Scammers Are Using Browlock Method To Force Virus Downloads

A Malwarebytes report revealed that scammers are using an age-old technique to lock out browsers of internet users. The browlock…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
GoDaddy Forces Social Media Network Gab to Shut Down Temporarily

Social media Gab is known to create a lot of controversy on the internet. The platform was already blocked by…

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Last updated November 8, 2018
SAFACT Anti-Piracy Group Logo

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
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