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After the release of Windows 10, we reported how the operating system spies on its users and how to disable selected features to stop the OS from spying on you. Now Russian state agencies, lawyers and lawmakers have demanded a ban on Windows 10 claiming that the OS spies on its users and infringes the […]
Short Bytes: Russian lawyers, lawmakers and state agencies have filed complaints seeking Windows 10 ban. They have claimed that Windows 10 OS infringes the Russian laws and spies on its users. Windows 10 has been released worldwide and people are using the operating system in large numbers. If you are willing to receive the free […]
University of Virginia the latest to suffer Hack Attack — The attack allegedly originated from China. This weekend the University of Virginia had to shut down some of its online systems to respond to a cyber-attack. UVa has now also joined the league of universities that have already experienced a data breach lately. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/china-great-cannon-blocks-websites/”]‘Great […]
A security breach of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that was previously reported during May in which hackers stole tax information of thousands of taxpayers was actually almost three times bigger than the agency reported in the past. According to the officials at IRS, hackers managed to compromise data of as many as 334,000 taxpayers […]
Short Bytes: In a recent cyberattack at Pentagon, Russian hackers are being suspected as the key players. This attack was launched around July 25, affecting about 4,000 military and civilian personnel. Pentagon officials told that the attack involved “new and unseen approaches into the network.” The cyber-rivalry of Russia and the U.S. is well known. Turning […]
The sitting MP of the regional parliament of Saint Petersburg, Vitaly Milonov, has introduced a new law to shut down the social network for encouraging users to display gay rights movement’s rainbow flag. A Russian legislator, who has strongly opposed gay rights legislation throughout, wants Facebook to be banned in Russia because of its support […]
Reportedly, login credentials of around 47 U.S government institutions across 89 different domains have been leaked. Apparently, in the earlier part of 2015, 12 out of these 47 agencies (including the Department of State & Energy) allowed access to their computer network without two-factor authentication to some of their users. Resultantly, “the presence of these […]
In a surprising development, Russia and China have signed a cyber-security deal this Friday when Xi Jinping visited Moscow this week to celebrate the World War II’s end. According to the experts, these countries have signed a treaty to agree on not to conduct cyber-attacks on each other. It should be noted that recently China […]
American President Barack Obama’s emails were accessed by Russian hackers last October in a White House security breach, according to the NYT report. The emails that were read during this computer system breach were of unclassified nature. Earlier this month, officials admitted that White House security system was hacked by Russian hackers. According to the […]
According to a recent scandalous CNN report, Russian hackers hacked the White House computer systems. Russian hackers infiltrated the sensitive parts of White House computer security system in the recent months. This was reported by CNN on Tuesday, according to U.S. officials who briefed on the investigation. It should be noted that US president Barack Obama […]
Selfie Mania Turning People Psychic-Reportedly, a Russian paramedic is fired for taking pictures with Dying patients. Paramedic staff is believed to be compassionate, caring and people with a heart. However, Tatiana Kulikova is nothing like a compassionate paramedic. The 25-year-old Tatiana has been fired by health officers after viewing the pictures she posted online taken […]
Topface Faces Hackers’ Wrath – Reportedly about 20million usernames of the popular Russian Dating Site hacked. Approximately 20million user IDs and email addresses of visitors on Topface, a Russian online dating website, got hacked and are being offered for sale on another website. The apparent hack attack was detected by the renowned fraud-detection-software-maker company Easy Solutions […]
Originally this Russian website was designed for purely non-controversial spear-fishing activities, but now its log-in page has been compromised and displays a phishing page. The agenda of this campaign is to steal login details of Outlook Web App. Read More: Your Office Document may be Vulnerable to Malware: Warns Microsoft The Scam: According to security researchers […]
Unclassified White House computers are latest in the list of security breaches this year and the prime suspects for the breach are Russian hackers, who on government’s direction are working to carry out attacks on world’s most sensitive systems belonging to NATO, the Ukrainian government and U.S. defense contractors, according to reports. Although, the attack didn’t led […]
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, a Senator and the First Lady, is not yet convinced that Snowden leaked the classified documents because he was concerned about the basic privacy rights of Americans. Defending the country’s mass surveillance programs and their extent of surveying while speaking at the University of Connecticut, she blasted Edward Snowden, […]
Russia Today (RT) website was hacked, Headline Edited with the world ‘’Nazi’’over ongoing Ukrainian unrest. The Russian based news channel RT got their website under attack Sunday morning. Hackers had gained editing privileges, using them to insert the word ‘Nazi’ into a headline. The headline was placed at the right top of the main article […]
Earlier we had reported how lawmakers in the U.S. are accusing Edward Snowden, the ex-NSA contractor and whistle-blower of being a Russian spy, today Snowden has categorically denied the allegations that he was a Russian spy and acting on behalf of a foreign hand. In a statement to The New Yorker, he said, “this ‘Russian spy’ […]
What could have been the motivation for Snowden to become the whistleblower? This question intrigued many ever since Edward Snowden, the ex-NSA contractor, leaked intelligence documents and sought asylum in Moscow. Two of the top intelligence officials of the US intelligence community share a common thinking on this question. Rep. Mike Rogers, chairperson of the […]
The Pro – Assad hackers from Syrian Electronic Army have hacked the official blog and verified Twitter account of Microsoft. A bad start of a new year for Microsoft when yesterday its official verified Twitter account got hacked and today company’s blog came under attack by high profile hackers from Syrian Electronic Army. The hackers managed to […]
The Russian newspaper “Izvestia” reported on Thursday that the Federal Protective Service of the country bought 20 typewriters to prevent sensitive information from leaking via electronic means. The report said the measure was taken after the revelation of the espionage scheme of the United States in June. Washington is responsible for monitoring information from governments, the […]