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Edward Snowden Urging All to Avoid ExpressVPN After its CIO Named in UAE Surveillance Scandal. Last week, Hackread.com reported on a billion-dollar deal in which ExpressVPN was bought off by Kape, an Israeli cyber security company raising privacy concerns among its users. Now, in a recent tweet, the former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has warned users […]
Nowadays wearable devices, especially fitness checking devices, are very much in vogue. However, security and technology experts are prompting warnings about the vulnerable nature of these devices to cyber-attacks. According to the estimation of the International Data Corporation/IDC, around 72.1million wearable tracker devices like Samsung Gear, Apple watch, Nike Fuel, Fitbit, and Jawbone will be […]
An Iranian hacker going with the handle of MoHaMaD VaKeR hacked and defaced the official sub-domain ofTelecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of United Arab Emirates (UAE), two days ago on 25th Oct 2014. The targeted sub-domain reportedly belongs to IPV6 training forum. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on hacked domain, bashing the site admin […]
The Police in Dubai have arrested an Indian national for filming and uploading a video on YouTube of a senior government official assaulting a van driver after a minor accident. Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police Major-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina said that the man was arrested as a result of a complaint lodged by the […]
Cyber crime during the year 2012 has reached to it’s heights and UAE is one of the most affected countries worldwide due to this uprise. This aspect was stated in a recent report launched by Symantec and Norton officials. According to them, UAE has been a center of a large number of spams and firms […]
UAE’s President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has enforced amendment in the Federal Legal Decree no. 5, which combats the cyber crimes. This amendment was made Federal Legal Decree no.2 furnished in 2006. This new decree states the privacy of all the matter published online that involves Bank account number, credit card numbers and […]