Tag: hacking
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Here are the celebrities who are hackers’ hot favourites
A study by McAfee reveals a list of 10 celebrities which are used by hackers as bait while searching for them online may lead to malware and risky websites. The list includes celebrities spotted in deepfake and other AI driven content as well. ‘Barbenheimer’ fever is not over yet as the two movies were not…
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Teen hacker causes millions in damages to Uber, Revolut, and Grand Theft Auto maker
During proceedings at a London court, prosecutors disclosed that a member of the hacking group Lapsus$, who is a teenager, successfully breached the security systems of Uber and fintech company Revolut. The individual in question, identified as Arion Kurtaj, allegedly gained unauthorised access to the personal information of approximately 5,000 Revolut customers in September 2022,…
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PTI’s Asad Umar’s Twitter account hacked
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) General Secretary and former federal minister Asad Umar’s Twitter account has been hacked, confirmed PTI’s official Twitter handle early Wednesday. “PTI Secretary General Asad Umar’s account has been hacked. Please report any uncharacteristic tweets to Twitter. We are working with Twitter to get access back,” tweeted PTI official. Earlier in May, PTI…
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Italian spyware hacks Apple and Android smartphones
A report released on Thursday by Alphabet Inc.’s Google revealed that a hacking tool created in Italy was used to spy on Apple Inc. and Android smartphone users in Kazakhstan and Italy. The report claimed that RCS lab, a Milan-based company whose website lists European law enforcement agencies as clients, created tools to spy on…
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Google to ban call recording apps in the next update
From May 11, a new policy of the Google Play Store will prohibit third-party call recording applications from being downloaded. Modifications to the Google Play Policy mean that developers’ access to the Accessibility API will be restricted even more. This has been used as a workaround for remote call audio recording, however starting May 11,…
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National awareness campaign launched to protect children against cybercrime
The Federal Ombudsman’s nationwide public awareness campaign aimed at educating the wider populace and relevant groups about the skills and methods needed to combat cybercrime against children is now in full swing. On Sunday, a representative for the Federal Ombudsman Office said that as part of the program, state-run broadcasting stations broadcast informational messages and…
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Man hacks airline’s website after he lost his baggage
Nandan Kumar, a software engineer, hacked the website of an India airline — IndiGo — to search for his baggage after it was exchanged with some other passenger. He also tried to reach out to the airline’s customer service but they did not assist him properly. Nandan Kumar was travelling on a domestic flight from…
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Twitter reacts to PM Modi’s hacked account news
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was hacked late Saturday. A deleted tweet from Modi’s official handle declared India had adopted Bitcoin as legal tender and was distributing the cryptocurrency to citizens. Later, the Indian Prime Minister Office clarified that “The Twitter handle of PM was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated…
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‘PM Khan’s phone does not have messages of Gujarat massacre like Modi’: Fawad
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry, while speaking on Geo News’ programme ‘Jirga’, said, “Two days prior to the story of Pegasus spyware being published, I received a letter from The Guardian revealing that there was a list of phone numbers that had been hacked. Three numbers previously used by Prime Minister Imran…
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Government blames Nawaz Sharif for PM Khan’s phone hacking
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Farrukh Habib, said that when Prime Minister Imran Khan’s phone was being hacked through Pegasus spyware, it was Nawaz Sharif’s government. Farrukh made this statement after The Guardian reported that the Indian government targeted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s phone for surveillance. Farrukh further added that while Indian Prime…