A new whitepaper has been released by Taia Global which claims that Russian hackers “also breached Sony” and “those hackers still have access to Sony’s network.”
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Singapore Forms New Cyber Security Agency
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, to be established on April 1, will provide dedicated and centralized oversight of national cyber security functions.
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Microsoft’s Office for Android tablet apps arrive
MS Office is now available on Android.
The requirements for downloading said apps include having a tablet that’s 7-inches or larger that’s also running Android 4.4 KitKat or newer. They also have to have an ARM-based processor and 1GB of RAM or above.
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Google now lets Brits send money over Gmail
Instead of smartphone apps and traditional bank transfers, Google is hoping that its Gmail and Google Wallet integration can strike a chord with people wanting to send money in the UK. The feature has been available in the US for ages, but finally it is headed for British shores too.
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Operating a Fake Bank
A fake bank in China that looked exactly like a real bank managed to scam people of almost 200 million yuan (HK$253 million) worth of deposits in just a year
The “bank”, in Nanjing’s Pukou district in Jiangsu province, promised customers 2 per cent interest a week for their deposits. Almost 200 people were conned.
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WiFi Map is a Crowdsourced List of Routers and Passwords
WiFi Map is an app that shows over 2.1 million Wi-Fi hotspots around the world. The free version only shows the Wi-Fi hotspots within 1.2 miles of location.
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Hackers deface Malaysia Airlines website, upload rap song
The Malaysia Airlines website has been commandeered by hackers who referenced Islamic State and claimed to be from the "Lizard Squad", a group known for previous denial-of-service attacks. The website’s front page, malaysiaairlines.com, was replaced with an image of a tuxedo-wearing lizard, and read "Hacked by LIZARD SQUAD – OFFICIAL CYBER CALIPHATE".
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OAT – Oracle Auditing Tools For Database Security
Oracle Auditing Tools is a tool kit that could be used to audit security within Oracle database servers.
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Mouse-Box — An Entire Computer inside a Mouse
Smartphones in our pockets are exponentially smaller and more powerful that they don’t realize the need to carry laptops with us everywhere. Now imagine if a small mouse meets the need of the entire PC? Not just imagination, it has been proved and done by the engineers at a Polish startup.
Poland-based Przemysław Strzelczyk and a team of software developers working on a new concept have created what they believe is the future of desktop computing — a mouse that’s also a PC.
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How to update Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10 using Windows Update
The only options you had previously to upgrade from an older copy of Windows to a new one was to run the installer either while the installed operating system was running or by booting from an installation disc or Flash drive to initiate it. Microsoft wants to make things more comfortable and has added an option to upgrade to Windows 10 using Windows Update.
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