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 Apple was sued by China For Showing War Film From 1990s

Apple was sued by a subsidiary of the Chinese media broadcasting regulator, since the Cupertino company offered promotion of a film shot more than 20 years ago, in a legal conflict which joins other open cases against the technology giant Apple in China.

Apple was sued by China For Showing War Film From 1990s

According to the Beijing court “The case was opened at the request of a production that accuses Apple of violating its exclusive rights to broadcast the film on the internet”. As the film deals with Chinese citizens fighting against Japanese troops in northern China in the early 1930s.
As well as the applicant also sued the developer and operator of the application Youku HD, available in the Apple App Store, which it accuses of enabling users to see the movie, causing “huge economic losses”.

The applicant claims that Apple has violated its exclusive rights to offer online “Xuebo dixiao”, which translates roughly as “Bloody battle with the fierce enemy,” which was released in 1994.
The production center also sues the developer and the operator of the application Youku HD app “Heyi Information and Technology (Beijing) Company Ltd.”, said the court in an online statement on Thursday. Youku’s website is one of the most popular website available in China for playing and streaming online movies and TV shows. As, it is owned by Youku Tudou Inc., which also listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The court said that “The plaintiff wants the two companies immediately halt the spread of the film and claims the payment of compensation of 50,000 yuan ($ 7,500), in addition to its “reasonable expenses” of 20.158 yuan ($3,000) in try to stop violation of their rights”.
Apple spokespeople did not respond to the requests on Saturday, as well as the spokesman for Youku Tudou Inc. also could not comment at first. Hence, the tech giant Apple Inc. has faced problems and legal obstacles in China.

Hence, after the order from the Chinese regulator, Apple suspended all its iBooks, Movies and iTunes services in April. In May, a court of intellectual property in Beijing ordered Apple to stop selling its mobile iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the city, after determining that are too similar to a model made by a small Chinese firm.

But, the sales of Apple devices continue while appealing the order. Also that month, Apple suffered another setback when a court ruled that a Chinese company can use the iPhone trademark in handbags, wallets and other leather goods.

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SMS Phishing Attack Affect Android Users(Dangerous Attack)
As we all know, phishing is very dangerous attack on the internet world and now phishing has gone into mobile. right now we have sms phishing method, which can affect all your device and hack into your privacy anywhere around the world. The malicious actions were very similar to RuMMS campaign which was aimed at the Russian segment. Unlike RuMMS, described in 3 campaigns which were using the user’s screen spoofing technique. Attackers display the fake user interface of the application instead of the bank and intercepted credentials for accessing online banking.

SMS Phishing Attack Affect Android Users(Dangerous Attack)

Attackers initially organize the work of C & C servers and sites that to distribute malware, and then send out the victims of SMS messages containing a link to the malicious software. After contact with the system Trojan scans the victim’s device, and monitors the applications running in the background.
SMS Phishing Attack Affect Android Users(Dangerous Attack)

However, malicious activity is not stopped in May. From February to June 2016, researchers found more than 55 modifications of malware propagating across the Europe: Denmark, Italy, Germany, Austria, etc. Unlike RuMMS, the current campaign is not only using the free hosting to host malware. As the attackers register domain names, use a shortened Bit.ly link service and compromised websites. In June, in addition to the arsenal of Bit.ly intruders appeared, such as the URL shortening service tr.im, jar.mar and is.gd.
FireEye Security Experts found 12 C & C servers hosted in 5 countries. The server with the IP-address “85.93.5.109 24” containing malicious applications which were used in two campaigns, “85.93.5.139” used in 8 applications. In addition, the 4 C & C servers are located on a subnet “85.93.5.0/24”. This indicates the presence of control over the network resources on the network segment.
As we all know that the URL shortening services usually provide link analytics services, which allows us to collect data on how many users from which countries clicked the particular short links and when it happened. Hence, using these services, the security company FireEye found there have been at least 161,349 clicks on the 30 short links redirecting to the overlay malware and each of which can drive to the infection of one Android device.

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Tor browser has become one of most secure browser the world, because of its ability to keep users save on the internet. The creators of the Tor Browser have decided to ally with expertise in computer security in order to protect the users from FBI hacking.

Security Alert - FBI is trying to break the security of Tor Browser

While the FBI has been successful finding the identity of some users of the network, Tor, known as one of the best tools to ensure privacy on the web. Hence, researchers and experts are joining the cyber security to further protect its users from such disclosure.
Also read: New Mobile App Threats Has been Detected By McAfee Labs
Exploit for Tor browser and operating machinery vulnerabilities and some parts of the code used to identify the user within the Tor-network got secrecy. A refusal to provide access to the exploit has been sent to the Attorney Virginia lawyer suspected of visiting sites with child pornography.
Previously, their desire to get access to exploit expressed, Mozilla, the developer of Tor Browser. However, all attempts have failed to learn the details of the vulnerability. FBI motivated reluctance to disclose details of the vulnerability of national security interests. Request for assignment of secrecy code was sent for approval to the relevant department and the FBI is currently awaiting formal signature.
Also read: Algeria Blocked Facebook and Twitter to avoid Cheating in Exams 
In February 2015, the FBI took control over the site with child pornography Playpen and used the exploit to the Tor browser to determine the real IP-address of the underground Internet users. After that, a series of arrests and users of resources have been charged with pedophilia.
Moreover, the researchers write in their paper that “Our solution significantly improves security over standard address space layout randomization (ASLR) techniques currently used by Firefox and other mainstream browsers” and will be presented in July at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium in Darmstadt, Germany.
The law enforcement agencies like the FBI, who protest that they don’t have sufficient resources to develop the malware required to catch the terrorists and other serious criminals. Hence, the defensive advantage may not last for too long, as it shows clearly that some in the academic research community are still determined on patching the holes that their rivals are still helping the government hackers to exploit.
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Mark Zuckerberg The CEO OF Facebook Uses Tape to Defeat Hackers Attack

Recently, we all have noticed much news of hacks, security breaches, and many spying attempts. Now, the question that arises is how do you keep yourself guarded? The CEO facebook Mark Zuckerberg was spotted using tape to obscure the webcam and microphone of his MacBook.

Mark Zuckerberg The CEO OF Facebook Uses Tape to Defeat Hackers Attack

It seems like the new height of panaroid because Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg was spotted using tape on his laptop camera to avoid being hacked. We had recently seen Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook and twitter account hacked because of using a simple password “dadada”
Mark Zuckerberg recently posted an image on Facebook today celebrating Instagram’s 500 million monthly user milestone. Zuckerberg is seen sitting at his desk with an Instagram frame placard thanking users for the support. On his desk lie his MacBook and other things.
If we take a solid look at the photo then it looks like Mark Zuckerberg has placed a tape over the MacBook’s camera as well on the Microphone. Actually, this practice is not surprising, Hackers can control your hardware devices as well. Hackers can simply turn on the camera without the user permission.
It is normal that one of the most powerful people in the world fears being watched. Recently the founder of Facebook briefly lost control of his accounts on Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn after the hacker group OurMine Team managed to access them.
According to FBI director James Comey “Taping up your webcam is an excellent precaution, should you worry that someone might hack into your laptop.”
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Clash of Clans has been bought By Tencent for $8.6 Billion
The owner of WeChat, just obtained a new product Supercell games for 9,000 million dollars. Supercell is the firm that created Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Hay Day and Boom Beach which all are the biggest hits.
If you are one of them who doesn’t know about Tencent then let me tell you it was Tencent who owns Riot Games, maker of League of Legends, Gears Of War and WeChat which is the famous alternative to WhatsApp.

Clash of Clans has been bought By Tencent for $8.6 Billion

Tencent and its partners will purchase the majority stake in Supercell from the Japanese telecommunications Softbank Group corp. for approximately $8.6 billion. Tencent will become the majority shareholder in the company. SoftBank will no longer have anything to do with Supercell.
The purchase agreement includes an operation of $ 8.6 billion, thanks to which Supercell now be valued at just over $10 billion. With this agreement, Tencent will acquire all shares of Softbank, who owned 73% of the total. Thus, Softbank will no longer have anything to do with Supercell, while Tencent will become the majority shareholder of Supercell.
Supercell CEO ILKKA Paananen in a statement said “We want Supercell to be the world’s best place for creative people to create games, At the same time, this new partnership offers us exciting growth opportunities in China, where we will be able to reach hundreds of millions of new gamers via Tencent’s channels.”
Tencent continues to grow in the business sector of video games. As we already mentioned Tencent owns Riot Games, maker of League of Legends is now owns supercell, which will win games like Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom beach which is a huge success in Google Play store.
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Hello guys, Another mobile app threat has been discovered by mcAfee labs. Intel security had recently released their McAfee Labs threat report of June 2016, and the report demonstrates that the dynamics of mobile app conspiracy, had explained that how cyber criminals command the apps to combat smartphone users.

New Mobile App Threats Has been Detected By McAfee Labs

McAfee said in a post that ” The report explains the dynamics of mobile app collusion, where cyber criminals manipulate two or more apps to orchestrate attacks capable of exfiltrating user data, inspecting files, sending fake SMS messages, loading additional apps without user consent, and sending user location information to control servers.”
McAfee also mentioned similar behavior over more than 5,000 versions of 21 apps that are designed to present valuable user services like video streaming, health monitoring, travel planning etc.
The report also revealed that if the user doesn’t mind to update the applications on time then they are likewise vulnerable to malicious attack and this may guide to mobile app collusion. McAfee Labs has also identified three types of threats
  • Information theft: An app with access to sensitive or confidential information willingly or unwillingly collaborates with one or more other apps to send information outside the boundaries of the device
  • Financial theft: An app sends information to another app that can execute financial transactions or make financial API calls to achieve similar objectives
  • Service misuse: One app controls a system service and receives information or commands from one or more other apps to orchestrate a variety of malicious activities.
Vincent Weafer, vice president of Intel Security’s McAfee Labs group said “Improved detection drives greater efforts at deception, It should not come as a surprise that adversaries have responded to mobile security efforts with new threats that attempt to hide in plain sight. Our goal is to make it increasingly harder for malicious apps to gain a foothold on our personal devices, developing smarter tools and techniques to detect colluding mobile apps.”
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Security Alert - Acer Webstore has been Hacked, Names and Credit Cards Leaked

Another security breach. Another technology company; Acer, a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics company recently suffered a data breach on its e-commerce website. the Taiwanese technology claimed that an unauthorized party had accessed the credit card data, names, and address in between May 2015 to April 2016.
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Security Alert - Acer Webstore has been Hacked, Names and Credit Cards Leaked 

Following the unauthorized access, Acer informed the mishappenings to the California attorney that its online store has been hacked. According to the letter which was sent by a user to the California Attorney General’s office stated that “We recently identified a security issue involving the information of certain customers who used our e-commerce site between May 12, 2015, and April 28, 2016, which resulted in unauthorized access by a third party.”
Acer’s vice president of customer service Mark Grove under also said “We do not collect Social Security numbers, and we have not identified evidence indicating that password or login credentials were affected”
According to the sources, the company hasn’t yet found any evidence that proves that the users login credentials were been affected. However, they were aware of the mishappenings.
The company also started safeguarding the users personal information and have also asked help of cyber security experts in which the company stated “Safeguarding your personal information is important to us. We took immediate steps to remediate this security issue upon identifying it, and we are being assisted by outside cyber security experts. We have reported this issue to our credit card payment processor. We have also contacted and offered our full cooperation to federal law enforcement.
Acer’s vice president of customer service Mark Groveunder also said “If you suspect that you are a victim of identity theft or fraud, you have the right to file a police report. In addition,you may contact your State Attorney General’s office or the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to learn about steps you can take to protect yourself against identity theft.”
If you are Acer customer and if you had performed any transaction in-between the period of May 12, 2015, and April 28, 2016, then you need to check your bank account if you detect any unusual activity then contact Acer immediately.
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Trending tech news, social media platform facebook and twitter has be blocked by the government of Algerian to enable the students on their studies and to avoid malpractice in exams.
It may be a student’s worst fantasy, the Algerian government temporarily hampered several social media sites, including Twitter and Facebook, to avoid fraud baccalaureate exams. Access to the internet through the 3G mobile network also appeared to be disrupted on Sunday.
Also read: Google Paid $550,000 To Researchers since last year

 Algeria Blocked Facebook and Twitter to  avoid Cheating in Exams

According to the reports, 18 million Algerians out of a population of 40 million are active on the Internet and social networks. Blocking social networks like Facebook and Twitter is to withdraw a reform of what happened two weeks ago when the examination was canceled at the last minute because they realised that exam related information or questions have circulated on the Social media network which includes Facebook and Twitter.
Also read: See Why Family of ISIS Victim sued Google, Facebook, Twitter
“The cut in social media is directly related to the partial baccalaureate exams that are taking place on Sunday,” an official source told the APS state news agency and also stated “This is to protect students from the publication of false papers for these exams”
On Sunday, some users said they faced obstacles accessing websites, including Google, although executive had said only social networks would be blocked.
Early this month some students received the content of examinations into their Facebook account. Dozens of people, including officials, were arrested for their alleged involvement in these massive leaks. The issue of cheating is widespread in the country that makes it difficult for the government to take control and put a stop to it. 
Also read: Will Android or Amazon win the war? Apple has won the battle
A police statement carried by Algeria’s APS news agency on June 7 said cyber crime detective had identified individuals who had “published (exam) material on social networks” as well as those who promoted the exposure.
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Microsoft is Getting into the Legal Weed Business

Microsoft recently announced a groundbreaking partnership with the California startup Kind Financial. Kind Financial is a company which is designed to help entrepreneurs and Government companies to track the sale of Marijuana.

Microsoft is Getting into the Legal Weed Business

Kind Financial is a company which builds systems to manage the control of legal cultivation of Marijuana for the government and the software features a“Seed to sale tracking”. Microsoft is joining the teams with Kind Financial on a software system that is powered by the Azure Cloud service.
Microsoft will be working with Kind Financial offering software to the states where marijuana is approved, either for medicinal or recreational purposes so that governments can have a strict control of seeds and to examine either the seeds are been harvested in the proper way or not.
The Executive director of Microsoft said, “We do think there will be significant growth, As the industry is regulated, there will be more transactions, and we believe there will be more sophisticated requirements and tools down the road.”
According to the company press release “Microsoft selected KIND to participate in its newly created Microsoft Health and Human Services Pod for Managed Service Providers. The goal of this relationship is to leverage each company’s resources to provide State, County, and Municipalities with purpose built solutions for track and trace (‘seed to sale’ in the cannabis industry) technology.”
The issue of marijuana is still controversy worldwide and its consumption remains prohibited at the federal level in the United States, but with medical or recreational marijuana now legalized in 25 states, and it is getting more with the time.
The data provider and analysis of marijuana business Matthew A Karnes said: “It’s very telling that a company of this caliber is taking the risk of coming out and engaging with a company that is focused on the cannabis business.”
Though marijuana is legalized for medical purpose but this is the first time a major US company like Microsoft joins in the business of Marijuana.
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See Why Family of ISIS Victim sued Google, Facebook, Twitter
Social media giants is been tackled by  ISIS Family. The father of the only American among the other 130 victims who were killed in the terrorist attack by ISIS in Paris this week registered a complaint in the US District Court of Northen California. Nohemi Gonzalez, 23 was the only American amongst the other victims.

See Why Family of ISIS Victim is been sued By Google, Facebook, Twitter

The lawsuit was opened on Tuesday in a court of California in the United States, by Reynaldo Gonzalez, father of Nohemi Gonzalez,
According to the sources, Facebook, Twitter and Google three were named in a lawsuit because the companies have “allowed” the advancement of the organization. These three giants have huge roles in fueling the rise of the Islamic State group by allowing it to use their networks for advertising propaganda, raising the funds.
Reynaldo Gonzalez said, “have knowingly permitted the terrorist group Isis to use their social networks as a tool for spreading extremist propaganda, raising funds and attracting new recruits.”
Google is named as an owner of Youtube in the lawsuit. Youtube is the source that Islamic state used to post propaganda which includes videos of executions
The Attorney of the victims family Keith Altman said ” Google, Twitter, and Facebook provide infrastructure and material support for Isis to conduct terrorist activity. These companies are not doing a good enough job of keeping the terrorists from using their network”
In return, Facebook said the lawsuit is without merit and they said “there is no place for terrorists or content that promotes or supports terrorism on Facebook, and we work aggressively to remove such content as soon as we become aware of it. Anyone can report terrorist accounts or content to us, and our global team responds to these reports quickly around the clock. If we see evidence of a threat of imminent harm or a terror attack, we reach out to law enforcement.”
Twitter said the “strongly condemns the ongoing acts of violence for which ISIS claims credit.”
Google said “We have clear policies prohibiting terrorist recruitment and content intending to incite violence and quickly remove videos violating these policies when flagged by our users. We also terminate accounts run by terrorist organizations or those that repeatedly violate our policies,”
The first discussion set for this case is in September. Tell us your opinions about terrorist groups on using Social networks.
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Google Paid $550,000 To Researchers since last year
In the year 2010, Google launched security Rewards program for those researchers who found any bugs in Google’s apps and services. In 2015, Google expand its program and included android in it and in the same year Google paid out $200,00 for finding vulnerabilities in Android.

Google Paid $550,000 To Researchers since last year

Google recently, announced that they have paid over $550,000 to 82 individuals since it was launched back in 2015. “We paid over $550,000 to, 82 individuals. That’s an average of $2,200 per reward and $6,700 per researcher. We paid our top researcher, @heisecode, $75,750 for 26 vulnerability reports.”
Google had also mentioned the rundown of the Android Vulnerability Reward program’s first year:
  • We paid over $550,000 to, 82 individuals. That’s an average of $2,200 per reward and $6,700 per researcher.
  • We paid our top researcher, @heisecode, $75,750 for 26 vulnerability reports.
  • We paid 15 researchers $10,000 or more.
  • There were no payouts for the top reward for a complete remote exploit chain leading to TrustZone or Verified Boot compromise.
  • Google had also said about few improvements to Android Vulnerability Reward program “We’re constantly working to improve the program and today we’re making a few changes to all vulnerability reports filed after June 1, 2016.
Google also mentioned that they have received over 250 qualifying vulnerability reports from researchers and they also said they will be rewarding more for a high-quality vulnerability report “We will now pay 33% more for a high-quality vulnerability report with proof of concept. For example, the reward for a Critical vulnerability report with a proof of concept increased from $3000 to $4000.”
Google also said that they were raising the reward for remote or proximal kernel exploit from $20,000 to $30,000. They will be rewarding $50,000 for discovering a remote exploit chain exploits leading to TrustZone or Verified Boot compromise.
The company wants the researcher to find and report bugs in Android because it is important for the company. That’s the reason Google is willing to pay more for finding Vulnerabilities.
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Hacking News, A Website Selling 70K Hacked Government and Corporate Servers for $6 Each
Security alert, Information coming form Kaspersky Lab, xDedic simply presents a marketplace for buyers to obtain anything on the web and this time, they have more than70,000 compromised servers for sale and are being marketed in just $6 a piece.

Hacking News, A Website Selling 70K Hacked Government and Corporate Servers for $6 Each

The servers are from 173 countries belonging to companies, universities, and even government agencies. Thus, other cyber criminals who purchase the database can handle it to access victims more easily, sending spam, stealing data and placing threats to act.
Kaspersky Lab said “The one-time cost gives a malicious buyer access to all the data on the server and the possibility to use this access to launch further attacks. It is a hacker’s dream, simplifying access to victims, making it cheaper and faster, and opening up new possibilities for both cybercriminals and advanced threat actors.”
According to the sources, Kaspersky Lab teamed up with Europen ISP and discovered that xDedic is a marketplace that might have been created by Russian speakers. The number of compromised servers in March 2016 was 55,000 and in May 2016 it is 70,624. That means it became a marketplace where a network of affiliates can trade compromised servers.
xDedic used to connect sellers of compromised servers with illegal buyers, and xDedic takes 5 percent up-front payment of all money put into trading, said Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky research and analysis team.
The chart is being flourished for almost two years and has more than 416 sellers now. According to the chart listed above, we can see Brazil sharing nine percent of hacked server, China 7%, Russia 6% etc.
Kaspersky Labs said “We were able to identify some high profile victims such as Governmental entities and universities.During the investigation, we worked with several partners which allowed us to notify some of the victims about the infections in their networks.”
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Google is planning to buy Twitter as Microsoft did to linkedin
Google is planning to use twitter social platform As Microsoft will likely do with LinkedIn, consider that Google would integrate its main tools into the Twitter platform to facilitate the production and sharing of content. In other words, YouTube, Google Docs, Drive, Calendar, and others would be available directly in the Twitter user interface for quick access. That would be great.

Google is planning to buy Twitter as Microsoft did to linkedin

Perhaps more significant, however, is the potential Twitter offers to Google's online advertising business model, where the vast majority of its revenue is generated. 
In its glorious past, Twitter resisted offers from rivals like Facebook and even Google. But now the marketplace is different. The 140 character-limited social network is facing heat from its investors for failing to increase the user base. To make matters worse, Twitter was recently overtaken by Snapchat in overall active users (150 million versus 136 million).
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Messengers like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger have already surpassed Twitter in total number of users. To make matters worse, after announcing losses of $521 million in 2015, Twitter’s shares fell by 7 percent at the beginning of the year. So several shareholders of the company see an offer from Google as a potential to recover their lost investment.
In addition to this, the company has been using other resources to monetize its service better. One is to allow its advertisers to observe an emoji sent by users. This helps companies better target its advertisements.
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Facebook Launches New SMS Integration in Messenger to Wipe Out SMS - fervidtech
Latest social media news update. The Most famous and popular social network site; Facebook has recently announced that its messenger app has a unique feature which allows users to send and receive SMS messages within the app. 

Facebook Launches New SMS Integration in Messenger 

This is really amazing, facebook users don’t need to switch in between the default SMS app and messenger app. The feature was first seen on the users of Messenger beta version.
“Today we are enabling people to use SMS in Messenger for Android to communicate with their family, friends and phone contacts. What this means is you will now have the choice to be able to send and receive your SMS/texts in Messenger and will not have to go to different screens on your phone to communicate.” Facebook, wrote in a blog post.
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Hacking News - North Korean Hackers Steal thousands of Military files from S. Korea
 
Hackers aligned with North Korea have always been accused of attacking and targeting South Korean organizations, financial institutions, banks and media outlets.
Recent reports indicate that North Korean hackers have hacked into more than 140,000 computers of at least 160 South Korean government agencies and companies, and allegedly injected malware in the systems.

Hacking News - North Korean Hackers Steal thousands of Military files from S. Korea

The cyber attack was designed to lay for a long term period against its rival, authorities in Seoul said.

The South Korean police were on high alert against cyberattacks by the North Korean hackers, especially after North Korea successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen bomb in January and a long-range rocket launch in February, Reuters reports.

According to the police, the hacking attack began in 2014 but was detected only in February this year, after North Korea managed to steal information from two companies: the SK and Hanjin Group.
The documents stolen from the two companies included blueprints for the wings of F-15 fighter jets, an official at the South Korea cyber investigation unit confirmed.
The investigation unit said, "There is a high possibility that the North aimed to cause confusion on a national scale by launching a simultaneous attack after securing many targets of cyber terror, or intended to continuously steal industrial and military secrets."
More than 42,000 materials were stolen in the hack, of which more than 40,000 materials were defense-related.
 
Although a South Korean defense ministry official said that the stolen documents were not secret and that there wasn’t any security breach, a spokesperson from SK Holdings stated that 4 group affiliates were affected by the cyber attack.

The cyber attack originated from an IP address traced down to the North Korea and was intended to target the network management software used by 160 companies and government agencies in South Korea.
The police declined to identify the malicious software, though the IP address from where the hack was originated was identical to one used in a 2013 cyberattack against banks and TV broadcasters in South Korea.
The South Korean police were then teamed up with companies and other government agencies to disable the malware and prevent the malicious code from further spreading, in what could lead to a massive cyber attack. 
 
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Facebook launches Suicide Prevention tools in India
This tool is a amazing tool which will let users report the post to facebook or directly reach out the person posting something on Facebook that causes issues about their personal well-being. Earlier, this feature was available in the UK only, but now it is available globally.

Facebook launches Suicide Prevention tools in India

Facebook sends the distressed users the pop-up, with options like Can we help?, Talk with a friend, Contact a helpline, Get tips and supports, Skip this
Public Policy Director of Facebook, Ankhi Das said “Often, friends and family who are the observers in these types of situations don’t know what to do. They’re concerned, but they’re worried about saying the wrong thing or somehow making it worse,”
“Socially, mental illness and thoughts about suicide are just not something we talk about. Facebook is a place where people connect and share,”- Ankhi das also said that being connected is a protective factor in suicide prevention.
Ankhi Das the public policy director of Facebook also mentioned that they have teams working around the world, 24×7, who review reports that come in. They prioritize the most severe reports like self-injury and send help and resources to those in difficulty
In collaboration with local partners AASRA and The Live Love Laugh Foundation, Facebook had launched this tools in India. Users can also reach the page by simply searching for “Suicide“ on Facebook search.
Facebook also said “The resources we send to the person who posted something concerning will include an expanded set of options. People can now choose to reach out to a friend, contact a helpline, or see tips” and the best part is this all features will be found on the same page.
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Samsung is planning to shift from Android to Tizen OS- Fervid Tech
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Samsung is Google’s biggest partner when it comes to android OS. However, Samsung seems to be expanding the utilization of its Tizen OS which is typically found in some of Samsung’s TVs, wearables furthermore in some smartphones.
An anonymous company executive said to Samsung that Tizen OS had the potential to replace Android on all Samsung devices “If you don’t have your own ecosystem, then you will have no future. Tizen isn’t just a platform developed for use with mobile devices,” said by an anonymous company executive.

Samsung is planning to shift from Android to Tizen OS 

While admitting that Samsung has attempted to enhance and build up its native programs, he expressed that things are improving at Samsung. The executive also stated that Samsung launched the Z series smartphone Z1 and Z3 in market to see Tizen’s performance.
The executive said “Samsung’s Z-branded Tizen-powered phones are popular with Indian consumers. During the first quarter of this year, Samsung sold about 64 million phones there. This means that Tizen is proving its competitiveness,”. The executive also said “Samsung Tizen allows developers to make corrections, if necessary, and to redistribute updates to others”
As per the reports, Samsung electronics is looking to expand the Tizen support on its Smart watches, Smart Tv’s and smart refrigerators etc. We also have seen the development of Samsung’s wearable devices which operates on Tizen.
We previously saw due to lack of app and support of developers failure of Windows 10 mobile. So the question arises here is whether Tizen OS be worth the risk of losing customers who are unwilling to switch from Android.
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Hacker Exposed Stolen 290,000 US Driver’s License Records for Sale - Security Treat
NSA also mentioned that the database also has information about some dangerous offenses like murders. NSA uploaded the data on underground marketplace named The Real Deal. The Real Deal is a web-hosted marketplace, which accepts payment in Bitcoins.

Hacker Exposed Stolen 290,000 US Driver’s License Records for Sale :Security Treat

The hacker named NSA had put up a personal details and driver’s license data of over 290,000 US citizens for sale which are negotiated from a government-linked database in Louisiana. NSA says he got the driver’s license and personal details from the stolen database that included reports on driving violations. Also Read: Breaking News - Yahoo is shutting down its old Messenger after 18 years of service
According to NSA, the leaked data contains driving offense, fine total, first name, middle name, last name, date of birth, driver’s license number, the state in which the driver’s license was issued, address, city, state, ZIP code, phone number, and email address.
The hacker NSA also revealed that some of the data is not complete, but it all have a driver’s license numbers “Sometimes MiddleName is NULL along with PhoneNumber and EmailAddress because whoever entered this data is a lazy and should be fired” the most common dates of birth are from 1983, but it also had teenagers and senior citizens” Also Read: Facebook Accidentally Declares “State Of War” in the Philippines
The Hacker NSA also added, “Within the database, you’ll find that there are records that aren’t of Louisiana origins like Texas or Delaware, this is due to tourists, travelers, etc. or the individual may simply be in Louisiana without a Louisiana DL.”
Regarding the price, NSA mentioned “Disregard the price on this listing. Make me an offer that you and I can both agree to and I’ll create a private listing that you can use to purchase this database.”

Here is the Hacker’s Full Ad Text

Disregard the price on this listing. Make me an offer that you and I can both agree to and I’ll create a private listing that you can use to purchase this database.
I’ve retrieved over a quarter million (290k+) driver’s licence records originating from organisations within Louisiana, United States.
The records mainly detail crime/infractions/etc. associated with the individual on record like speeding, theft, and sometimes murder.
Tables:
Offense,Total,FirstName,MiddleName,LastName,DOB,DLNumber,DLState,Address1,Address2,City,State,ZipCode,PhoneNumber,EmailAddress
Sample:
[REDACTED]
Sometimes MiddleName is NULL along with PhoneNumber and EmailAddress because whoever entered this data is a lazy fuck and should be fired. However, you’ll notice that FirstName sometimes contains the middle name or its initial.
Within the database, you’ll find that there are records that aren’t of Louisiana origin like Texas or Delaware, this is due to tourists, travelers, etc. or the individual may simply be in Louisiana without a Louisiana DL.
The ages range from teenager to senior citizens. The most common DOB year is 1983.
Don’t bother contacting me if you’re going to hit me with lowball offers.
PM or jabber: nsa@[REDACTED]
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