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There seems to be no form of computing which is safe from hacking, but some, such as the Chinese, have pinned their hopes on quantum computing having uncrackable communications. Yet University of Ottawa researchers have managed to build “the first high-dimensional quantum cloning machine capable of performing quantum hacking to intercept a secure quantum message.” View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Computerworld

Denuvo Software Solutions has suffered an embarrassing and potentially damaging information leak. Denuvo is an Austrian company well known for its anti-tamper technology and digital rights management (DRM) scheme used by many game makers. But while they may be experts on anti-piracy measures, securing access to online assets that are supposed to be unaccessible to random users is obviously not their strong suit. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security

The Spora ransomware is slowly making a name for itself as one of the most well-run ransomware operations on the market, with a very well-designed ransom payment portal, some solid customer support, and also efforts to improve the ransomware's reputation among victims. Discovered at the start of the year, Spora distinguishes itself from similar threats by a few features, such as the option to work offline, and a ransom payment portal that uses "credits" to...

A hacker has fired a warning shot at the FBI by publishing a portion of the computer code the US intelligence agency is believed to have used to access the iPhone 5c owned by Syed Farook, one of the shooters in the 2015 attacks in San Bernardino. Last year, the FBI ordered Apple to help break into the iPhone 5C owned by Syed Farook, one of the shooters in the 2015 terrorist attacks in San Bernardino,...

An online banking malware scam netted criminals $1.2m in stolen funds – and now one of the ringleaders is now facing hard time in the big house. In August 2015, a Long Island online banking customer had $44,000 moved out of their account after a software nasty infected their PC and stole the account's login credentials. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Chrome users that, for whatever reason, can’t or don’t want to update to the latest version of the browser will soon start seeing warnings when they access Gmail. “Starting February 8, 2017, we will show a banner at the top of the Gmail interface for users who are still on Google Chrome Browser v53 and below to encourage upgrading to the latest version of Chrome, currently on version 55,” Google announced. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE:...

A grey-hat hacker going by the name of Stackoverflowin says he's pwned over 150,000 printers that have been left accessible online. Speaking to Bleeping Computer, the hacker says he wanted to raise everyone's awareness towards the dangers of leaving printers exposed online without a firewall or other security settings enabled. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE:

PayPal, one of the most used online payment systems in the world is facing a widespread phishing scam targeting its users to steal their login credentials. Phishing is a notorious fraudulent practice of sending emails disguised to be from reputable companies/organisations in order to induce individuals to reveal sensitive credentials. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times

Windows users running the Tor browser can be tricked into uncloaking themselves, with a pretty straightforward trick based on Microsoft's DRM system. The discovery was made by Hacker House, which says it's been researching social engineering attacks made using DRM-protected content. What the UK-based security outfit found is that a pretty straightforward bit of social engineering – “click on this media file” – can, at the very least, reveal the user's real IP address. View full story...

Freedom Hosting II, the largest host of dark web sites has reportedly been hacked and taken down by a group of hackers allegedly associated with Anonymous. The hackers breached Freedom Hosting II's servers and stole thousands of GB worth data, according to reports. According to independent security researcher Sarah Jamie Lewis, Freedom Hosting II was host to around 15%-20% of all sites on the dark web. This means that the hack took down nearly a fifth of...