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Hacker installs Windows 95 on smartwatch; it works

A tech-savvy individual has successfully installed Windows 95 on an Android smartwatch, bringing back memories of the iconic operating system. This peculiar endeavor allows the...

FBI arrests Russian accused of heading hacker ‘storefront’

US authorities have arrested a Russian national who ran a hacker "storefront" that took in at least $17 million by selling stolen personal data and other illegal products and services, according to court records.

Jailed hacker is ‘whistleblower’ behind Luanda Leaks

A Portuguese hacker has taken responsibility for disclosing hundreds of thousands of files revealing how billionaire Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president, built her vast business empire

‘Hacker’ who blackmailed Apple spared jail

A 22-year-old cyber-criminal, Kerem Albayrak from north London, has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence and ordered to do 300 hours of unpaid work.

UK police arrest suspected hacker of music stars

British police arrested a man suspected of hacking famous music acts to steal unreleased songs and sell them for cryptocurrency

Mystery hacker steals data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South

SEOUL: The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to a...

Hacker withdraws Rs3 mn from retired scientist’s bank account

ISLAMABAD: Another case of hacking of bank account has surfaced on Monday and this time a hacker has withdrawn three million rupees from bank...

Czechs extradite suspected Russian hacker Nikulin to US

The Czech Republic has extradited Russian citizen Yevgeniy Nikulin to the United States where he is accused of hacking social networks including LinkedIn.

UK judges block US extradition of alleged hacker Lauri Love

LONDON: British judges on Monday rejected a US request for the extradition of a man accused of hacking into thousands of US government computers...

More than 70,000 people affected as cyber attack hits nearly 100 countries

WASHINGTON: A fast-moving wave of cyberattacks swept the globe Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency. The...

Turk gets eight years jail in theft of $55 mln in ATM hacks

ISTANBUL: A Turkish computer hacker who helped steal $55 million from ATM machines in dozens of countries using data from credit card issuers was...

Teen hacker arrested for triggering ‘911 attack’

WASHINGTON: An Indian-origin teenager has been arrested after he triggered a DDOS attack prompting city’s emergency services with thousands of bogus 911 telephone calls. Meetkumar...

How a hacker’s typo helped stop a billion dollar bank heist

DHAKA: A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Federal Reserve, banking officials said.

Malaysia arrests hacker for supplying U.S. targets to Islamic State

KUALA LUMPUR/WASHINGTON: At the request of the United States, Malaysia has arrested a man on charges of hacking personal data of more than a thousand U.S. officials and handing it to Islamic State militants in Syria so they could target the individuals.

Hacker’s Ashley Madison data dump threatens marriages, reputations

TORONTO: Love lives and reputations may be at risk after the release of customer data from infidelity website Ashley Madison, an unprecedented breach of privacy likely to rattle users' attitudes towards the Internet.

Israeli jailed for hacking Madonna's computer

TEL AVIV: A former contestant in Israel's version of "American Idol" was jailed for 14 months on Thursday for hacking the computers of singers including Madonna, who had complained about unfinished tracks from her latest album being leaked online.

Pakistani hacker mocks Digital India Week by defacing a govt website

RAIPUR: The official website of National Institute of Technology, Chhattisgarh was hacked and defaced by Pakistani cyber hacker on Thursday, a day after PM Modi launched Digital India Week to reform government through technology, ARY News reported citing Indian media.

McAfee makes surprise visit at hackers’ meet

LAS VEGAS: John McAfee, the flamboyant anti-virus software industry pioneer, made a surprise appearance at a computer hackers' conference on Friday evening, where he unveiled a new website to give people a place online to vent their anger.

USB devices, mouse, keyboard can be used for hacking

BOSTON: USB devices such as mice, keyboards and thumb-drives can be used to hack into personal computers in a potential new class of attacks that evade all known security protections, a top computer researcher revealed on Thursday.
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