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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have announced charges against Jordan Evan Bloom for operating the LeakedSource for-profit data breach website. On Monday, the law enforcement agency said that the 27-year-old, suspected of being the operator behind the website, has been charged with selling stolen personal identities online. Read more

Unknown threat actors have compromised the BlackWallet application and stolen $400,000 in user funds. Over the weekend, as reported by Bleeping Computer, a DNS server connected to the domain of browser-based wallet application BlackWallet was compromised. Read more

A field observer has cautioned the public that the expanding CCTV network of the UK can become a potential target for hacking attack. As Tony Porter, surveillance camera commissioner, indicated towards a possible risk of intrusion on Britain’s citizens, he also mentions this could be done individually or by state actors. Read more

In a world where the number of victims of cyber attacks are increasing rapidly, the city of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, became the latest victim of the hackers. Recently, cyber criminals attempted to hack Belle Fourche servers. They were able to encrypt programs, but the systems were soon up and running thanks to restoration. Read

The malicious software uncovered pornographic ads and attempted to trick users into buying added services, according to Check Point. “We’ve eliminated the apps from Play, disabled the developers’ accounts, and will remain to show strong warnings to anyone that has installed them,” a Google spokesperson said. Read more

As cryptocurrency spread its roots globally, the ways of illegally earning or ‘mining’ it are also becoming advanced and much more sophisticated. Blackberry mobile’s website recently became a victim when hackers used it to illegally mine cryptocurrency. Read more

Lenovo researchers have found a backdoor in the firmware of RackSwitch and BladeCenter networking switches. They found the backdoor after an internal security examination of the firmware. The Chinese company has provided relevant source code to a third-party security partner to enable independent investigation of the mechanism. Read more

Sixty app were removed from the Google Play marketplace in December that were infected with malware dubbed AdultSwine that in some cases generated pornographic ads on apps aimed at children. Read more

A security vulnerability in Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT) remote access monitoring and maintenance platform could allow attackers to bypass logins and place a backdoor on a laptop enabling remote access and operation of the machine. Read more

Research that claims WhatsApp’s group messaging feature can be compromised by an attacker is being called into question by WhatsApp and the developer of the underlying messaging technology. Read more