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30,000 Firearm and Shotgun Owners Hit by Metropolitan Police ‘data breach’

The addresses if around 30.000 fireman and shotgun owners are handed to a direct mail marketing agency for a commercial firm’s advertising campaign. The gun owners in London are questioning the Metropolitan Police about this incident. The people first came to know this when a leaflet landed on their doormats in Tuesday’s post. Titled as […]

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Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat paying hackers to find technical glitches

Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have a found a unique way to find glitches.  It may surprise you, but it is true that they are paying hefty amounts to white hat hackers around the world to keep them updated about the glitches in their system. These technical giants are spending about around £156,000 every day, to

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Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Being Used to Hack Thousands of Vulnerable Windows PCs

Script kiddies and online criminals around the world have reportedly startedexploiting NSA hacking tools leaked last weekend to compromise hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Windows computers exposed on the Internet. Last week, the mysterious hacking group known as Shadow Brokers leaked a set of Windows hacking tools targeting Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7 and

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Oracle Patches Solaris with 298 Security Bugs and 10 Hole Exploited by NSA Spyware Tool

Yesterday Oracle has emitted a huge set of 299 security fixes for their software – also including a patch for a vulnerability exploited by an NSA leaked tool that can hijack the Solaris systems. You can find the details of this massive April dump here: Oracle describes their updates as “critical,” and urges all the

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Android Trojan Targeting Over 420 Banking Apps Worldwide Found On Google Play Store

Do you like watching funny videos online? I am not kind of a funny person, but I love watching funny videos clips online, and this is one of the best things that people can do in their spare time. But, beware if you have installed a funny video app from Google Play Store. A security

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Application Security Engineer

Job Location: Washington, DC Job Type: Full-Time (W-2) Pay: Up to $140K/yr (Depends on Experience) Clearance: Public Trust eligible SUMMARY: The Application Security Engineer will work with the development teams to carry out Application Security reviews and compliance guidelines. This role ensures that adequate and effective security processes, controls, and lifecycles are followed and aligned

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Quantum computing moves toward the enterprise

Quantum computing may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but within the next 10 years, it could be a reality. “Systems are still pretty rudimentary,” said Charles King, an analyst with Pund-IT.  “Though they perform some specific kinds of calculations faster than traditional computers, they are defined by their limitations. When true, fully

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Information Security Operational Analyst – 170002G6

Zurich North America is currently hiring an Information Security Analyst to work out of our Schaumburg, IL North America Headquarters, as a Penetration Tester on the Technical Intelligence team.   She/he will support the implementation of processes and programs to address information security operational needs.  The ideal candidate will manage communication, change, resource, and standard

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