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A series of documents revealed by Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency attempted to reveal users on Tor’s anonymous network, but failed to do so. That is not to say Tor is completely foolproof, since the documents were dating back to 2011. For more on this story, click here:: Tor de farce: NSA fails to decrypt anonymised network
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2014 had a number of malware and scams initiated through Facebook scams. Morbid videos of a woman dying and promises of nude videos of Facebook friends, opened the floodgates for Trojans to infect computers, laptops, and networks. For a full article on the Facebook scams of 2014 and what to look out for in 2015, click here:: Top Facebook scams and malware attacks
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A hacker known as “Pr0x13” has released a password-hacking tool that can break into any iCloud account. The tool, dubbed iDict, can bypass restrictions and two-factor authentication security by exploiting Apple’s security infrastructure. For more details on iDict, click here:: Hacker Released ‘iDict’ Tool That Can Hack Your iCloud Account
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This past weekend, Yahoo’s search engine was down for a significant amount of time. While many suspected an attack from a hacker or North Korea, the truth is that the engine was down due to an outage of Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Yahoo depends on that technology for its own search engine, so once one is out, so is the other. For more on this story, click here:: Yahoo Search engine goes down- Microsoft, not North Korea, to blame
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Sources have revealed that Microsoft is likely going to cease Internet Explorer and will debut its new web browser dubbed “Spartan.” Internet Explorer 11 is still marked to be included in Windows 10 along with Spartan for backwards compatibility. There is no word on whether Spartan will be portable on non-Windows systems like Chrome or Firefox. For more on Spartan, click here:: Microsoft Could Kill Internet Explorer; New Spartan Browser Coming Soon
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