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Fired IT Admin Faces 10 Years in Prison for Wiping Servers
A former system administrator who wiped staff credentials from the servers of the company that fired him could face up to ten years in prison. After Joe Vito Venzor was fired by boot manufacturer Lucchese in September last year, he became “volatile” and was forcefully evicted from the building after…
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WD Reponds To Recent My Cloud Vulnerability Disclosure
WD made big headlines with the recent disclosure or no less than 85 exploits in their My Cloud series of NAS devices. The site that found the bugs also disclosed them to the public in order to get WD into gear and fix them and they did so because of…
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Hacker Who Created Fake Game Listing On Steam Says More Vulnerabilities Will Be Found
Earlier this week Ruby Nealon became famous on the internet for managing to get a game onto Valve’s steam store without anyone at Valve even knowing about it. The Watch paint dry game raised concerns about the system Valve has in place when it comes to Steams content, with him…
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Swedish Hacker Finds Serious Security Flaw in OS X Yosemite
The white-hat hacker Emil Kvarmhammer from the Swedish security firm Truesec has found a serious security hole in Apple’s new OS X Yosemite. He dubbed the new vulnerability “rootpipe” and explains that it is a so-called privilege escalation vulnerability. This means that an attacker could get full root access without the need…
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Microsoft to “Fool Around” With Windows Phone’s User Suggestion Resolutions
WCCF Tech recently posted an article indicating that new features will be added to the new Windows Phone 8 update that is due to arrive in the near future. The source was based on an administrator confirming and closing the suggestions with the following message: ““This feature is now available…
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