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Opera Browser Sync Service Hacked; Users' Data and Saved Passwords Compromised Opera has reset passwords of all users for one of its services after hackers were able to gain access to one of its Cloud servers this week. Opera Software reported a security breach last night, which affects all users of the sync feature of its web browser. So, if you’ve been using   Opera’s Cloud Sync service , which allows users to synchronize their browser data and settings across multiple platforms, you may have hacked your passwords, login names, and other sensitive data. Opera confirmed its server breach on Friday, saying the "attack was quickly blocked" but that it "believe some data, including some of [their] sync users’ passwords and account information, such as login names, may have been compromised." Opera has around 350 Million users across its range products, but around 1.7 Million users using its Sync service had both their synchronized passwords as well as their authen

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Epic Game Forum Hacked. Once Again * Over 800,000 Gamers' Passwords Stolen If you are a fan of Unreal Tournament from Epic Games or ever have participated in discussions on the online forums run by Epic Games, you possibly need to change your forum password as soon as possible. It seems the Unreal Engine and its creators, Epic Games' forums have recently been compromised by an unknown hacker or a group of hackers, who have stolen more than 800,000 forum accounts with over half a Million from the Unreal Engine's forums alone. The hackers get their hands on the forum accounts by exploiting a known vulnerability resided in an outdated version of the vBulletin forum software, which allowed them to get access to the full database. Epic believes registration information that includes usernames, scrambled passwords, email addresses, dates of birth, IP addresses, and date of joining, may have been obtained in the attack. "We believe a recent Unreal Engine and Unreal Tournament

Unknown Buys 2,700 Bitcoins - worth $1.6 million- at US Government Auction A winning anonymous bidder bought 2,700 Bitcoins (worth roughly $1.6 Million) in an auction held by the United States Marshals Service (SUMS) on Monday. The US government announced at the beginning of this month its plans to auction 2,719 Bitcoins that were seized during several criminal, civil and administrative cases like Silk Road. The US Marshals confirmed to Coin Desk that four bids were received in the auction that took place between 13:00 and 19:00 UTC on August 22. The majority of the Bitcoins in the auction were stemmed from investigations of the Silk Road online black marketplace. Included 2,719 Bitcoins in the auction were: Around 1,300 Bitcoins seized from a civil case related to Matthew Gill um, a Silk Road drug dealer, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2015. Only 2.8 Bitcoins directly came from Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was found guilty of operating Silk Road for illegal goods

Chinese android Phones company spying on users by Sending data to servers in Beijing As we all know that China is one of the largest producer of Electronic equipments in which Mobile phone or smartphone is one of them, but there is something revealed by a security firm that increase our tensions towards purchasing the Chinese Phones in future. According to the security firm F-Secure, Xiaomi phones come with a backdoor that send all the confidential stuff to the Chinese servers. Xiaomi Inc. is a privately owned Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. It is one of China’s biggest electronics companies that designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps, and consumer electronics. In a recent stuff like that, United States has blocked Chinese telecoms equipment to use in —NASA, Justice and Commerce Departments. Read More:  China in Hacking We will say it is a step that is necessary for a country’s security, but what about others, they still are under threat, as most of

the government Using Planes Equipped with Dirt box to Spy on your Cell Phones 2016 The Anaheim Police Department of California —  Home of Disneyland  — admitted that they used special Cell Phone surveillance technology, known as  DirtBox , mounted on aircraft to track millions of mobile users activities. More than 400 pages of new documents [ PDF ] published Wednesday revealed that Local Police and federal authorities are using,  DRTBox , an advanced version of Dirtbox developed by  Digital Receiver Technology  ( Boeing's  Maryland-based  subsidiary ). DRTBox — Spies in the Sky DRTBox is a military surveillance technology that has capabilities of both  Stingray  as well as Dirtbox, allowing the police to track, intercept thousands of cellphone calls and quietly eavesdrop on conversations, emails, and text messages. According to the report, DRTBox model is also capable of simultaneously breaking the encryption hundreds of cellphone communications at once, helping Anaheim Police Depa

Google try to Fly Drones Over Your Head to Deliver High Speed 5G Internet Would you enjoy If Drones hovering outside your window or above your head, just because it is offering High-Speed Internet Service? Most Americans may simply prefer to  "Shoot Down"  unwelcome items. Well, Google is working on a similar secret project, codenamed  Project Skybender , to beam faster internet service,  as fast as 5G , from the air. Google is currently testing multiple prototypes of  Solar-powered Internet Drones  in the New Mexico desert, as per some documents  obtained  by the Guardian under public records laws. To ensure security, Google is also said to have installed its own dedicated flight control centre near Spaceflight Operations Center at the  Spaceport America  facility in the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Google's Project SkyBender Drones are equipped with millimetre-wave radio transmissions to deliver next generation 5G wireless Internet, up to 40 times faster t