" The Chinese tech company Huawei on Saturday announced it has fired a sales director who was arrested in Poland and charged with spying for China, saying he has brought the firm’s reputation “into disrepute.”
The company said it has “decided to terminate the employment of Mr. Wang Weijing, who was arrested on suspicion of breaking Polish law."
"A 34-year old man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, after being found guilty of launching a massive denial-of-service attack against Boston Children’s Hospital. The sentencing of Martin Gottesfeld, from Somerville, Massachusetts, comes almost three years after he attempted to escape to Cuba – a plan that failed after his speedboat broke down in the choppy sea, and he was picked up by a Disney cruise liner."
"A 34-year-old man from Somerville, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against two healthcare organizations in the United States."
TLP1 : Green
"In INDIA, Cyber crime rises about 457 percent in 5 Years as per ASSOCHAM-NEC joint study.
The cyber crime incidents under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 from the year 2011 to 2016."
TLP1 : Green
"Microsoft has released the January 2019 Patch Tuesday updates that address 51 vulnerabilities in Windows OSs and other products."
TLP1 : Green
"Will anyone come up with a zero-day remote exploitation of iOS 12.x without user interaction?"
TLP1 : Green
"Pre-installed weather app has been harvesting email addresses and mobile identity numbers.
Android users have another security scare on their hands after security experts warned that a pre-installed weather app is harvesting personal data."
"The website of Luas, the tram system operating in Ireland’s capital city of Dublin, has been taken offline this morning after hackers defaced the site and demanded a ransom be paid within five days."
TLP1 : Green
"The automated system can once again bypass Google’s reCAPTCHA challenges, despite major updates to the security service."
TLP1 : Green
"A malware-based attack originated outside the US hit US major US newspapers delaying their hardcopy distribution."
TLP1 : Green
