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Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:46:59 GMT

The hobbyists competing to make AI human

The Loebner Prize, one of the few real-life Turing Tests, comes to Swansea this weekend.

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 15:40:58 GMT

Facebook removes altered Conservative advertisement

The Tories "misused" the platform when they changed the headline on a BBC News story, the company says.

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:21:41 GMT

Instagram fact-check: Can a new flagging tool stop fake news?

Users can now flag false Instagram content to fact-checkers but experts believe there is more to do to fight disinformation.

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:02:39 GMT

YouTube advertises big brands alongside fake cancer cure videos

The video site's algorithm promotes medical misinformation in a number of languages, the BBC finds.

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:32:17 GMT

Instagram apologises after censoring London fishmonger

A video of the shop display, showing dead fish, was flagged as containing offensive material.

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:18:00 +0100

Massive ticket fraud scheme targeting Groupon and Ticketmaster uncovered with discovery of unsecured database

Unsecured database containing 17 million email addresses was found to be part of fraud targeting Groupon, Ticketmaster and other online ticket vendors

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:35:00 +0100

NetCAT side-channel flaw affecting Intel server CPUs could enable attackers to sniff sensitive network data

The weakness affects all Intel chips supporting the RDMA and DDIO features

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:55:00 +0100

Warning over Win32/StealthFalcon malware that uses Windows update system to steal data

The BITS system is used by Microsoft to send Windows updates to its users and is generally ignored by firewalls

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:26:00 +0100

Critical vulnerabilities in Telestar IoT radio devices could enable attackers to remotely capture systems

Hackers can also transmit audio as commands and force a play stream using the security bugs

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:00:00 +0100

Apple criticises Google for creating 'false impression' about the scale of iPhone hack

Apple claims that the attack on iPhones was not "a broad-based exploit of iPhones" as described by Google Project Zero

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:30:38 +0000

What is SAP?

New to SAP? This can be really helpful to you. What is SAP? This  is an online course that  will  aid SAP beginners and IT managers who doesn’t have the leisure time to read  thousands of pages of documentations, but want to learn information about SAP in a couple of hours. In this course you will learn the main ...

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Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:06:37 +0000

Webmaster Tools: How It Can Help Us

Internet is a public area where you can find almost everything. This is not a secret to us; in fact if you are searching for anything, Internet is the best place to find it. With millions of users, site owners, and online companies all over the world, the question is this: how can you check ...

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Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:41:23 +0000

Just Another Contest

A new product launch website is gearing up.     Be the first 100 to support the launch and have a chance to win one of the following: Personalized header/banner for your website or social media accounts. Personalized cartoonized profile pictures ( Send us your pic) To join: 1  Like their page: https://www.facebook.com/sereneauras https://twitter.com/sereneauras Winners will ...

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Tue, 26 May 2015 15:56:57 +0000

TFS Training for all Skill-Levels

QuickLearn developed a complete training curriculum for Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013. The company offers Team Foundation Server training throughout the year for different skill levels: new-to-product, intermediate, and advanced. Classes last two to five days: classes for beginners last three days, intermediate skill level classes three to five days (depending on the ...

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Fri, 02 Jan 2015 04:04:12 +0000

Learn to Develop and Manage BizTalk Server

When it comes to Microsoft BizTalk Server, organizations need to budget for the training of every administrator and developer that will work with it. This is quite an investment and selecting the right BizTalk training has far-reaching consequences. QuickLearn offers classes at their training facility in Seattle and in classrooms or remotely around the world. ...

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Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:31:45 +0000

How to hack into someone’s Instagram account – 2 commonly used methods

Many people feel the need to hack Instagram accounts due to numerous reasons such as, to catch a cheating spouse or expose fake profile users. For instance, the option of direct messaging for chatting makes Instagram a perfect channel for cheating husbands and wives, possibly because you can send a DM to anybody on the [...]

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:37:48 +0000

Beware of these Two New Phishing Attack Tactics: Using Google Translate & Facebook Login popup

At Hacker9, we always advise our readers to be a vigilant internet user no matter how informed you are and keep up with the new tactics used by hackers to trick their victims. Until this year, there have been numerous data breaches which mostly outset with a simple phishing attack. Hackers have targeted various financial [...]

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:28:52 +0000

Phishing SMS 2FA codes – How hackers bypass two-factor authentication

Phishing is one of the most common and number one threat affecting civil organisations around the world, in fact, 90% of data breach attacks starts with a phishing attack. Today mobile internet traffic comprises of over 60% of the total internet traffic and it’s no surprise that hackers have turned their attention to high-value mobile [...]

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 06:28:32 +0000

Read this before you surrender your phone to phone repair shops

Have you ever come across a situation wherein you went to a phone repair shop to replace your phones broken screen and the guy at the shop uncertainly asks you to write down/remove your passcode or draw the lock screen pattern on a piece of paper? What did you do? Did you refute? or simply [...]

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:18:20 +0000

Exposing the Real Person behind a Fake Facebook Account

According to a report published by Facebook in May 2018, fake profiles on its platform account for around 4%, at most, of their monthly active user count. That means, out of 2.2 billion active profiles, there are around 88 million fake profiles. People create fake profiles for all sorts of reasons. Some people use it [...]