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4 Promising Linux Distros To Look Forward To In 2015 By downloading this free guide, you agree to receive regular updates on the latest cool apps, product reviews, and giveaways from MakeUseOf. Click here to download [Sponsored] Latest News Jan 31, 2015 Malware Poses as Flash Update Infects 110,000 Facebook Users within 2 Days Facebook users just Beware!! Don't click any porn links on Facebook. Foremost reason is that you have thousands of good porn sites out there, but there's an extra good reason right now. Rogue pornography links on the world's most popular social network have reportedly infected over 110,000 Facebook users with a malware Trojan in just two days and it is still on the rise, a security researcher ... Read more... GHOST glibc Vulnerability Affects WordPress and PHP applications After the disclosure of extremely critical GHOST vulnerability in the GNU C library (glibc) — a widely used component of most Linux distributions, security researchers have discovered that PHP applications, including the WordPress Content Management System (CMS), could also be affected by the bug. "GHOST" is a serious vulnerability (CVE-2015-0235), announced this week by the researchers of ... Read more... 17-Year-Old Found Bugs in WhatsApp Web and Mobile App Last week, the most popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp finally arrived on the web — dubbed WhatsApp Web, but unfortunately it needs some improvements in its web version. An independent 17-year-old security researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan reported two security holes in the WhatsApp web client that in some way exposes its users' privacy. Bhuyan called the first hole, WhatsApp photo ... Read more... Mozilla Deploying High-capacity Tor Middle Relays Back in November, Mozilla teamed-up with Tor Project under a new initiative called Polaris, in order to help reduce finite number of Tor connections occurring at the same time by adding high-capacity Tor middle relays to the Tor network, and now the company is ready with its first Tor Middle relays. The Firefox maker has given the Tor network a high-capacity middle relays with the launch ... Read more... Ultra-secure Blackphone Vulnerability lets Hackers Decrypt Texts The makers of ultra secure BlackPhone titled by Silent Circle as, "world's first Smartphone which places privacy and control directly in the hands of its users," have recently fixed a critical vulnerability in the instant messaging application that allows hackers to run malicious code on the handsets. BlackPhone was also hacked last year at the BlackHat security conference, but the ... Read more... Build a Cloud Network Leveraging Best-in-Class Security and App Delivery Many organizations are struggling with network infrastructure that is vastly outdated, and with the rise in cloud computing, the time to upgrade is now. Click here to download [Sponsored] This email was sent to gdjdfjhfhfn.thanhnien@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. If you would like to manage your newsletter preferences, please click here. The Hacker News | Global Contact: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe About Me Unknown Xem hồ sơ hoàn chỉnh của tôi Được tạo bởi Blogger.