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Monday 22 January 2018

“LEBANON IS BEHIND DATA-STEALING SPYWARE“ - EFF UNCOVERED

A security bug that has infected thousands of smartphones has been uncovered by campaign group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

Working with mobile security firm Lookout, researchers discovered that malware in fake messaging designed to look like WhatsApp and Signal had stolen gigabytes of data.


Targets included military personnel, activists, journalists and lawyers.

Researchers say they traced the malware to a Lebanese government building.

The threat, dubbed Dark Caracal by the researchers, looks as if it could come from a nation state and appears to use shared infrastructure linked to other nation-state hackers, the report said.

Friday 5 January 2018

APPLE YAKIRI KUATHIRIWA NA “MELTDOWN" PAMOJA NA "SPECTRE”

Ugunduzi wa mapungufu makubwa mawili yaliyopewa jina la “Meltdown na Spectre” yaliyoathiri Kifaa cha Kopyuta kinachojulikana kwa jina la“Chip”  ambapo athari zake ni kupelekea wizi wa taarifa kwa watumiaji mtandao umeendelea kuchukua sura mpya baada ya kampuni ya Apple kukiri kua bidhaa zake ikiwemo Komputa za Mac, iPhone na iPads kuathiriwa pia.

Hadi wakati huu ma bilioni ya kompyuta, Simu za mkononi “smartphones” na Tabiti “Tablets” zimeathirika na mapungufu haya ambapo kuna hatari ya taarifa za mabilioni ya watu kuweza kuishia mikononi mwa wahalifu mtandao endapo hatua stahiki kutochukuliwa kwa wakati.



Tayari hatua mbali mbali zimeweza kuchukuliwa kuzuia maafa makubwa kujitokeza kutokana na mapungufu yaliyo gunduliwa ikiwa ni pamoja na kusambaza viraka “Patches” ili kuziba mianya ya mapungufu yaliyo gundulika.