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Surging Dogecoin Price Lures Technical Developers

February 11, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Meme-inspired cryptocurrency Dogecoin sees surging interest and value as technical developers are brought on to upgrade company software. The marketcap of Dogecoin is now over $9 billion, sitting at $0.07...

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Companies Targeted in New ‘Dependency Confusion’ Attack

February 11, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Alex Birsan, a security researcher has disclosed that systems belonging to Apple, Microsoft, PayPal, and other major tech companies are vulnerable to the new “dependency confusion” attack technique. Birsan discovered...

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Iranian Hackers Hiding Malware in Food and Wallpaper Apps

February 10, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Cyber-security company Check Point reported that two Iranian surveillance operations are using malware hidden in wallpaper, game, and food apps to target over 1000 dissidents in Iran and other countries....

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Airspeeder Hopes to Launch Flying Racing Car Series

February 9, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Racing company Airspeeder hopes to bring racing to the skies with the launch of their new MK3 model of air speeder. The electrically powered MK3 will be tested in the...

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Hacktivists Attack Local DNS Systems In Sri Lanka

February 9, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Unidentified hacktivists have hacked the DNS records of several Sri Lankans (.lk) websites over the weekend and redirected users to a web page detailing various social issues in the country....

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Telegram Becomes Most Downloaded App, WhatsApp Slips to Fifth Place

February 8, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The mobile chat app Telegram becomes the most downloaded non-game app for iOS and Android devices for January 2021. A report published by Sensor Tower, a mobile app research group,...

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Popular Chrome Extension ‘The Great Suspender’ Contains Malware

February 8, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Thursday, Google disabled the popular tab-management extension The Great Suspender because it contained malware. It was also removed from the Chrome web store and disabled it from users’ computers. Google’s...

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ABL Space Systems Gets Contract for Lockheed Shetland Space Center Launch

February 8, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Lockheed Martin selects ABL Space Systems for their 2022 launch from Shetland Space Center. This launch is part of a $31 million contract awarded to Lockheed in 2018 by the...

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StyleScan is Bringing AI into the Fashion Industry

February 5, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

StyleScan is taking fashion apps to a whole new level with an app that lets users try on clothes virtually while shopping. In an interview with Forbes, Larissa Posner, Founder...

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New Zealand Central Bank Reports Illegal Data System Breach

January 11, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The New Zealand central bank reported in a statement on Jan. 10 that an unidentified hacker has illegally breached one of its data systems.Read more…

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