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Many popular OS and applications have been hacked during this year’s edition of the Tianfu Cup hacking competition. This year’s edition of the Tianfu Cup hacking competition was very prolific, bug bounty hackers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in multiple software and applications. Pierluigi Paganini.
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TopSec is also a Tier 1 vulnerability supplier for China’s intelligence ministry and has provided cloud and IT security monitoring services nationwide since 2004. The data leak includes infrastructure details and work logs from employees of a state-affiliated private sector security firm in China.
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” Mikheil was the third President of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. SecurityAffairs – Georgia, hacking). The post Up to Georgia 2,000 websites have been hit by cyber attacks appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.
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