Articles by Hyacinth Mascarenhas

'One year ago': Twitter looks back at Trump's election win with grim memes comparing 2016 vs 2017

Looking back at the tumultuous year gone by, Twitter has erupted with memes comparing "Me on election day in 2016 vs Me on election day in 2017".

Nov 8, 2017

Donald Trump Twitter

'Dark times': Nutella secretly changed its recipe to add more sugar and the internet is flipping out

Ferrero confirmed the "adjustment" to Nutella's recipe but said its taste and quality remained the same.

Nov 8, 2017

Twitter

Stephen Hawking: AI could 'develop a will of its own' in conflict with ours that 'could destroy us'

"Unless we learn how to prepare for, and avoid, the potential risks, AI could be the worst event in the history of our civilization," Hawking said.

Nov 8, 2017

Artificial Intelligence

FBI says it can't unlock Texas church shooter's encrypted phone for its investigation

The hurdle echoes the legal battle between the FBI and Apple last year over whether the firm should help law enforcement authorities break into the iPhone of the 2015 San Bernardino shooter.

Nov 8, 2017

FBI

'Dotard in chief': Trump mercilessly mocked for saying he 'never knew there were so many countries'

"Just when we think it couldn't get any more embarrassing," one Twitter user wrote.

Nov 7, 2017

Donald Trump Twitter

Pro-Isis hackers hijack 800 US schools' sites with Saddam Hussein photo, 'I love Islamic State' message

SchoolDesk is currently working with various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, to investigate the source of the attack.

Nov 7, 2017

Isis Islamic State

DressCode Android malware spotted in over 40 Google Play Store apps and 400 apps on third-party app stores

Marcher malware: Triple threat Android banking attack uses phishing, Trojan infection and data theft

Nearly 20,000 people have potentially unknowingly handed over their personal data and financial details to hackers, according to Proofpoint.

Nov 7, 2017

Android

Duterte's official website, over 100 other sites compromised by Vietnam-linked hackers OceanLotus

Some of the websites compromised belong to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China's BDStar and the Armed Forces of the Philippines among others.

Nov 7, 2017

Philippines

'Spineless coward': Trump roasted for blaming Texas shooting on 'mental health problem', not guns

Trump said the latest shooting represented a "mental health problem at the highest level".

Nov 6, 2017

Donald Trump Twitter

'Oh God': Trump blasted for bragging in Japan it 'wasn't pleasant' for nations who underestimated US

"No, Hiroshima wasn't pleasant," one Twitter user wrote.

Nov 6, 2017

Donald Trump Twitter

Suspected Russian hackers hijacked at least 195 websites linked to Trump, his family or businesses

The sites were reportedly infiltrated a few months before Trump traveled to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in November 2013.

Nov 6, 2017

Donald Trump

Massive data breach confirmed by InterContinental that saw hackers target card data at 12 US hotels

Verticalscope hacked again: At least 2.7 million accounts compromised in second major data breach

The latest breach impacted six websites, including Toyotanation.com and Jeepforum.com – the company's second most popular website.

Nov 6, 2017

'We are fed up': Twitter rips into Trump over racist 'Pocahontas' slur at senator Elizabeth Warren

"How many respectable organisations would allow a senior in management to publicly call employees: liddle', crazy, Pocahontas, or losers?" one Twitter user asked.

Nov 4, 2017

Donald Trump Twitter

Equifax says executives who sold $1.8m in stock before hack disclosure didn't commit insider trading

Equifax has drawn intense scrutiny since the disclosure of the massive hack that compromised valuable personal and financial information of 145.5 million Americans.

Nov 4, 2017

What is CoreBot? Nefarious banking trojan resurfaces to target customers using malicious spam emails

Deep Instinct researchers noticed a new, modified variant of the malware is being distributed via spam emails with Office documents attached.

Nov 4, 2017

Russian-linked hacker Guccifer 2.0 edited stolen DNC email to draw media attention during election

The AP investigation revealed that Russian-linked hackers used brute force tactics for months to try and break into the emails of people across the Democratic Party.

Nov 4, 2017

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'Have you told daddy?': Ivanka Trump roasted over 'irony' of her speech condemning sexual harassment

Ivanka Trump's remarks were immediately slammed on Twitter in light of her father's earlier misogynistic comments.

Nov 3, 2017

Donald Trump Twitter

Mirai botnet creator Anna Senpai unmasked DDoS protection service provider gone rogue

Man who developed a botnet of over 77,000 infected computers to pay for college avoids jail time

Despite the size of the botnet, Sean Tiernan insisted that the profits made from the scheme were "comparatively small".

Nov 3, 2017

'Not all heroes wear capes': Twitter goes wild after Trump's account was shut down by rogue employee

The brief deactivation was widely cheered by social media users. "For 11 minutes, the world was able to breathe again," one Twitter user wrote.

Nov 3, 2017

Donald Trump Twitter

Stephen Hawking warns AI could 'replace humans altogether' and create a 'new form of life'

Hawking has previously cautioned that the rise of powerful AI will be "either the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity".

Nov 3, 2017

Artificial Intelligence

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