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The The man who runs the biggest social network and continuously implements new security measures to boost its billion users security, himself failed to follow basics of Internet security for his own online accounts. Yes, I’m talking about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who had his Twitter and Pinterest accounts compromised on Sunday. The hacker group from Saudi Arabia, dubbed OurMine, claimed it was there doing.

Image copyright Mitsubishi Image caption About 100,000 Outlander hybrid cars are believed to have been sold The alarm on Mistubishi's Outlander hybrid car can be turned off via security bugs in its on-board wi-fi,  researchers have found. The loophole could mean thieves who exploit the bugs gain time to break into and steal a vehicle. The vulnerability can also be used to fiddle with some of the car's settings and drain its battery. The wi-fi weaknesses have been demonstrated to Mitsubishi, which is now working on a way to fix them. Helping thieves Security expert Ken Munro said the investigation started when he was waiting to collect his children from school and noticed an unusual wi-fi access point pop up on a list on his smartphone. He realised it was on a nearby Mitsubishi Outlander that belonged to a friend who then showed him the associated app and how it could be used to control some aspects of the vehicle. "I got playing with it and soon realised it was vul...

Russian authorities have arrested a gang of 50 hackers suspected of stealing more than 1.7 Billion Rubles (over US$25 Million) from banks and other financial institutions in the country since 2011. The same criminal gang had tried to steal a further 2.273 Billion Roubles by issuing false payment instructions, but that were blocked. <!-- adsense --> The group allegedly used a Trojan