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  Preventing commercial Cyber Espionage

  This is a guest post by Alexander Sverdlov who is the founder of a Cyber Security Startup – NoPasara – http://nopasara.com specializing in managed security services and training. He is an international... Posted May 11 2013, 07:28 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Security, Tech, Hackers, Secuirty, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Secuirty

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  Several CBS Twitter Accounts Hijacked by Pro Syrian Regime Hackers

  Several CBS twitter accounts has been hacked by pro Syrian regime hackers. These accounts are @60minutes @48hours, and @CBSDenver. Some of these accounts has been suspended by Twitter, until things get... Posted Apr 21 2013, 09:23 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Syria, USA, Social Media, Security, twitter, Hackers, social media news, Tech & Politics, Hacktivist, Twitter hack

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  Updated: Al Qaeda Electronic Army Plans #opBlackSummer a Massive Cyber Attacks Against US government and Companies in Collaboration with the Tunisian Cyber Army

  Al Qaeda Electronic Army in collaboration with Tunisian Cyber Army has announced #opBlackSummer a planed massive cyber attacks against US companies and government in order to put “limits “ to US crimes... Posted Apr 04 2013, 10:30 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, USA, Security, Alqaeda, Tunis, Secuirty, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Cyber Attacks, AlQaeda Cyber Army, Tunisian Cyber Army

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  Drones 101

  If you find yourself short on time, low on awareness, but thirsty to understand one of the lesser covered, yet nonetheless equally horrendous travesties of our age, Pitch Interactive, a data visualization... Posted Mar 26 2013, 10:18 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: politics, war, Security, Asia, Conflict Zones, Pakistan, conflict, South Asia, drones, Drone attacks in Pakistan, no more drones

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  Arkami launches industry’s first voice-activated, fingerprint-secure Bluetooth/USB Drive in the Arab world

  Arab-American serial entrepreneur Tareq Risheq introduces myIDkey to Middle East consumers following record breaking crowd funding campaign in USA Arkami, a leading specialist in biometrics, personalized... Posted Mar 12 2013, 04:09 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, startup, USA, Security, Tech, gadget, Startups Review, Secuirty, Arab American, myidkey, Arkami

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  Facebook Shuts Down the Page of Free Syrian Army News for the 6th Time!

  Facebook has shut down for the 6th time the page of Free Syrian Army news, a page that is dedicated to cover the news of Free Syrian Army and Jabhat al Nusra. Here is the new page. We do not know what... Posted Mar 02 2013, 08:09 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Syria, Facebook, Social Media, Security, Censorship, Tech & Politics, FSA

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  AlQassam Threatens of New Cyber Attacks Against US Banks if the Other Editions of the Anti-Islam Film aren’t Removed

  The Izz-Al din Al-qassam cyber fighters warned in a statement if those other editions of the offensive film to Prophet of Islam(PBUH) aren’t removed, the attacks to banks’ websites will be restarted... Posted Feb 21 2013, 05:39 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Google, USA, Security, Hackers, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Group, Hacktivist

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  Al-Qassam Group Suspend its DDoS Attacks Against US Banks, in Consequence of Removing Anti-Islam Film Threatens to Restart

  AlQasam cyber fighters has announced 2 weeks ago that it is suspending its DDoS attacks against US banks after the main copy of the insulting anti-Islam movie “innocence of Muslims” was removed from YouTube... Posted Feb 13 2013, 04:10 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, Security, DDoS, Hack, Secuirty, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, US Banks, Al Qassam

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  Breaking: Google Morocco Google.co.ma is Hacked!

  Google has local domains for almost every country in the world. And Morocco is one of them http://google.co.ma/ . However it has been hacked, as of now by Pakistan hacker group PAKbugs. This happens after... Posted Jan 22 2013, 11:11 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Google, Security, Morocco, hacking, Tech & Politics, Packbugs, Google Morocco

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  SphinUX the First Open Source 100% Egyptian OS

  A number of Egyptian developers has launched sphinUX which is the first 100% Egyptian and Arab open source OS. The OS used to be based on Linux distribution Debian, but they developed an enhanced Kernel... Posted Jan 14 2013, 05:59 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, Open Source, os, Security, Press Release, Tech, Linux, Startups Review, SphinUX

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  In light of the French Crusader Campaign in Mali: Jihadi Hackers Bring Down the Website of the French Defense Ministry

  As France started military crusader against the Islamic movements who control northern Mali the French government stepped up security in the country expecting retaliatory strikes at the heart of France... Posted Jan 13 2013, 01:24 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, africa, Europe, Security, France, Mali, Hackers, Secuirty, Tech & Politics, islamic hackers, hacktivisem

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  Algerian Hacker Who Hacked 217 Banks Arrested in Thailand To be Extradited to the U.S.

  Thai police has arrested late Sunday Hamza Bendelladj, a 24 year old hacker wanted by the FBI for hacking into 217 banks and stealing 10 of millions of US dollars. Bendelladj was arrested while attempting... Posted Jan 11 2013, 08:10 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, Security

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  Egyptian Hacker Found Loophole In Facebook’s Camera App Allowed Hackers To Hijack Accounts Over WiFi 

  Mohamed Ramadan, an Egypt-based security researcher and trainer with Attack-Secure discovered a security loophole in facebook Camera iOS app. The older version of the app, pre-1.1.2 and released before... Posted Dec 26 2012, 07:54 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, Facebook, Social Media, Security, Tech, Hackers, Secuirty, Mohamed Ramdan, Scoail Media, SSL, White Hacker

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  Including Wells Fargo, US Banks Websites Hammered By Al-Qassam Cyber Fighters in Retaliation for the Offensive Anti Islam Film

  A number of U.S Banks websites were made inaccessible by a new Muslim hacktivist group called Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Group. Though the group seems not affiliated with Hamas military wing Izz... Posted Dec 22 2012, 11:45 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, Security, Hackers, Tech & Politics, Hactivists, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Group, US Banks

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  WikiLeaks declares war on banking blockade

  Today sees the launch of the Freedom of the Press Foundation − a new initiative inspired by the fight against the two-year-long extra-judicial financial embargo imposed on WikiLeaks by U.S. financial giants... Posted Dec 17 2012, 09:27 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, Security, Wikileaks, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Internet blockade

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  DIY PlayStation Controlled Tank “Sham II” Developed By Syrian Rebels (Video and Photos)

  The revolution in Syria against Bashar al Asad started as a peaceful revolution but the brutal use of force to suppress it by the regime forced the opposition to take arms. Syrian rebels or mujahdeen has... Posted Dec 11 2012, 07:29 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Security, Tech, Tech & Politics

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  1.5 Million People Fell Victim to Cybercrime in the UAE

  The UAE, ranked as one of the most highly spammed countries worldwide in 2011, will continue to be a target for cyber=crime attacks for businesses and individuals in 2013, according to security company... Posted Dec 10 2012, 09:17 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Security, Cyber Crime, Hack, Hackers, Secuirty

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  Internet, phone services back online in Syria

  Internet and cell phone coverage were restored Saturday to most Syrian provinces, according to the opposition Syrian pages on facebook, two days after a blackout shut down virtually all Internet service... Posted Dec 02 2012, 07:21 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Security, Tech & Politics

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  Regime in Syria Blocks the Internet

  There were numerous reports coming from Syria on Twitter that the Internet has been shut down, looking at Google transparency report we see that traffic has dropped to zero. This is not the first time... Posted Nov 29 2012, 09:06 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, Syria, Security, Politcs, Tech & Politics, Internet blockhad

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  Google, Yahoo! Microsoft and PayPal Romania Defaced by Algerian Hacker

  An Algerian hacker using the online nick name MCA-CRB has managed to deface yesterday the Romanian sites of Google (google.ro) Yahoo! (yahoo.ro), Microsoft (microsoft.ro) and PayPal Romania (paypal.ro... Posted Nov 28 2012, 04:55 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, Google, microsoft, yahoo, Security, hacking, PayPal, Hackers, Arab Hackers, Algerian Hackers

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  Anonymous launches #opIsrael bringing down more than 40 “Israeli” sites warn against cutting the Internet in Gaza

  IF you are following the news you probably heard about the Israeli barbaric and terrorist attack against Gaza which killed 15 people so far including Hamas’ military leader Ahmed Al-Jaabari. Hamas and... Posted Nov 15 2012, 12:46 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Internet, Gaza, USA, Security, Tech & Politics, Anonymous, tech and politics

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  Updated: Anonymous hacker group announces Operation Palestine #OpPalestine targeting high profile “Israeli” websites

  Update: the operation already started and will last until November 5th. Anonymous hacker group have released a video and a statement announcing the start of Operation Palestine until November 5th where... Posted Oct 16 2012, 06:00 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Internet, Security, Tech & Politics, Anonymous

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  Website for the Christan Media group Behind Anti-Mohammad Movie Down Along with New York Stock Exchange By Saudi Anonymous

  The website for the Christan group behind the disrespectful movie “Muslim innocent” which insults the messenger of God Mohammad peace be upon him and accuse him of false accusation has been downed by Saudi... Posted Sep 19 2012, 08:26 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Islam, USA, Security, Hackers, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Anonymous, Saudi Anonymous

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  Saudi Aramco’s internal computer networks restored after a malware affected 30,000 of its workstations

  Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, said on Sunday that the company was back in operating 30,000 workstations after a malware attack put put to hold these workstations at the company. In... Posted Aug 28 2012, 04:12 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, Saudi Arabia, Security, Tech, KSA, hacking, Hackers, Secuirty, Tech & Politics, Hactivisem

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  Email hacks,passwords and *** like that

  *Yawn* I woke up to three emails from Twitter, Yahoo and (even) IMDB about my email and passwords and the recent Yahoo hack and associated accounts and god knows what, for the past hour I've been resetting... Posted Jul 13 2012, 11:58 PM by Naser K Filed under: Security, Emails, internet people, Hack

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  Wikileaks starts publishing two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012

  Wikileaks started today to publish Syria Files – more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. This extraordinary... Posted Jul 06 2012, 04:27 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Security, Wikileaks, Tech & Politics

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  Bye-bye uTorrent

  There are things in life that I can never forgive, one of them is when a software program adds a toolbar to my browser and changes my homepage or my search settings. Today, I was prompted by uTorrent to... Posted May 17 2012, 08:46 PM by Gr33n Data Filed under: Technology, Computers, Security, Peer to Peer, Malwares

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  AlQaeda Linked Organization Develops and Operates Unmanned Car

  Think Google was first to operate unmanned car? AlQaeda linked group in Iraq called Anasr Al Islam has developed a car that can be controlled with a Cell Phone or a remote control. ( US government says... Posted May 09 2012, 01:37 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Video, innovation, Iraq, Videos, Security, Tech, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Ansar Al Islam, unmanned car, Mujahdeen

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  Breaking: Bashar Al Asad’s Syrian Electronic Army Hack Linkedin Blog

  Syrian Electronic Army a hacker group affiliated with Bashar Al Asad regime has claimed responsibility for taking down Linkedin Blog http://blog.linkedin.com/. As of writing this post Linkedin in blog... Posted Apr 25 2012, 01:11 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Syria, USA, Social Media, Security, Hack, linkedin, Hackers

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  Egyptian Hackers Hack Barack Obama Israeli Site And other Sites In Retaliation for Hazim Abu Ismael

  Egyptian hacking group Team Hacker Egyp took over Barack Obama http://barack-obama.co.il/ Israeli site in retaliation for the conspiracy against Islamic Egyptian presidential candidate Hazim Salah Abu... Posted Apr 09 2012, 01:04 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Israel, Internet, Security, hacking, Hackers, Tech & Politics

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  0xOmar Retaliates Against Israeli Terrorist Bombing of Gaza, Releases Israeli Air-force secret Data DUMPED

  Well true to his word 0xOmar has released umped info belonged to the Israeli airforces training and dod standards belonging to a virtual flight school that the Israeli airforce use and are associated with... Posted Mar 14 2012, 02:30 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Internet, Security, Mossad, CIA, Hackers, Shabak, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, OxOmar

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  Meraki - Cloud Managed Networking

  Every now and then we stumble upon new products, whether they are software or hardware products, social networks or networking gears. And the beauty of writing about those products is that they help you... Posted Mar 05 2012, 03:25 PM by Gr33n Data Filed under: Internet, Business, Security, Networking, marketing, Startups, Switches

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  Wikileaks Post leaked US intelligence firm Stratfor’s Emails Revealing its Unethical Work

  Wikileaks has published today email files of US intelligence company Stratfor that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal’s... Posted Feb 27 2012, 11:20 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Europe, USA, Security, Mossad, CIA, FBI, Wikileaks, Tech & Politics, Wikileaks new leaks, Stratfor

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  Safe Position Updates

  Brightkite - our nice competitors - have published a very good post about " The Best Practice for Safe Position Updates ", or if you prefer their own jargon, then it's "Safe Check-In's"... Posted Feb 11 2012, 05:12 AM by Gr33n Data Filed under: General, Security, Baralbait

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  Saudi Hacker Post Personal Information of 400,000 Israelis

  Saudi Hacker claiming to be a member of hacking group named GroupXP claimed to post personal information of 400,000 Israelis after hacking into an “Israeli” sports site One.co.il. The hacker... Posted Jan 03 2012, 09:55 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Israel, Internet, Security, hacker, GroupXP

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  ArabCrunch Announces Weal Ghonim, Anonymous Hacker Group and Bradley Manning As Person of the Year 2011

  ArabCrunch World’s only independent and most popular English tech news site focused on Arab tech, startups and social media has announced its selection of the person of the year 2011. Starting 2010... Posted Dec 25 2011, 01:47 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, Facebook, Social Media, Security, Wael Ghonim, Hackers, 2011, Bradley Manning, Tech & Politics, person of the year, Anonymous

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  Hsoub Launches Arabic Captcha

  Spam is a major problem that the internet suffers from, to fight spam websites uses captcha when submitting a form or registering for an account. Up until now Capthca has been using random English letters... Posted Dec 12 2011, 05:04 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Security, Startup News, new media, Startups Review, Arabic web, Arabic Captcha

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  Android Malware Has Increased 472% Since July

  In a report by the Juniper Global Threat Center has found that Android malware has increased by 472% since July of this year. They also pointed out that this October and November were the months that showed... Posted Nov 21 2011, 02:07 AM by Gradly Filed under: Google, android, Security, Apple, report, iOS, Infographic, malware

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  Egyptian TV Website Hacked in Protest of False Coverage of Tahrir Events

  A hacktivist hacker hacked briefly yesterday Egypt State TV website in protest of its coverage of the events in Tahrir square. After Thousands of demonstrators re-occupy square in the Egyptian capital... Posted Nov 21 2011, 12:08 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Security, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise

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  Iraqi Goverment Sites Hacked By Anonymous Tunisia Raged Over Executing Yosri

  Yosri Al Tarqi who come by A”bu Qatada The Tunisian” was executed 2 days ago in Iraq despite Tunisian officials attempt to stop his execution. In response, Tunisian youth launched cyber attacks... Posted Nov 19 2011, 12:55 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Facebook, Social Media, Security, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise

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  Hacker Group Affiliated With Syrian Regime Use a Facebook Phishing Scam to Steal Users Credentials

  Activists in Syria are reporting that hacker group “Syrian Electronic Army” which is affiliated with the Syrian regime is using phishing tactics on Facebook to steal users emails and passwords... Posted Nov 12 2011, 03:07 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Syria, Facebook, Social Media, Security, twitter, Phishing, Hackers, Tech & Politics, Syrian Revolution, Facebook Scam

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  Former director of the CIA and NSA is the keynote speaker at Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2011

  General Michael Hayden, United States Air Force (USAF), Retired, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) is the keynote speaker... Posted Nov 05 2011, 08:57 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Events, UAE, Security, nsa, CIA, Abu Dhabi, Secuirty, Tech & Politics

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  Turkish Hackers Retaliate Against a French Newspaper’s Website for Insulting Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)

  The website of a French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo has been hacked the responsibility of the attack was taken by Turkish hackers in retaliation for posting insulting drawings of prophet Mohammad peace... Posted Nov 03 2011, 03:33 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Islam, Internet, Turkey, Security, France, Hackers, Tech & Politics, Turkish Hackers

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  Mental Doctors in Egypt Protest Against Transforming Jailed Blogger to Psychiatric Hospitals

  On Wednesday dozens of mental health doctors in the general secretary of mental health in Cairo Egypt protested in front of Abasia hospital against transferring Dr. Basma El Aziz manager of media at the... Posted Oct 29 2011, 06:23 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, Blogging, Internet, Bloggers, Social Media, Security, twitter, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Mental, Online Tyrrany

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  Wikileaks: Al Jazeera Deletes its Website Content that Disturbs the US Government

  US government keeps talking about its values of democracy, freedom in general and freedom of press. But when it comes to exposing their own crimes or publishing views of the other side, freedom of press... Posted Sep 11 2011, 05:16 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, media, Internet, USA, Qatar, Security, aljazeera, new media, CIA, Wikileaks, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Obama Promise, Obama Promise To Muslims, WLfind, DIA

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  9/9 : Breaking in to the Israeli Embassy in Giza !!

  First of all it is not the Israeli embassy that was stormed by a group of Egyptian climbers or protesters or whoever they really are but it is an apartment following the Israeli embassy in the 18th floor... Posted Sep 09 2011, 10:19 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Israel, politics, National, Follow Up, Security, Egyptian Army, Giza, israeli embassy, Live blogging, Post revolution, SCAF

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  Wikileaks: Microsoft Tunis Government Deal: Surveillance, Corruption & Stifling Open Source

  A US diplomatic Cabal classified as “C O N F I D E N T I A L” and sent from the American embassy in Tunis published on Wikileaks this week, disclose some details of the agreement between Microsoft... Posted Sep 05 2011, 10:23 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, microsoft, Security, Tunis, Wikileaks, Tech & Politics, Microsoft Tunis

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  Wikleaks throws its bomb, releases full CableGate files of 251,000 US secret diplomatic cables

  Wikileaks has published its full archive of 251,000 secret US diplomatist cables in an easily accessible and searchable manner. The site is here wikileaks says over Twitter, due to huge demand the site... Posted Sep 02 2011, 06:44 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Social Media, Security, Wikileaks, Obama's Promise, Obama Promise, US Cables

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  Jordanian authorities block Islamic site “Tawhed and Jihad”

  After testing in several IPs from Jordan we found that tawhed.net and tawhed.sw are not accessible in Jordan which means that the authorities in the kingdom have blocked the site. We do not know since... Posted Aug 29 2011, 10:30 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, Internet, Security, Censorship, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise

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  Live Streaming from Anonymous protests in Operation BART in San Francisco #optBART

  Hacktivists group Anonymous has organized a protest against USA San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) shut down cell phone service to four stations in downtown San Francisco in response to... Posted Aug 15 2011, 05:43 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Internet, USA, Open Source, Mubarak, Security, Tech & Politics, Anonymous, SF BART, Arab Srping, #optBART

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  Syrian Revolution : Hama Massacre 2011 edition “Extremely Graphic”

  There is an on going massacre taken place currently in Hama , Deir Zor and Daraa. According to early estimations not less than 45 civilians have been killed by the Syrian troops since early morning in... Posted Jul 30 2011, 10:21 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, Syria, Damascus, health, Security, MENA, MASSACRE, Hama, Daraa, Bashar El Assad, Politics Post Revolution, Deir Zor

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  Hacktivist Groups Lulz Security and Anonymous Calls the Public to Boycott PayPal

  Hacktivist groups Lulz Security and Anonymous have issued a statement asking the public to boycott PayPal for refusing to release Wikileaks funds. The statement also slammed the FBI for arrest raids against... Posted Jul 27 2011, 08:45 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, USA, Open Source, Security, Press Release, Wikileaks, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Obama Promise, Anonymous, Lulz Security

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  800 out of 10,000 Android Apps Leak Private Information

  Android has had its fair share of malware problems. Whenever malware are detected, Google reacts swiftly and remove them. However, according to a report from Digitizor, security researcher Neil Daswani... Posted Jul 22 2011, 05:15 AM by Gradly Filed under: News, Google, android, mobile, Security, report, apps, private, Rants & Raves, malware, Apps Leaked

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  Pentagon’s Social Media Propaganda Machine is illegal According to a U.S Act

  Wonder why the U.S Government attacked Wikileaks? they claimed it is national security, but the truth is that they did not want the world to know about their crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries... Posted Jul 20 2011, 02:25 PM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, Internet, Europe, Google, USA, Open Source, Facebook, YouTube, Social Media, Security, twitter, Tech, new media, CIA, Pentagon, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, Social Media Propoganda, SMISC, Pentagon and Social Media, CIA and Social Media, Smith-Mundt Act, Online Propaganda

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  Google Will Help Protect Your Computer from Malware

  Google has been able to detect a large number of computers infected with a specific piece of malware. If you go to Google and do a search (any word will do) right now, check to see whether you get a “Your... Posted Jul 20 2011, 12:00 AM by Gradly Filed under: Google, microsoft, windows, Security, Tech, virus, Tech., malware

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  LulzSec Hacks Into The Sun With Murdoch Death Notice

  Hacker group LulzSec has just hacked into one of Rupert Murdoch‘s paper’s websites, putting the mogul’s death-by-palladium note on The Sun page. The group announced the hack with a tweet... Posted Jul 18 2011, 03:35 PM by Gradly Filed under: News, Security, Featured, Hack, Rants & Raves, scandal, Lawsuit, AntiSec, LolzSec Hacker, The Sun, Murdoch, The Times

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  The MOI did have Snipers Mr. Minister

  Minister Mansour Eissawy has been denying since day one that the ministry of interior got a snipers units till he made us suspect the presidential guards. Well may be when Eissawy was in police forces... Posted Jul 13 2011, 09:14 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, America, Follow Up, Mubarak, Mahalla, Elections, Corruption, Security, Alexandria, National Security, Upper Egypt, Qena, FBI, revolution, Eelections, #Jan25, Post revolution, Eissawy, El Adly

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  “Israel’s” army bans its soldiers from using facebook, Twitter and other social media sites

  The “Israeli” army is banning its soldiers from using social media and networking sites such as Twitter and facebook for what it calls fears on national security leaks. In justifying the move the Israeli... Posted Jul 12 2011, 11:00 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Israel, Internet, Facebook, Social Media, Security, twitter, new media, Tech & Politics, Obama's Promise, tech and politics, Israel and facebook, IDF facebook

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  Anas Marawi Founder of a Popular Arabic Android Blog Arrested in Syria, We Demand His Freedom #freeAnas

  It was a dream to me, it was a dream to see Arab corrupt tyrants to fall one after the other. However this comes with a price. First my friend Slim Amumu was arrested in Tunisia (now he is a minister)... Posted Jul 09 2011, 06:33 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, Internet, Syria, Blog, Google, android, Security, Blogger, Tech & Politics, ardroid, Arrested

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  Apple’s iOS Is More Secure Than Google’s Android!

  An interesting report run by security experts at Symantec indicates that Apple iOS devices are much “less prone” to most security risks than Google’s Android platform. For its closed app distribution... Posted Jul 04 2011, 03:50 AM by Gradly Filed under: News, Google, android, iPhone, Security, Apple, report, Featured, Gadgets, Symantec, Rants & Raves, iOS, Tech.

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  To lift or not to lift the curfew !?

  SCAF is having its first poll on its official Facebook regarding its decision to lift the curfew in Egypt . The Facebook users are being asked whether they would like to lift the curfew next June 15 or... Posted Jun 11 2011, 05:13 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, society, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, Facebook, Security, Egyptian Life, National Security, Egyptian Army, Polls, Emergency law, Curfew, Post revolution, SCAF, insecurity

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  This company is helping Middle East governments censor the Internet

  Canadian software company, Netsweep Inc., has added itself to a surprisingly long list of western software developers who are more than happy to sacrifice basic human rights in favour of a buck. According... Posted Jun 07 2011, 02:24 AM by TNW Middle East Filed under: middle east, politics, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, Security, United Arab Emirates, Internet access, Censorship, tumblr

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  Anonymous reveals passwords for hundreds of Middle East government email accounts

  Anonymous has been hard at work. After hacking into Iran’s government servers and getting away with over 10,000 email messages, they have launched yet another attack, this time targeting Middle Eastern... Posted Jun 05 2011, 09:58 AM by TNW Middle East Filed under: News, Security

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  Lebanese Hacker Hacked Sony Europe

  It seems every hacker in the world is pointing his keyboard at sony, as hack number 13 has been targeted at Sony Europe by a lebanese hacker. The hacker known as Idahc got anther users database at Sony... Posted Jun 04 2011, 07:34 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Internet, Lebanon, Europe, Security, Portals, Tech, sony, sql injection, Sony Hacked

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  Ex-Egyptian President Mubarak and Other Officials Fined with 90 Million USD for Shutting the Internet

  Shutting down the internet cost egypt millions of dollars according to studies in the mater, however that crime did not go unpunished. An Egyptian court has ordered former egyptian president Husni Mubarak... Posted May 28 2011, 09:11 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Egypt, Arab World, Internet, africa, Security, new media, Husni Mubarak, Khaled Saed, Tech & Politics, Egyptian Revolution

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  (Warning) Syrian’s Secret Police Main Suspect Behind Man-In-The-Middle Attack against Facebook Users in Syria

  It seems that Syrian secret police or “Mukhabrat” is behind issuing forged facebook’s security certificate in Syria when accessing via https connection or man in the middle attack, which... Posted May 16 2011, 05:03 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Syria, Facebook, Social Media, Security, hacking, social media news, Hacking Facebook, Man-in-the-middle

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  Who bombed Sheikh Zowaid’s shrine ?

  Who is behind the bombing of Sheikh Zowaid’s shrine in North Sinai last Friday !? Who is really behind it !? Here is a photo for the shrine just after the blast by two hours. The shrine after the bombing... Posted May 16 2011, 04:17 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, Photos, Culture, politics, Religion, Terrorism, Religions, Security, Egyptian Life, National Security, Sheikh Zowaid, North Sinai, Post revolution, Shrines

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  Hacktivists Hack Syrian Parlament Website

  As the syrian revolution grow, and the number of people killed by the security forces of the regime in Syria grow activists are resorting to new methods tho show solidarity with the cities that revolted... Posted Apr 29 2011, 05:38 AM by ArabCrunch Filed under: Arab World, Internet, Syria, Security, hacking, Tech & Politics, Hacktivists

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  The best Way to Celebrate Sinai liberation Day

  PM Sharaf and a group of ministers visited Sinai yesterday and I would dare that this was the best we have celebrated Sinai liberation day ever.  The prime minister met in a conference the tribes... Posted Apr 23 2011, 09:28 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, Video, National, Economy, Security, MENA, National Security, Egyptian Army, Sinai, South Sinai, Egyptina army

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  AlArabiya.net Hacked…Again

  Updated: The website appears to be back online Being one of the region’s leading news agencies, Al-Arabiya which is part of MBC Group, the largest broadcasting company in the Middle East has been... Posted Apr 21 2011, 07:19 AM by TNW Middle East Filed under: middle east, Security, Portals, Al Arabiya, hacking, MBC Group, Arabic web, Middle East Broadcasting Center