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Learnt hacking on YouTube, 11-year-old caught demanding Rs 10 crore from father

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News Highlights: Learnt hacking on YouTube, 11-year-old caught demanding Rs 10 crore from father.

Lucknow: In what appears to be a bad effect of online classes during Covid times, an 11-year-old boy studying in Class V learned to hack from YouTube and victimized his own father by sending an extortion email for Rs 10 crore.

The minor had learned about cybercrime and security measures during the online computer lessons at school. To dig further into the topic, he took to videos on YouTube and learned how to hack email IDs and mobile numbers.

To test hacking techniques he picked up from YouTube, he hacked the email ID and mobile number of his father and other family members and started sending unsolicited threatening emails and messages on their mobile.

The bizarre case was reported from Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. The defendant’s father has a good position in the government. He and others in the family got scared and had sleepless nights when they started receiving these emails and messages.

The family was amazed that the person who sent them e-mails knew everything about them and their smallest household activities. Initially, the ‘tormented’ officer had sought help from his internet service provider, but found no help.

The ordeal of the officer’s family lasted a month from December 23 to January 24. His patience ended when he received an extortion email demanding Rs 10 crore or their secrets will be made public.

He went to the cyber cell and filed a complaint. When the cell investigated the case, it was found that the internet protocol (IP) address used by the hacker came only from their home. The cyber cell in charge, Sumit Kumar, questioned all family members individually to find out that the hacker was only their 11-year-old son.

During his questioning, he admitted to sending these emails and messages after becoming aware of cybercrime during online classes at school. The boy told the investigating officer that he learned to hack after seeing many videos on the subject on YouTube.

The cyber cell’s sleuths further question him to find out whether the minor has also sent such emails to his friends and relatives. The cell is also contacting school authorities to find out…

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This Chinese Phone Maker Installed 2 Crore Malware To Profit From Users!

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Chinese Phone Maker Installed 2 Crore Malwares To Profit From Users
Chinese Phone Maker Installed 2 Crore Malwares To Profit From Users

Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Gionee, has been reprimanded by a Chinese court for infecting as many as 20 million smartphones with malware.

The company has been found to have infected these phones between the time of December 2018 and October 2019. 

Read on to find out all the details!

Gionee Accused Of Infecting 20 Million Smartphones Through Apps 

As per a report by China Judgment Document Network, Gionee has infected 20 million smartphones with Trojan Horse through an app. As per reports, the app was being used as a tool to profit from users with the help of unsolicited ads, and other illegal means.

The report states that a Trojan horse program was installed on the phones of users through the update of the Story Lock Screen app. A plug-in called “Dark Horse Platform” was installed on the app. 

The court has revealed that in the nine months between December 2018 and October 2019, Shenzhen Zhipu, which is a subsidiary of Gionee, and Beijing Baice have carried out the pull activities for as much as 2.88 billion times.

As of April 2019, more than 21.75 million devices were infected, of which, 26,519,921 Gionee mobile phones were infected in October alone. 

Through this, Shenzhen Zhipu and Beijing Baice have earned RMB 27.85 million.

How Were 20 Million Smartphones Infected By Gionee?

As per the report, the software is automatically updated on the infected Gionee phone without letting the user know by using the Pull method. 

In December 2018, the existing pull method was deemed insufficient. After this, Wang Dengke suggested the implant of the hot update plug-in “Dark Horse Platform” into apps such as “Story Lock Screen”. After this, the application and its SDK version with Trojan plug-ins were upgraded. 

The Dark Horse Platform was used to install and update the “Living Trojan Horse” without the knowledge of the user.

Xu Li, Zhu Ying, Jia Zhengqiang, and Pan Qi have been found guilty by the court. Xu Li, Zhu Ying, and Jia Zhengqiang have been sentenced for three years, Pan Qi has been sent to prison for six months. All the criminals have also been fined for CNY 200,000, which is about Rs…

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Samsung Mobile offers Rs 1.3 crore reward for discovering security flaws – T2 Online

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Samsung Mobile offers Rs 1.3 crore reward for discovering security flaws
T2 Online
But Samsung Bug Bounty will not include any flaws related to Android OS or Qualcomm chipset. Recently, Google has increased the bounty for finding a bug in Android OS to as much as $ 2,00,000. Samsung started the bug bounty programme following …

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