The Taliban can threaten me says Boxer Aamir Khan

Amir Khan's importance as a boxer and fighter goes way beyond the Olympic medals or world titles he has won. He wants to go to Pakistan next week to help rebuild the school.
He shows his support to those affected by the Peshawar massacre, although he admits that his life will be in danger after speaking out against the Taliban. Taliban killed 132 schoolchildren in Peshawar, Pakistan. He revealed that the tragedy had affected him greatly. ‘They were innocent kids, they had nothing to do with anything and the Taliban killed them. They are killing their own people,’ he says without hiding his emotions. Setting the teachers on fire in front of these kids, these people are ruthless and have no brains, and I can’t believe they would do something like this. It upsets me and it’s disgusting to see.
Khan was deeply distressed by Taliban attack on Peshawar, where 141 people, mainly children, were killed at an army school in what has been described as the Taliban’s deadliest attack to date has affected Khan hard, particularly as he is now married with a baby daughter.
 Khan belong to Pakistan and whose brother and fellow boxer Haroon represented the country at the Commonwealth Games, is one of the biggest sporting icons in Asia and visits the subcontinent regularly. Khan’s grandparents moved from Rawalpindi to England in 1963 but he still feels a special affinity with the country. He visited Pakistan in 2005 to hand out food parcels following a devastating earthquake in Kashmir and donated and raised money to rebuild schools and hospitals
Khan’s married to Faryal Makhdoom, gave birth to the couple’s first child, Lamaisah, in May and he explained how fatherhood has helped him empathize with those affected by the tragedy.
 Khan is proud to be Pakistani and often chooses to have his training gear and clothing designed in the distinctive shade of green associated with the nation. Of a potential backlash, he says: ‘You can’t hide away from life, and anyway everything is in God’s hands. I do a lot of charity work there and I want to rebuild the school that has been affected

ICC issues ODI ranking

ICC issued a ranking list of one-day International (ODI) on Sunday. Pakistani Team has been listed at the 7th position.

As per details, ICC has issued an index of showing the ranking of cricket teams in one day International The cricket team of Pakistan has been succeeded to make a place at seventh position with 58 played matches; points gained 5611 and has been rated at 97 whereas Australian team has occupied the first position with 48 played matches, 5623 points and ranked at 117.

Anonymous Hackers Threatens Iggy Azalea

Iggy Azalea Australian musician  has become the latest person to find themselves threatened by the hacker group Anonymous. The group began making threats against Azalea on Friday, December 19 via Twitter.

Tweeting from their @TheAnonMessage account, Anonymous demanded that the Aussie rapper apologize to Azealia Banks and protesters for her recent comments and actions.

They also stated that she’s “guilty of misappropriating black culture, insulting peaceful protesters, and making light of Eric Garner's death.”

Newly-found Security flaws allows cellular spying

The security flaws discovered by the Berlin-based Security Research Labs could affect a telecommunications standard known as Signaling System 7, or SS7, which is used by cell phone carriers to manage connections between cellular networks.

The flaws include functions that are built into SS7 such as keeping calls connected as users speed down highways as well as switching between cell towers.

The German researchers said a skilled person could use the shortcomings for surveillance of mobile phone traffic.

“Given how valuable such spying capabilities are to states and other criminal actors, I would be very surprised if we are first to find these hacking vectors,” company researcher Karsten Nohl said Friday.
Nohl further said cellphone companies were quietly informed of the problematic issue earlier this month.

Ban Ki-moon travels to Ebola-hit African countries

Ban arrived in the Guinean capital, Conakry, on Saturday and was greeted at the airport by Guinea’s Foreign Minister Francois Louceny Fall and Health Minister Remy Lamah.

Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan, the UN coordinator for the fight against Ebola, David Nabarro, and Anthony Banbury, the head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), accompanied Ban in the trip.

The UN chief is due to hold a news conference later Saturday after meeting with Guinean President Alpha Condé.

On Friday, Ban flew to Liberia from the UN Ebola mission headquarters in Ghana. He also visited an Ebola treatment center outside Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, during his tour.

The developments come as nongovernmental organizations have censured UN agencies such as the WHO for the delay in their responsive actions regarding Ebola.

Ban has recently pledged to help the Ebola-ravaged countries restore health services disrupted by the Ebola outbreak. He also said last month that with international mobilization, the epidemic is highly likely to come under control in 2015.

Staples Hacked : 1.16 Million Credit Cards stolen

Hackers stealing 56 million credit cards from Staples

The hack affects customers of 115 stores, all the way from Los Angeles to New York, according to a five- page list of outlets released by the company yesterday. An investigation by the company found that criminals had installed malware on point-of-sale systems in those stores.

Now, Staples explains that the malware targeted stores' point-of-sale machines which "may have allowed access to some transaction data at affected stores, including cardholder names, payment card numbers, expiration dates, and card verification codes." It's unclear if the 1.16 number refers to all credit cards or Staples cards or both.

North Korea was behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures says FBI

North Korea was behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures says FBI
US authorities have been investigating the leak since the beginning of December and had previously stated in public they had been unable to establish a link with North Korea and its notorious Bureau 121 hacking unit.

North Korea has denied involvement with the hack, carried out by a group calling itself Guardians of Peace . The group has released a slew of highly embarrassing data from Sony, demanding Sony pull the release of The Interview, a comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, which depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

US authorities have been investigating the leak since the beginning of December and had previously stated in public they had been unable to establish a link with North Korea and its notorious Bureau 121 hacking unit.

North Korea has denied involvement with the hack, carried out by a group calling itself Guardians of Peace (GOP). The group has released a slew of highly embarrassing data from Sony, demanding Sony pull the release of The Interview, a comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, which depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.