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MEGA's Chrome extension hacked; third party credentials exposed

The malicious Chrome extension asks for elevated permissions & steals credentials from sites such as Amazon, GitHub, Live.com, My Monero, plus others.

New data center pushes Hong Kong’s plan to become APAC tech hub

The opening of Mega Plus was celebrated by around 100 guests and business partners in an event the company dubbed the “MEGA Plus Xperience” ceremony.

Good news for hyperscale data center market, report finds

Business growth in this industry is founded on technology that is intelligent, as opposed to manual labour.

Megaupload back and better than the original, claims Kim Dotcom

"I can tell you that Megaupload and Bitcoin had sex. There is a pregnancy and I have a feeling that the baby will be such a joy."

Kim Dotcom's Mega deal falls through

"The share sale deed entered into between TRS and the Mega shareholders will terminate, and the proposed acquisition of Mega will not proceed."

PayPal stops processing Mega payments; NZX listing still on

PayPal has ceased processing payments for Mega, the storage and encryption firm looking to join the New Zealand stock market via a reverse listing.

Further delays for Mega listing

The proposed backdoor listing for Mega has been pushed out further with a new deadline of late November for documentation to be finalised 'in conjunction with the regulators'.

Select Mega shareholdings subject to a Restraining Order...

"The Police have commented that their action does not affect any innocent third parties (such as Mega) who have had business dealings with Mr Yan."

New Mega CEO makes double tech hire

Mega CEO Graham Gaylard has today announced two senior technology appointments to join the Mega team.

Life after Dotcom as Mega makes local CEO move...

"Our business model is based on providing free storage of up to 50 GB, with a premium service for greater storage on a monthly, recurring revenue basis."

Has Dotcom made a Mega cock-up in bashing Xero?

Kim Dotcom’s sudden silence in his war of words with Xero CEO Rod Drury has not gone unnoticed in some circles, with many speculating shareholder pressure to have severely bitten his tongue.

Dotcom aims for $210m backdoor NZX Mega listing

Investment company TRS Investments has entered into a conditional agreement with the stakeholders of Mega to acquire 100% of the shares on issue in Mega, which will be funded by the issue of TRS shares.

Apple approves Dotcom’s Internet Party app

Cupertino signs off Kim Dotcom’s Internet Party app for iOS, allowing Kiwis to sign up for the political party.

Dotcom denied US evidence access

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has been denied in his request to access US government evidence against him, as announced by the Supreme Court in Wellington today.

Appeal Court rules Dotcom search warrants valid

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of government submissions that search warrants executed during the high-profile arrest of Mega founder Kim Dotcom in January 2012 were valid, though it agreed that the police shouldn't have let cloned information leave the country.

Dotcom vows to repay $500k creditor debt

"My position has always been those creditors should be paid. When Mega is listed my family, which owns the shares, [will] settle those obligations."

Dotcom's Internet Party beckons for resigning Mega CEO...

"What I’m clear about is that I’m not going to put my hand up to be a candidate for the party. This is a career hiatus rather than a career shift."

Come on Dotcom let the good times roll…

"My motto is if they seize all your assets and destroy your billion-dollar company, just build a new billion-dollar company, and that's what I'm doing."

"The raid took place NOW, exactly 2 years ago…"

Helicopters, assault rifles, anti-terrorism units, attack dogs and 72 cops terrorising a zero-threat family.

Dotcom dives into politics with the Internet Party

"My new political party won't be named Mega Party. We are the Internet Party. Here's our logo for the first time."

Party launched as Dotcom “f****** tires” of political nonsense

"Get ready for low blows and smears against me and my political party. My attackers are worried. They should be. We will get more than 5%."

Mega launches iOS app

Kim Dotcom's cloud storage service Mega has released an iOS app, available free of charge from the App Store.

Crown claims "deficient" Dotcom search warrants not invalid

Search warrants executed in the 2012 arrest of Mega founder Kim Dotcom were deficient, but not so much as to be invalid and could still be understood by a reasonable person, according to the Crown.

Slingshot and Dotcom offer free MEGA accounts to customers

In partnership with internet mogul Kim Dotcom, Slingshot aims to provide New Zealand consumers with unprecedented value for online services, starting with Free MEGA accounts for all Slingshot customers.

The crucial guide to deploying a SIEM solution successfully

SIEM solutions have far-reaching benefits, but Gartner says there are a lot of factors to consider to avoid disaster - here's the company's guide.

Whitepaper: How to make sure your security architecture keeps up with surging network speeds

The annual cost of cybercrime is expected to exceed US$6t by 2021 with a large contributor being the sheer amount of data that requires processing.

The six golden keys to successful identity assurance

When someone tries to access your internal systems, how can you be sure a user is who they claim to be?

Whitepaper: How to explain why IT security needs more budget

Do you want to convince your higher-ups that IT and security need more budget?

A step-by-step guide to starting the security discussion with your executives

Your organisation has “jewels” in your servers and critical endpoints: Data.