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`I will testify, but now now`: Ajay Gupta on S. Africa's state-capture inquiry. Automatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. Ajay Gupta, the oldest of the controversial Gupta brothers, has said he is anxious to clear his name, even though he and his brothers do not plan on returning to South Africa in the short-run. In an interview with the New York Times, Gupta addressed several issues that have been raised at the Justice Raymond Zondo led commission of inquiry. The commission is reviewing allegations that the Gupta brothers – Ajay, Atul and Rajesh, who headed one of the nation’s largest conglomerates , unduly influenced president Jacob Zuma over political appointments and winning government contracts. I’m not saying that I’m not coming to the commission. I will, but not this moment. Gupta addressed the accusations that he offered the finance ministry job to the former deputy finance minister, Mcebisi Jonas, in exchange for favorable treatment. In the interview, Gupta said he was not home during the meeting that was supposedly arranged by Zuma’s son, Duduzane at the Gupta residence in Johannesburg in late October 2015. “He just came into the room for a fraction of a second, and say hello to Dudu,’‘ Ajay said, adding that his brother Rajesh also ‘did not meet with Jonas at all’. ‘Who did not come and meet me?’ He however indicated that several politicians from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the opposition had met with the Gupta brothers. Nhlanhla Nene, who was South Africa’s finance minister until last week, was forced to apologise and resign, after he told the commission of inquiry that he had previously met the Guptas at their home between 2010 and 2013. “Meeting with people, there’s nothing wrong. Every business organization meets with the politicians and the people,” Gupta said. The Guptas, who fled the country after Zuma was recalled from the presidency by the ANC in February, requested to testify by video conference, but were denied by the commission’s chair, saying it would be ‘special treatment’. ‘I will testify’ Ajay, says while the brothers are determined to clear their name, they fear wrongful arrests if they return to South Africa. “I’m not saying that I’m not coming to the commission,” said Ajay, whose family is now based in Dubai. “I will, but not this moment.” The commission of inquiry, which started two months ago and could last for up to two years, has gripped the nation, as it increasingly looks like an examination of the abuse of power by the ruling ANCparty that has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid.

Automatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. Ajay Gupta, the oldest of the controversial Gupta brothers, has said he is anxious to clear his name, even though he and his brothers do not plan on returning to South Africa in the short-run. In an interview with the New York Times, Gupta addressed several issues that have been raised at the Justice Raymond Zondo led commission of inquiry. The commission is reviewing allegations that the Gupta brothers – Ajay, Atul and Rajesh, who headed one of the nation’s largest conglomerates , unduly influenced president Jacob Zuma over political appointments and winning government contracts. I’m not saying that I’m not coming to the commission. I will, but not this moment. Gupta addressed the accusations that he offered the finance ministry job to the former deputy finance minister, Mcebisi Jonas, in exchange for favorable treatment. In the interview, Gupta said he was not home during the meeting that was suppose...

PAUL BIYA WINS CAMEROON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH 71.28%.

A utomatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. Cameroon This Story is breaking, please check back for updates The Constitutional Council in Cameroon has declared Paul Biya, the winner of the October 7 presidential election. In Monday’s proclamation, the court’s president Clement Atangana declared the incumbent winner with a resounding lead of 71% of votes cast, while his closest challenger, Maurice Kamto garnered 14% of the votes cast. — CRTVweb (@CRTV_web) He added that the election was free, fair and credible despite a few security challenges in the English speaking regions. The widely-expected win gives the 85-year-old a seventh term in office and could see him in power until at least the age of 92. The only current African president to have ruled longer is Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Victory in the Oct 7 poll came amid claims from opposition candidates that the election was marred by fraud, including ballot stuffing and vot...

CRITICAL VULNERABILITY DISCOVERED IN AMAZON.

Automatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. Critical Flaws found in Amazon FreeRTOS IoT Operating System. A security researcher has discovered several critical vulnerabilities in one of the most popular embedded real-time operating systems—called FreeRTOS—and its other variants, exposing a wide range of IoT devices and critical infrastructure systems to hackers. What is FreeRTOS (Amazon, WHIS OpenRTOS, SafeRTOS)? FreeRTOS is a leading open source real-time operating system (RTOS) for embedded systems that has been ported to over 40 microcontrollers, which are being used in IoT, aerospace, medical, automotive industries, and more. RTOS has specifically been designed to carefully run applications with very precise timing and a high degree of reliability, every time. A pacemaker is an excellent example of the real-time embedded system that contracts heart muscle at the right time, a process that can't afford delays, to keep a person alive. Since late last year, FreeRTOS...

21 YEAR OLD HACKER GETS 30 MONTHS JAIL TERM. Automatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Author Gets 30 Months Prison Sentence. A 21-year-old Kentucky man who previously pleaded guilty to developing, marketing, and selling an infamous remote access trojan (RAT) called LuminosityLink has now been sentenced to 30 months in prison. According to a press release published Monday by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Colton Grubbs, who used online moniker 'KFC Watermelon,' was pleaded guilty for three counts--unlawfully accessing computers in furtherance of a criminal act, money laundering, and illegal removal of property to prevent its lawful seizure. First surfaced in April 2015, the LuminosityLink RAT (Remote Access Trojan), also known as Luminosity, was a hacking tool that was sold for $40, marketing itself as a legitimate tool for Windows administrators to "manage a large number of computers concurrently." However, in reality, LuminosityLink was designed to be a dangerous, remote access trojan that among other malicious features, allowed Grubbs' customers to: Record the keys that victims pressed on their keyboardsSurveil victims using their computers' cameras and microphonesView and download the computers' filesSteal names and passwords used to access websitesIn his initial plea filing, Grubbs claimed that the LuminosityLink RAT was never intended to be used maliciously, and was a legitimate tool for system administrators. However, in a plea agreement signed a year ago, Grubbs admitted that his malware would be used by some customers to remotely access and control computers without their victims' computers without the victims' knowledge or consent. Grubbs also admitted of offering assistance to his customers to use the LuminosityLink RAT through posts and group chats on his own luminosity.link website and public internet forum HackForums.net. According to his last year plea agreement, the LuminosityLink RAT was sold for $39.99 apiece to more than 6,000 individuals, who used it maliciously to gain unauthorized access to thousands of computers across 78 countries worldwide. "Our modern society is dependent on computers, mobile devices, and the use of the internet," said Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. "People simply have to have confidence in their ability to use these modern instruments to transact their business, privately communicate, and securely maintain their information." "It is essential that we vigorously prosecute those who erode that confidence and illicitly gain access to computer systems and the electronic information of others. Everyone benefits when this deceitful conduct is discovered, investigated, and prosecuted." According to the Justice of Department, Grubbs has been ordered to serve 85 percent of his prison sentence under federal law, and upon release, he will be under the supervision of the United States Probation Office for a term of 3 years. Besides his sentence of incarceration, Grubbs has also been ordered to forfeit the money he made from his crimes, including 114 bitcoins (valued at over $725,000 today) which were seized by the FBI.

Automatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Author Gets 30 Months Prison Sentence. A 21-year-old Kentucky man who previously pleaded guilty to developing, marketing, and selling an infamous remote access trojan (RAT) called LuminosityLink has now been sentenced to 30 months in prison. According to a press release published Monday by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Colton Grubbs, who used online moniker 'KFC Watermelon,' was pleaded guilty for three counts--unlawfully accessing computers in furtherance of a criminal act, money laundering, and illegal removal of property to prevent its lawful seizure. First surfaced in April 2015, the LuminosityLink RAT (Remote Access Trojan), also known as Luminosity, was a hacking tool that was sold for $40, marketing itself as a legitimate tool for Windows administrators to "manage a large number of computers concurrently." However, in reality, LuminosityLink was designed to be a dangerous, remote access t...

Cameroon presidential results expected on October 22 – Info Minister Automatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. Results of Cameroon’s October 7 presidential elections are expected on Monday, according to the Information Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary. The minister was speaking in an interview with French channel, RFI. His comments come less than 24-hours after the Constitutional Council dismissed 18 petitions brought by individuals and parties seeking partial to total cancellation of the process. — Daniel Finnan (@Daniel_Finnan) The Council – the ultimate judicial body for poll challenges – had earlier struck off 16 of the 18 petitions before listening to submissions from main opposition Social Democratic Front, SDF, and Cameroon Renaissance Movement, CRM, the two that were passed for hearing. On Thursday evening, after two days of hearing submissions by legal representatives of the two parties, the Council unanimously ruled that the cases lacked merit and subsequently threw the out. The election body, ELECAM, and ruling CPDM mounted strong challenges during the hearing arguing that the October 7 vote had passed the democratic test. ELECAM passed nine candidates including incumbent Paul Biya. The 85-year-old is widely expected to be announced winner of the polls. He will secure a seven-year mandate that will extend his time in power to over four decades.

Automatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. Results of Cameroon’s October 7 presidential elections are expected on Monday, according to the Information Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary. The minister was speaking in an interview with French channel, RFI. His comments come less than 24-hours after the Constitutional Council dismissed 18 petitions brought by individuals and parties seeking partial to total cancellation of the process. — Daniel Finnan (@Daniel_Finnan) The Council – the ultimate judicial body for poll challenges – had earlier struck off 16 of the 18 petitions before listening to submissions from main opposition Social Democratic Front, SDF, and Cameroon Renaissance Movement, CRM, the two that were passed for hearing. On Thursday evening, after two days of hearing submissions by legal representatives of the two parties, the Council unanimously ruled that the cases lacked merit and subsequently threw the out. The electio...

ETHICAL HACKING. 8 Courses to Learn Hacking.

Automatic Publishing Via Osuta Yusuf Robot Trigger. Update (Oct 2018) — Over 30,000 students from all around the world have joined this training program so far. Due to the growing number of threats in the computer world, ethical hackers have become the most important player for not only governments but also private companies and IT firms in order to safeguard their systems and networks from hackers trying to infiltrate them. By 2020, employment in all information technology occupations is expected to increase by 22 percent, where demand for ethical hackers and IT security engineers will be the strongest. So, it's high time that you should start preparing yourself in the field of ethical hacking. Although there are many popular and best online courses available in the market, you can't learn everything from a single book or a course. Good news, we bring an amazing deal of this month for our readers, known as The ultimate Hat Hacker 2018 Bundle online hacking bundle,...

CONGRATULATION BETWEEN OSUTA YUSUF AND URA SOLDIERS.

Thursday 18 October 2018. Just this Morning Thursday 18 October 2018, i saved the Motorcycle of this Boda Boda Guy, from being Confiscated by the URA Soldiers and Police. I was seated on this Boda Boda, on my way from ONDUPARAKA to Town, we met with the Soldiers just on ENYAU bridge, next to MANDELA Comprehensive Secondary School. The Soldiers stopped us and ordered us to hand over the Motorcycle to them. I asked them, why. They replied me that, the motorcycle doesn't have number plate. I then asked them, does that tantamount to abruptly confiscating it. They said, yes. I told them, i have given my transport fee of Shs 1000 to the Boda Boda guy and i have no option to reach to town since that was my only money. The Soldiers said, they will sort my issue. I then again narrated to them that, i am going to go with this Boda Boda Guy. I asked them, How much is a Motorcycle Number Plate?. It is Shs 250000, they replied me. I then went ahead to question them, that, Do you think it is jus...