A controversial rule which is likely to be introduced by the Supreme Court by May 1st, will give US judges the ability to issue search warrants to the law enforcement agencies which contain the power to access computers in any jurisdiction, even overseas. Magistrate judges at the moment can only …
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VPNs made useless thanks to Zscaler remote access
The way it has always been is that an organization gives employees access to corporate applications through the use of Virtual Private Networks. The VPNs have never been so much fun to use, and as the world evolves and they move to higher numbers of other discrete applications and people now …
Read More »Government should recruit “bored” hackers, Senator urges
The government is being encouraged to recruit “bored” hackers whom would help serve as cyber commandos and help in manning and protecting government agencies websites, protecting the country from the real cyber criminals. Pro Tempore Senate President, Ralph Recto said the statement after the arrest of the 23- year old …
Read More »Opera launches free VPN service for Web users
Well-known browser, Opera Software, has become the first browser to entirely incorporate a built-in VPN client for its Web users. The Norwegian based company which is only making its new browser version available only on the “Developer” platform, added that the built-in VPN would have no limits in the traffic …
Read More »Bank’s security ignorance costs them $81 million
One of the best ways to learn in the world is from your mistakes. Or how about someone else’s mistakes? The Bank of Bangladesh mistakes is giving all current and future bank owners lessons on how not to skimp on your network security through its mistakes. Thanks to the complete …
Read More »U.S content disappears from screen in Canada as Netflix continues with VPN crack down
Netflix has kept to its plans to crack down on Canadian users who still make use of Virtual Private Networks. Most Canadian Netflix users, use VPNs to watch shows such as Degrassi: Next Class, TV shows which are not available on the Canadian version but only on the American version …
Read More »FBI Tells Congress They Need Hackers to Keep Up
The FBI has come out defending its decision to hire a third party into breaking into an iPhone which was used by a gunman in last year’s San Bernardino, California. The law enforcement agency told some lawmakers that there was a need for the agency to partner with some for-profit …
Read More »Netflix CEO dismisses VPN users as no big deal
The Netflix CEO, Hastings Reed, has come out saying that the number of people who are talking about the company’s crackdown on VPNs’ are nothing but a small minority. “It’s a very small but quite vocal minority,” said the Mr. Reed of the international users who try to access US content …
Read More »Netflix at war again with VPN users, in Canada
Netflix has apparently dropped a ‘tech’ bomb on all Canadian VPN users who use them to stream US content. The move might be applauded by people such as Mary Ann Turcke, who publicly snitched her daughter out last year after Netflix had banned VPN use to access outside content. She …
Read More »Senior Apple Engineers more threatened by hackers than the government
Even though Apple has been embroiled in court cases with the Department of Justice lately, the company is not prioritizing that threat yet, and rather they aim to counter a different one when they introduce new security functions for iOS devices. Apple security engineers feel that the government’s intrusion into …
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