The Iranian government is ordering all messaging apps in the country to move all of the messages and data they have on their servers and shift them to Iranian servers before they face some consequences. The move which was reported in various news outlets raises concerns about privacy and security …
Read More »Iraq bans Twitter, Facebook, and Hola comes to the rescue for citizens
Iraq seems to have put a hold on all social media networks in the country, according to reports which are coming from the country. The free, independent newspaper Aliraqnet revealed that the Iraqi government had but a ban on the two most popular social media networks, Facebook, and Twitter. It …
Read More »Ransomware big boys get new competition as DMA Locker gets better and better
Hasherezade, a Malwarebytes security researcher, has taken down the most recent version of the DMA Locker ransomware in an attempt to better understand it. She said the new DMA ransomware had made big improvements before its distribution and had great quality overall at the moment. In January this year, the …
Read More »China’s Internet censorship might not be as bad as you think after all
China leads the world in the commerce department, having digital sales volume which far exceed that of the United States. Their retail sales volume is responsible for 40 percent of the global market share, according to eMarketer. The country also had four companies that were present in the top 10 …
Read More »Moxa Industrial Secure Routers Not as Secure Researcher Say
Moxa, an industry network, computing and automation solutions provider is updating one of its secure industrial routers addressing many if the high severity flaws that can be executed via Denial of service attacks, privilege elevations and also arbitrary code execution. The Moxa router EDR-G903 series is high performance. It is …
Read More »AntiVirus company F-Secure joins incident response field
Security innovation has to improve every day continually because of the dangers that people increasingly face. As such security in the tech industry is shifting from perimeter protection to network detection as people try to get a foot in front before they suffer any security breaches. Antivirus defenses are no …
Read More »New Search Warrant Rules Would Give FBI Hacking Powers If Passed
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 …
Read More »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 …
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