Well-known VPN networks like HotSpot Shield, Pure VPN and Zenmate, are leaking user’s information, VPN Mentor discovered this when they researched virtual private networks (VPN). Sensitive data on millions of users are vulnerable, the privacy advocate network found. Data Leaked VPN’s help users access websites blocked by their ISP’s, and …
Read More »Stemming the Flow of Information in Ukraine
Ukrainian officials seek to ban user access to a number of Russian web addresses. Critics fear that censorship here will lead to further internet restrictions down the road. Strange role models lead to strange behavior Since Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, relations between Ukraine and Russia have been understandably …
Read More »Hacker is Hacked Hours After Compromising The San Francisco Rail System
On Friday, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was hit by an attack, and the ransomware attack caused some problems including on the fare station terminals whereby they carried the message which said, You Are Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. However, it turns out that the person who was responsible for …
Read More »400,000 Records Stolen Taken After Hack On Michigan State University Server
It seems these days every week there is a new hack. The hackers not only target sites for less reputable companies and organizations, but rather they go for the big guns. Hackers have attacked the Michigan State University servers, in an attack which has seen them get access to a …
Read More »Wireless ISP Modems are Highly Vulnerable
Recent research has revealed that some wireless modems provided by Internet service providers (ISPS) have severe vulnerabilities hackers can exploit. Security research company, SEARCH-LAB, has over the past one year analyzed modems provided to Hungarian customers by Liberty Global’s telecommunication services provider UPC broadband. The telecommunications service provider is the …
Read More »Symantec Releases Technology to Protect Cars from Zero Day Attacks
A new IoT security solution has been introduced by Symantec this week which is designed to protect users from zero-day attacks and any threats they might see which might be as a result of threats never encountered before. The news by Symantec’s comes a few months after the FBI recently …
Read More »Netflix faces pressure to remove VPN ban from privacy activists
Many Netflix users feel the ongoing VPN ban by the company is unjust, and consumers are showing their resistance. A massive billboard is set to be put in front of the Netflix’s headquarters by privacy activists who feel the ban on VPNs is undermining their security systems. The activists are …
Read More »New Tor Browser 6.0 Comes Packed With Security Improvements and Updates
The Onion Router, popularly known as the Tor Browser recent had an update from its developers. The new version 6.0 brought with it much needed security and various privacy improvements. There were also other fixes to the browser which were included in the browser. The new browser which was released …
Read More »Flaw leaves Apple iMessage users vulnerable, study
Research done by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has found a bug that enables hackers to see photos and videos sent via Apple’s messaging service iMessage. Last fall, an exploit of a similar nature, which affected versions of iMessage before iOS 9 was found and immediately solved by Apple. It …
Read More »Slow response to Drown vulnerability by cloud services
Users have been put at risk of attacks because Cloud providers have not been quick enough in fixing their infrastructure and resources after the Drown flaw. Cofounder of Skyhigh Networks, Mr. Sekhar Sarukkai, claimed at least 620 cloud services companies were not prioritizing the fixing of infrastructure and therefore it …
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