The majority of android-based VPN applications offer poor security services to their clients, a study has found. According to the findings of the study that was conducted by cyber security researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of New South Wales, a big number of android-based …
Read More »China now Bans VPNs in a bid to strengthen the Great Firewall
Authorities in China are embarking on what they describe as a massive cleanup of the internet connection service in the country; it has been reported. The ministry of industry and information technology has announced that it is set on carrying out a massive cleanup exercise in a bid to strengthen …
Read More »ProtonMail is now available on the Dark Web, thanks to Tor
ProtonMail, the Swedish provider of encrypted email services, is now available on the dark web via the Tor anonymity service. In a statement, the company said that its users will now be able to access it via the Tor network through a special URL address. The co-founder of the company, …
Read More »UK Authorities to Start Sending Piracy Warning Letters to Users
Authorities in the UK are set to send warning letters to people who use peer-to-peer file sharing sites in a bid to fight online piracy; it has been revealed. According to reports, the UK authorities, in association with leading players in the anti-digital piracy campaigns in the country such as …
Read More »Voxer Introduces Encrypted Messaging App
Voxer has added a new feature that is end-to-end encrypted, ‘private chats’ to their Android and iOS applications. Announcing the changes, the CEO of the company, Irv Remedios, stated that Voxer is focused on providing lasting solutions to the problems that its customers have been facing when sending and receiving …
Read More »Indian Authorities Issue Alert over New WhatsApp-Based Malware Targeting Android Devices
Indian authorities have issued a warning to the general public about a new form of malware that is being widely distributed via WhatsApp messages. The authorities have warned people against opening on WhatsApp messages purporting to originate from the National Defence Academy (NDA) and the National Investigation Academy (NIA) and …
Read More »An Unknown Hacker Steals 700k User Accounts from PakWheels
An anonymous hacker has managed to breach the security features of PakWheels, a common automotive website in Pakistan, and make away with data of about 700 registered users of the account. Reports by LeakedSource, a site that reports all sites that have been breached, indicates that the PakWheels breach occurred …
Read More »A New Online Tool, Iknowwhatyoudownload.com, Helps to Monitor Torrents
A new website, Iknowwhatyoudownload.com helps individuals and organisations to track what other people are downloading for 24 hours secretly. According to the Marketing Director of the new tool, Andrey Rogov, the new website has been set up for demonstration purposes and the benefit of copyright holders and other parties involved …
Read More »Kaspersky Lab says new Trojan Horse, Switcher, can Hijack Wi-Fi Routers
Kaspersky Lab has said that a new form of Trojan horse known as Switcher can successfully infiltrate Wi-Fi networks, hijack the traffic to fake DNS servers and expose users to phishing attacks. According to Nikita Buchka, who analyses new types of malware programs at Kaspersky Labs, the group operating the …
Read More »I know what you downloaded on BitTorrent promises (IKWDB) promises to expose millions of users
A new website dubbed I Know What You Downloaded on BitTorrent has been set up. The new site secretly collects all the IP addresses of individuals who visit torrenting sites. The website also collates all the data about what individuals do when they visit common torrenting sites in the world. …
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