The recent restrictions imposed by the Russian government pose a threat to European companies who use VPN services as a mean to protect confidential information. Concerns have been expressed by the Association of European Businesses (AEB), an organization that includes several hundreds of European companies, amongst the most notable being …
Read More »Tyrant Ransomware Uses Popular VPN Application To Infect Victims In Iran
Infected victims have only 24 hours to pay an amount of 520,000 IRR ($15) or else, all their data will be removed. After being contacted or infected, the victim has only 24 hours to pay the equivalent of $15. The experts have assumed Tyrant ransomware specifically targets Iran, as the …
Read More »Google Select TLS in an Effort to Increase Protection Against Hackers
Google is currently planning to introduce a Transport Layer Security (TLS) to Android devices, potentially increasing protection against hackers and privacy from the government and private agencies. Google is planning to add a new development which will encrypt your Domain Name Server (DNS) requests in order to increase dramatically the …
Read More »The Controversy Surrounding Apple’s VPNs Removal is Not Substantiated
Apple’s decision to remove China VPN has sparked controversy regarding free speech, especially from senators Ted Cruz and Patrick Leahy. Apple’s latest decision to remove Virtual Private Networks from their China application store has been labeled as “enabling the Chinese government surveillance and censorship of the internet,” and “not enabling …
Read More »Domino’s Computer Systems Reportedly Hacked: Spam Plagues Customers
Domino’s, one of the world’s most well-known pizza companies, suffers from a hacked system in Australia. Customers have been receiving spam emails that are trying to phish, disguised as the legitimate communication from Domino’s. On Tuesday, October 17, Domino’s Australia woke up to a flood of complaints from customers. They …
Read More »China Blocks WhatsApp Before Communist Party Congress
The Chinese government has restricted the popular messaging service all around the country in anticipation of the communist party congress. The Chinese government has blocked the popular messaging service, WhatsApp, as the country’s Communist Party Congress commenced last week Wednesday. Other popular messaging services, most notably WeChat have also been …
Read More »Security Experts Warn Users that All Wi-Fi Network are Vulnerable to Attack
A newly discovered flaw in the WPA2 protocol leaves all users’ data vulnerable to theft. According to a recent discovery, a specific flaw in the popular WPA2 protocol makes every single device connected to Wi-Fi vulnerable to data theft. A researcher from the Belgian University, KU Leuven, Mathy Vanhoef, recently …
Read More »LeakedSource Disappears, Reports Indicate owner under investigation
LeakedSource, the famous site that aggregated and sold data from breached sites has disappeared, it has been reported. According to a post made on a public forum by an individual who is privy to the goings on, the offices of the site were raided by law-enforcement officials earlier on Friday …
Read More »Candid Board Hacked: Data of 180,000 Users Stolen
Hackers have managed to hack into the database of the Candid Board, a leading upskirt porn site, and expose the data of more than 180,000 users of the site; it has been reported. The hackers managed to access the database of the site back in September last year and steal …
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 …
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