Techno News

27.05.2015
Cyber criminals pretend to be FBI
A new wave of ransomware apps attacks Android users.

26.05.2015
Patriot Act does not help FBI solve high-profile cases
New argument in legislative debate over a bill allowing mass surveillance in the US

26.05.2015
Thirty malicious Minecraft apps uploaded to Google Play store in nine months
Almost three million victims may be affected by malicious Minecraft apps

25.05.2015
Big trouble for lovers of extramarital adventures
Hackers steal sensitive information about four million users of the Adult FriendFinder website

25.05.2015
Eighty six percent websites have serious vulnerabilities
The secret of security lies in timely troubleshooting

22.05.2015
Why password recovery questions are a bad idea
The most common password recovery technique is not only largely ineffective, but also a risk

22.05.2015
Half a billion Android phones may have fatal security problems
Flawed factory reset system on Android phones fails to delete confidential information.

21.05.2015
Americans express concern about personal data security
Only 6 percent of adult respondents say they are confident that government agencies will keep their records secure

21.05.2015
Extortion malware on the rise
The growing number of infections with malware that block a victim's computer and require payment to regain access was a major trend in the second half of 2014

20.05.2015
South Korea will legalize spying on teenagers
Parents of South Korean teens will be obliged to install control apps on children’s smartphones

20.05.2015
US businesses and the public organizations sent a letter to Barack Obama
Authors of the letter request the President to abandon plans to oblige companies to leave backdoors in software for the needs of law enforcement

19.05.2015
UK secretly amended law to allow surveillance on users
Rights activists claim the British authorities deliberately concealed amendments to the Computer Misuse Act from the public

19.05.2015
Hackers make money on oil business
Ingenious attack on several oil companies has been uncovered

18.05.2015
Kaspersky Lab reported a Naikon cyber spying campaign
11 countries of Southeast Asia have been spied on for 5 years already

18.05.2015
Actions of a cyber security expert could have threatened safety of the flight
Where is the boundary between research interest and passengers’ safety?

15.05.2015
U.K. has stiffened penalties for cyber criminals
From now on hackers in the U.K. might face lifetime imprisonment

15.05.2015
Google has published a report on the implementation of “the right to be forgotten”
During this year the search engine has deleted 41% of disputed links

14.05.2015
Jamie Oliver’s webpage has been compromised for the third time this year
Fans of the famous chef should be careful

14.05.2015
Even cyber security experts hide breaches
The question of whether to report a cyber incident or not remains unclear

13.05.2015
Salaries of cyber security experts are growing
$200 thousand a year is almost the norm for a good expert in the field of information security in the US