Techno News

12.03.2015
PayPal buys Israeli start-up that predicts cyber attacks
The payment system confirmed a $60 million purchase

12.03.2015
Features of state cyber espionage
Kaspersky Lab reveals new features of attacks sponsored by governments

11.03.2015
Microsoft updates fix vulnerabilities that were left open for years
Microsoft finally decided to protect its users against the Stuxnet

11.03.2015
The White House allocates $100 million to train IT experts
The staff shortage threatens the US technological leadership

10.03.2015
The cost of personal data breaches in 2014 dropped by $2 billion for the Americans
The main victims of the leaks - students and the military

10.03.2015
Suspects in stealing more than a billion email addresses are detained in the US
American law enforcement have uncovered «the largest data breach of names and email addresses in the history of the Internet»

06.03.2015
Official Android app for the Mobile World Congress participants is not safe
Attendees of the largest technology conference in Barcelona should watch out for spam and phishing attacks

06.03.2015
Windows OS is also vulnerable to the FREAK attack
Microsoft plans to issue an update that fixes the flaw very soon

05.03.2015
2014 is a record year by the number of detected malware
Panda Security have published its annual report

05.03.2015
Owners of Android devices should beware fake Amazon vouchers
Hackers keep on deceiving users by promising a «free lunch»

04.03.2015
Dangerous vulnerability of OpenSSL cryptographic package was discovered
The current problem is a result of political decisions made 20 years ago

04.03.2015
The number of infections with financial trojans dropped by half last year
Symantec has introduced The State of Financial Trojans 2014 report

03.03.2015
Google decided that full-disk encryption on mobile devices is no longer required
For now encryption is just «very strongly recommended»

03.03.2015
AVG developed «privacy glasses»
The concept of a device that doesn’t allow to take a picture of you was presented at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

02.03.2015
In Israel the trial of a hacker who attacked Madonna and her staff has started
Adi Lederman accused of distribution of songs from unreleased album of Madonna was brought to trial in Tel Aviv

02.03.2015
Children’s tablet - not just a toy
The most popular Android tablets for children are vulnerable from the cyber security viewpoint

27.02.2015
Almost three quarters of Americans believe cyber attacks to be a threat to national security
The polls record growing concern of American citizens with data breaches

27.02.2015
Legit spyware FinFisher is officially recognized as violating human rights
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development urged manufacturers of FinFisher to respect people’s right to privacy and freedom of expression

26.02.2015
Hackers should use anti-virus as well
A tool to manage Trojan Zeus attacks was accidentally used to spread a Ramnit old virus

26.02.2015
Lenovo’s new troubles
Hackers attacked the webpage of Chinese manufacturer