Techno News

01.08.2016
Experts criticize a “ransomware guarantee”
Companies than provide cyber security should be engaged in its protection, not pay money to hackers

01.08.2016
South Korea accuses North Korea of another cyber attack
Data of 10 million users of a large South Korean Internet portal were compromised

29.07.2016
“One thief robs another”
Keys of Chimera malware have been published online by a cybercriminal competitor

29.07.2016
Using VPN is now a crime
United Arab Emirates introduce fines and even imprisonment for using VPN services  

28.07.2016
Vulnerability of LastPass password management service
Information on two dangerous vulnerabilities eliminated in a popular software to create and save passwords became known in one day

28.07.2016
The majority of cyber attacks come from the States
More hacker attacks come from California than Russia and China together

27.07.2016
Modern keyboards – with no wires or encryption
Wireless keyboards of 12 well-known manufacturers open up possibilities for hacker attacks

27.07.2016
Anthropologist warns about glorification of hackers
Why Anonymous is not listed as one of terrorist organizations?

26.07.2016
Iraq finally bans fake explosive detectors
Iraqi army discontinues the use of “toy” devices

26.07.2016
Estonians are creating a “backup” of the country
Estonia is negotiating the terms of personal data storage of its citizens abroad fearing the “Russian threat”

25.07.2016
Germany proposes unmanned vehicles to be equipped with “black boxes”
German legislators are concerned with safety of “smart” cars

25.07.2016
More than two million gamers lost a lot
Personal data of numerous fans of two popular games have been compromised

22.07.2016
Pokemons for delegates
Avast created a “digital portrait” of Republican Convention delegates

22.07.2016
US Library of Congress fended off a powerful DDoS attack
Unknown criminals managed to disrupt function of several systems and sites of American Congress and the biggest library in the world for several days

21.07.2016
Malware – into the bargain!
Kaspersky Lab discovered how banking Trojan Lurk was propagating through legitimate software

21.07.2016
Oracle broke the record by the number of vulnerabilities
Oracle’s July patch package eliminates 276 vulnerabilities at the same time

21.07.2016
Ransomware has matured
Symantec states that cyber criminals that use ransomware have become more experienced, confident and dangerous

20.07.2016
Brazil banned and lifted the ban on WhatsApp in one day
The Supreme Court in Brazil lifted the ban on popular messenger WhatsApp imposed by lower court earlier

19.07.2016
New malware families: 60% growth in half a year
In June the number of unique malware families that attack corporate networks reached 2420

19.07.2016
WikiLeaks is prevented from talking about the attempted coup in Turkey
According to representatives of the organization, it’s webpage is under constant attack, Turkish authorities are possibly behind it