Techno News

16.11.2015
Google will notify when the email letter was sent unencrypted
Gmail strengthens security

16.11.2015
Barcodes might become a new hacker weapon
Chinese researchers demonstrated the possibility of attack using barcodes

13.11.2015
Facebook reported the growth in government requests
The number of requests to delete information from Facebook has increased by 112% in the last six months

13.11.2015
Russia is one of the top three countries when it comes to malicious spam
Kaspersky Lab reported the growth in the number of spam messages in the third quarter

12.11.2015
A hacker compromised prison phone records
70 million phone records of US jails have been compromised

12.11.2015
A malicious app got deleted from both AppStore and Google Play
The Who Viewed Your Profile – InstaAgent app compromises passwords of Instagram users

11.11.2015
Hacker boasts of popping a Comcast mail server
About 600,000 passwords were offered for sale on the black market

11.11.2015
Ransomware targets Mac OS
Macs vulnerable to ransomware

10.11.2015
Romania develops extortion “vaccine”
Romanian programmers have found a way to neutralize a new version of Trojan cryptoware

10.11.2015
Microsoft scrambles to drop SHA-1
SHA-1 cryptographic protocol has run its course

09.11.2015
Ransom did not help
Swiss Crypto email service paralyzed by hackers

09.11.2015
Apple patents panic mode button
Apple is considering adding a fingerprint-activated panic mode button to the iPhone for emergencies

06.11.2015
Mac OS malware hits all-time high
There has been an unprecedented rise in Mac malware

06.11.2015
A 13 million dollar fine for Russian software experts
Pentagon contractors agree to pay a fine for hiring Russian software experts

05.11.2015
Britain wants to expand its powers of online mass surveillance
The draft bill forces operators to retain citizens’ Internet history for a year

05.11.2015
Ransomware scammers come up with new twist to cyber threats
New ransomware doesn’t only encrypt files but also threatens to publish data online

03.11.2015
Google fixes seven Android OS vulnerabilities
The update is available only to Android 6.0 Marshmallow

03.11.2015
The Russian users are at the highest risk
Russia enters the top three number of mobile banking Trojan attacks

02.11.2015
Tor Project launched a messenger
A new product from the creators of the onion network promises anonymity and encryption of Internet chats

02.11.2015
The main threat to smartphone’s safety is its owner
Users keep ignoring the most basic requirements of their devices’ protection