Techno News

09.07.2015
Cyber attacks are almost as bad as terrorist attacks
Americans believe that hackers are as dangerous to national security as terrorists

08.07.2015
The Hacking Team hack led to the worst consequences
Information about a zero day vulnerability of Flash leaked online, now it’s in all popular exploit kits

08.07.2015
A little more than a half of all vulnerabilities get fixed on time
Government institutions are the slowest when it comes to strengthening protection

07.07.2015
Hacked team
Unidentified hackers attack Hacking Team

07.07.2015
Japan fails to protect its pension system
The bulk of personal data of Japanese pensioners had no password protection

06.07.2015
Federal Trade Commission to teach cybersecurity to businesses
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will launch “Start With Security,” an initiative to promote good data security practices to businesses

06.07.2015
Hacker attack on Harvard University
Even top universities face cyber-security threats

03.07.2015
Selfies instead of PINs
MasterCard comes up with an unexpected innovation

03.07.2015
More than 440,000 new Android malware files found in Q1 – study
Each day brings nearly 5,000 new strains of malware on the most popular of mobile platforms

02.07.2015
Kaspersky Lab neutralizes MICEX DDoS attack
The attack hit 92 gbps.

02.07.2015
GoPro software leaves user data vulnerable
GoPro Studio updates use unencrypted HTTP connections, leaving devices open to hacking

01.07.2015
Apple patches numerous OS security holes
Users of Apple devices should update their system software to install the security fixes as soon as possible

01.07.2015
Private detective who hired hackers found guilty
The detective was sentenced to three months in prison for hiring hackers

30.06.2015
Malwarebytes is “decriminalizing” pirate license keys
Users of counterfeit Malwarebytes anti-virus software can replace the keys with real ones for free

30.06.2015
Spam campaign for accountants is spreading rapidly
Banking trojan attacks accountants

29.06.2015
New iOS 9 will block access of third parties to user data
Apple will complicate life of advertising platforms

29.06.2015
China might be behind the attack against the US government’s personnel office
American officials for the first time publicly accused China in stealing personal data of millions government employees

26.06.2015
Europol arrested five Ukrainian hackers
Damage caused by criminal gang’s activities is estimated at €2 million

26.06.2015
US government passwords could be found on the open Web
Research company has discovered log-ins and passwords for 47 US government agencies on the open Web

25.06.2015
Samsung laptops can block Microsoft security updates
Too many preinstalled software products could lead to serious problems