A new form of ransomware called Petya has attacked company computers at a number of major business, reaching the Ukraine, Denmark, France, Poland, Germany, Russia, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. Among some of the companies effected are worldwide advertising agency WPP and Russian oil and steel firms Evraz […]
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Daplie Cloud project makes secure personal servers a reality
Daplie Cloud project from IndieGOGO has made it possible for every the layman who doesn’t understand servers to have one of their own. Cloud services have become the standard for content and data storage, and as mobile manufacturers in particular limit on board storage, it becomes a necessity. But the […]
Your VISA credit card could be compromised with a single guess
VISA has claimed for some time to be doing everything in their power to secure online payments and accounts from hackers. But now a paper is claiming that a major security flaw may not exist from any fancy magnetic device, or backdoor phishing expeditions. It could be as simple as […]
China may be mining data from your smartphone through ‘backdoor’, experts warn
A new vulnerability has been discovered in hundreds of thousands of Android devices, which experts say is sending data back to China for unknown reasons. The software was created by a Chinese company called Shanghai Adups Technology Company, and according to a representative for the tech developer, it has been installed […]
HTTPS pages face new risk, sensitive data stolen
Bad news! HTTPS, which has been touted as being more secure than the older HTTP, has now become a less so. An attack that steals sensitive information, such as social security numbers and email addresses, has been announced. This is not the first time a leak has been discovered in […]
Another Hack On The Democrats Highlights Security Issues
The Democratic Party are having a bad time with hackers the past few weeks. It’s been revealed that a computer network connected to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has been compromised. Not a good look for a potential president or the Democratic Party. Internet security is a big issue nowadays with […]
Pokemon Go causes security concerns
We already covered Pokemon Go and the fact that it has taken over the internet and the real world in a crazy way. But as is often the case, the game is losing a bit of its shine as security concerns flood the web. Should you be worried? Third Party […]