Just one day after Amazon Web Service (AWS) announced a “secret” cloud service for the CIA, another tech company is aligning itself with a government agency. Cisco will now share “cybercrime” data with the international police network Interpol, the company announced Tuesday. That data includes “threat intelligence” to support Interpol’s work “targeting both ‘pure cybercrime’ and …
The Federal Communications Commission released a plan on Tuesday to dismantle landmark regulations that ensure equal access to the internet, clearing the way for internet service companies to charge users more to see certain content and to curb access to some websites. According to a new report by NYTimes The proposal, made by the F.C.C. …
Many Americans don’t feel they personally are at risk of a cyber attack. However, a large majority thinks cyberattacks are becoming more a threat now. When it’s time to choose a password, many of us will devise something easy to remember. We may pick an anniversary date or mash up the initials and years of …
This is truly half-brutal, half-hilarious. A Microsoft employee was forced to pause his Azure presentation in the middle of a live demo session in order to install Google’s Chrome… because the company’s own Edge browser kept crashing. At some point, the presenter even jokes his blunder “is not going to help make Google better,” when …
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) a London-based AIM-listed company which provides registry back end solution for numerous new gTLD registries including DCA Trust the applicant for .Africa, has agreed with Germany’s KSregistry GmbH (or “KSregistry”) to provide its market leading services for 14 Top-Level Domain (“TLD”) extensions currently managed by Open Registry, which KSregistry acquired from Group …
Tech. blogs and financial news networks are buzzing about blockchain, a cryptographic, distributed trust technology. The key innovation is how it reduces the need for central third-party institutions to serve as central authorities of trust — banks, courts, large corporations, stock markets and even governments, for example. Distributed trust enables co-operative forms of organization without …
Researchers have created a smartphone application to combat “shoulder-surfing”—when someone else looks over your shoulder as you enter your phone’s password or other private digits, potentially even gleaning vital financial or personal information. Every ATM or smartphone user can attest to the discomfort of having a stranger standing close enough to observe a financial transaction—and …
A group called OurMine appears to have taken control of the main HBO accounts, as well as those for the network’s shows including Game of Thrones. One post said “OurMine are here. we are just testing your security”. OurMine is notorious for hacking high-profile social media handles, and has in the past managed to compromise …
Last week, we reported that Google Domains and Godaddy, to big domain registrars stated that the Daily Stormer violated their terms of service. The companies also completed their threat by cancelling their hosting service. More silicon valley firms have joined the list of tech companies shunning extremism. Social media networks Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, music service …
Following the outbreak of the Petya-based malware in Ukraine, the author of the original version, Janus, decided to release his master key, probably closing the project. You can read the full story here. Based on the released key, Malwarebytes has prepared a decryptor that is capable of unlocking all the legitimate versions of Petya (read …