Brussels has warned Facebook it will face sanctions unless it changes what the European commission calls its “misleading” terms and conditions. The EU commissioner in charge of consumer protection, Věra Jourová, said she had run out of patience with the social network after nearly two years of discussions aimed at giving Facebook’s European users more …
“The plea of remonstrance of 17 August 2018 filed by the Applicant [ICANN] concerning the order of the Senate of 1 August 2018 (19 W 32/18) is rejected with costs.” ICANN has been hit with the fourth expected loss in its quest to continue to collect and make public domain name registrant contact (WHOIS) details …
In April, Cisco Talos observed a new threat actor named Rocke using western and Chinese Git repositories to deliver cryptomining malware to honeypots that were vulnerable to an Apache Struts vulnerability. Researchers detected Rocke conducting a similar campaign in July. In that operation, the threat actor communicated with an HTTP File Server (HFS) hosting 11 …
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that UK laws enabling mass surveillance violate the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. Judges found that: The UK’s historical bulk interception regime violated the right to privacy protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and to free expression, protected by …
A new report from Research ICT Africa shows that only 53% of South Africans use the Internet. This is compared to 73% in Columbia and 86% in Argentina. The report, with the title “Lagging ICT adoption in SA”, added that South Africa is still ahead of other African countries, though. South Africa’s mobile phone penetration …
The European Parliament has approved a controversial copyright law that threatens to ‘destroy the internet as we know it’, according to digital rights groups. Yesterday, in a vote that split almost every major EU party, Members of the European Parliament adopted every terrible proposal in the new Copyright Directive and rejected every good one, setting the …
India’s controversial biometric database, Aadhaar, has been once again compromised, according to a three-month investigation launched by HuffPost India. In a report published Tuesday, HuffPost revealed the existence of a malicious patch said to disable critical security features, making it easier not only to create unauthorized Aadhaar numbers but to fool the system’s biometric recognition …
The most popular “privacy” tool in Apple’s Mac App Store that was stealing users’ browsing history and sending it to China has been taken offline from the app store. Adware Doctor, that cost $5 as “privacy” tool with a long history of shady activity (including switching off users’ privacy protection!), whose reviews were a long …
Africa Registry, part of the CentralNic Group, announced a new programme from its gateway service RRPproxy to empower domain name vendors, registrars and resellers in Africa. The domains are to be sold using over 1,000 TLDs, and to benefit from a $50 free credit for all new accounts. Africa Registry stated: “African companies selling domain …
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp users were in a frenzy after many attempted to log in today only to find that the sites were down. The outage appeared to have affected users around the world, with thousands of reports within the first hour. According to Down Detector, the outages appear to have started around 4:48 p.m. …