More tech companies shun neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer

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 …

Social engineering remains the most elusive hackers tool

Security experts have released new password recommendations however, hackers long ago realized that getting into a victim’s email or iCloud doesn’t require keyloggers, zero days, or USBs pre-loaded with malware. Nope, it’s much easier than that, it takes more charm than geek. The world of social engineering is where those looking gain access to protected …

GoDaddy Reports Continued Strong Growth In Second Quarter

Q2 Revenue up 22% on Growing Customers and ARPU plus HEG Acquisition; Operating Cash Flow up 23% and uFCF up 61% SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the world’s largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017. “GoDaddy successfully …

Kaspersky Lab: DDoS Attacks Are Getting Smarter and More Widespread

Security firm Kaspersky Lab says that distributed denial of service attacks—which overwhelm servers with data requests to take them down—are becoming geographically more widespread. Its analysis shows that 86 countries were hit by the attacks in the second quarter of 2017, up from 72 in the first quarter. And it saw some long attacks take …

Briton who discovered the WannaCry kill-switch arrested over Kronos malware

A security researcher, Marcus Hutchins, 22, a British national who in May stopped an outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware has been arrested and detained after attending the Def Con conference in Las Vegas. A Justice Department spokesperson has confirmed on the phone that his arrest is in relation to his alleged role “in creating and distributing …