Security
Microsoft Says Russian State Hackers Responsible for 58% of Attacks on US Govt Agencies
Microsoft Says Russian State Hackers Responsible for 58% of Attacks on US govt agencies.
Nearly 58% of attacks between July 2020 and June 2021 were from Russia
Tom Burt Microsoft Corporate VP for Customer Security and Trust said Russian nation-state...
Network/Internet
YouTube Will Now Block All Anti-Vaccine Content
On Wednesday, YouTube said that it will remove all the content that spread misinformation on approved vaccines as the content poses a "serious risk of egregious harm".
The highly popular video platform in their blog post said that the content...
Network/Internet
Zoom and Five9 $14.7 billion deal under review
A few months ago, Zoom proposed a $14.7 billion deal to acquire Five9, a leading cloud data center software provider headquartered in the US. The deal was Zoom's move to penetrate into the contact center as a service market.
However,...
Security
Victoria Allots AU$50M Towards Cybersecurity Resilience
The government of Victoria has allotted AU$50M towards the five-year cyber strategy plan, aimed to boost the state's cybersecurity resilience.
The victorian cyber strategy will be focusing on three core missions i.e: to offer a secure and reliable environment for...
Security
Ragnar Locker ransomware gang threatens to expose data
Ragnar Locker ransomware gang threatens to expose the stolen data of victims if they try to contact the FBI or police to seek help against the attack.
In the past also, Ragnar Locker attacked several well-established companies with ransomware...
Security
Facebook introduces E2EE for Messenger Calls
Facebook introduces E2EE for Messenger Calls
After almost five years of introducing end-to-end encryption chats, Facebook now introduces E2EE for Messenger calls.
End-to-end encryption or E2EE is utilized by several major messaging and video call platforms such as Facebook, Zoom, WhatsApp,...
Security
DoppelPaymer ransomware operation getting rebranded, now named as Grief (alias Pay or Grief)
Doppel Paymer ransomware operation made a rebranding move.
Following a period of little or no activity, now they are back and DoppelPaymer rebranded as Grief (alias pay or grief).
Though there isn't any clue whether the original developers are still...
Security
Uber found to have breached the privacy of more than 1 million Australians
Uber breached the privacy of more than 1 million Australians
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has handed down its determination that Uber breached the privacy of more than 1 million Australians back in 2016.
Australia's Information Commissioner and...
Security
22-year-old hacker arrested for role in Twitter, Snapchat hacks
On Wednesday, Joseph O'Connor a 22-year old UK citizen was arrested for his role in a Twitter hack last year that provided attackers obtain access to the company's internal network exposing several high-profile accounts to hacking.
A criminal complaint against...
Security
WD My Book NAS devices are being remotely formatted globally
Western Digital My Book NAS owners across the globe identified that their systems have been suspiciously formatted leaving all of their files deleted.
WD My Book is a network-attached storage device that looks similar to a small vertical book that...
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SparkyLinux 6.6 Now Available to Download
Debian-based GNU/Linux distro, SparkyLinux has got a new update Sparky 6.6 named as Po Tolo.
Based on Debian 11, Sparky...