The PC-Therapists
When it comes to cybercrime, it is easy to imagine that the greatest risk to a company’s data is an external threat. However, more and more companies are realizing that their trusted and trained employees can also be a huge threat. This is the result of a recent survey by Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Google offers “Backup and Sync” through “Google Drive” while putting “machine learning” to work for the benefit of “Play Store”. With Google “Backup and Sync”, which is free, one can automatically backup entire computer files through “Google Drive”. The advantage of Google’s service is that there is no need for Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
According to statements made by Microsoft’s vice president of Windows and “Xbox”, “Xbox Live” Gifts will soon be possible. Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra, in response to a fan’s question on Twitter, said that we are not too far from presenting the ability for “Xbox Live” subscribers to send and receive as Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The 2017 seems to be a year characterized by many analysts as “transitioning” for Apple, as the company will present three new models for the first time in one season. Something similar had happened in 2015, when Apple first unveiled two new iPhone models instead of one. The beginning was Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Every day almost 1.3 billion people and every month more than two billion use the largest social network, Facebook. The average user spends around 35 minutes a day, but not all users have the same motivation or the same reasons they spend their time on Facebook. Broadly, according to a Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Singapore has a nearly “perfect” approach to cyber security, but many other wealthy countries in the world have gaps in their defenses, while others, poorer ones, set the example, as a UN research showed on Wednesday. In this ranking, Greece is in 64th place, while Turkey in 43rd. Wealth acts Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook has started adding several app-enabled features within its platform. For some time now, it has been testing an app that detects the available “public Wi-Fi networks” that are within walking distance of the user, so that it updates it properly. The relevant tool is now available to all Facebook users from a mobile with Android and iOS. To find Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Apple is working on a new feature that will allow the users to “unlock” their iPhone using their face instead of their fingerprint, according to Bloomberg. In particular, as reported, for the new iPhone -intended to be released later in the year- Apple is testing a new, improved security system that will allow users to login, approve payments and launch secure apps by scanning their faces, according to people briefed Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Microsoft works with Token to use a biometric ring to sign-in to Windows 10. The Token ring will use Microsoft’s “Windows Hello” technology to be able to identify the Windows 10 device user without the need to type passwords. It is estimated that Token’s ring technology allows automatic entry to Windows 10, and there is more security, since Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Percentage of nominal internet speed, on average, of 39.26% in the downflow and 62.60% in the upflow is shown by the data of the EETT (National Telecommunications and Post Commission) Annual Internet Report 2016-2017 to the European Commission and European Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority (BEREC) to implement Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The Greek non-profit company “SciFy” has developed the new free application “Di’Anoia” (“διΆνοια”), aimed at caregivers of people with dementia, as well as healthcare professionals, providing a wealth of knowledge and simple techniques of non-pharmaceutical interventions. At the same time, the app, available for Android mobile devices (smartphones and tablets), Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The next target of cyber-criminals may be the human brain, according to a study by scientists at the Universities of Birmingham in Alabama and California Riverside. There is an increasing trend in the use of headphones that read brainwaves, especially in the field of video games. Researchers, using a special Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Viber releases its most significant upgrade for 2017. Viber’s “Chat Extensions” now allow users to access through their “chat window” in a wide range of content from top applications and services such as “YouTube”, “Spotify”, “VICE media”, “Booking.com” and “GIPHY”. So users do not have to switch constantly between the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The “NotPetya” virus attack, which spread to businesses around the world, may not have been a project aimed at financial gain through ransoms, an increasing number of cybersecurity experts estimate. On the contrary, despite the demand for ransom to “unlock” the infected computers, this particular “ransomware” appears to have simply been aimed at destroying data, with experts pointing to its particularly “aggressive” features, which made Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
A fingerprint scanning sensor designed to fit under the touch screens of mobile phones and tablets announced Qualcomm. As the company claims, this scanner can even work with wet fingers or into the water and can be used to measure heartbeat. As BBC reports, this development paving the way for Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Thousands of computer users around the world today tried to reboot their systems after a new cybercrime, which began yesterday from Ukraine and spread to Russia, Europe and the United States. Malicious software required ransoms of $300 (about 260 euros) to unlock the files they had locked at companies and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …