Significant security gap in email encryption technology

© naftemporiki.gr Significant security gap in email encryption technology An important vulnerability was found in a widely used email encryption technology, according to researchers. PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a data encryption method sometimes added to programs that send and receive emails. Details of the security gap were made public Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Twitter takes action against “trolls”

©www.cnn.gr Tech Twitter has announced that it is taking additional measures against “trolls” that distort public debate on its platform, making their posts less visible and harder to access. For several years now, the social media tool, founded in 2006 and popularized by the freedom allowed by it, attempts to address Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

ZooPark: New malware campaign targeting Android devices

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered “ZooPark”, a sophisticated digital espionage campaign that has been targeting Android devices for several years, based in several Middle Eastern countries. Using legitimate websites as sources of “contamination”, the campaign appears to be supported by nation-states and targets political organizations, activists Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

How do you protect your children from Internet threats?

© Provided by: pestaola.gr The risks associated with raising a child in an online world not only cause headaches to parents but also a real concern about the time their children spend in this online world. As a result, one in three parents limits the time their children spend surfing Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft and Facebook move against cyber attacks

©Provided by: pestaola.gr Microsoft, Facebook and several other big names in the Cyberspace want to end cyber attacks of all kinds. The purpose of Facebook and Microsoft’s moves is to enhance Internet security, but also to further sensitize the public in this direction. The big internet players have come up Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

New protection tools from Google after the scandal with Facebook

© Sofokleousin.gr New protection tools from Google after the scandal with Facebook New protection tools are being prepared by Google after the Facebook scandal and the more general debate about personal data security in the digital world. In particular, Google has decided to increase the security level of its popular Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Facebook: How to find out if you are a victim of the Cambridge Analytica scandal

© Provided by: PROTO THEMA S.A. With a message, Facebook users will be able to see if they are among the 87 million social networking users who were victims of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. From today, Facebook will begin to send notifications to its users’ profiles that have been affected Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

New game scam on Google Play

© Shutterstock New game scam on Google Play ESET urges Android users to be very careful with a new scam that was discovered on Google Play. This is the “Pingu Cleans Up” game, targeted primarily at users who have stored credit card information in their Google Play account, trying to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

USA: Hackers stole 5 million credit and debit cards

© Provided by: capital.gr A group of hackers has stolen five million credit and debit cards data from US store customers and puts them on sale, according to Gemini Advisory’s cyber security company yesterday. According to the company, it is the work of the self-proclaimed JokerStash team, which recently announced Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Facebook will limit third party access to user data

© Provided by: pestaola.gr In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica personal data leak scandal, Facebook has announced that it will restrict user data that will be available for promotional purposes. This will happen very soon and will limit access to personal data that companies currently have and use them Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Facebook: Changes in privacy settings are coming up

© Sofokleousin.gr Facebook: Changes in privacy settings are coming up Changes in privacy settings, Facebook is preparing, according to a company’s announcement today, to address, to some extent, the huge scandal that broke out in connection with the misappropriation of personal data. The minor corrections were announced on Wednesday, according Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

What does Facebook know about its users?

© naftemporiki.gr What does Facebook know about its users? Pressure on Facebook is exacerbated by the misuse of millions of user data by Cambridge Analytica. More and more users want to know the fate of their data. For weeks now, Facebook has been targeted by organizations protecting personal data. Even Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Hacker team earns millions through malicious mining software

© Provided by: pestaola.gr According to Kaspersky Lab researchers, hackers have begun using sophisticated methods of “infection” and techniques borrowed from targeted attacks, Their goal is to install mining software on computers that have been attacked within organizations. The most successful team seen by Kaspersky Lab earned at least $7 Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Campaign “Abandon Facebook” has begun on the internet

© Sofokleousin.gr Facebook: Informs Congress about personal data “Abandon Facebook” (#deletefacebook) asks the campaign launched online on the scandal with the leak of personal data of more than 50 million users of the social networking site, that is “fired” from all sides and sees its share in stock market to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Google says Android is as safe as iOS

© Provided by: pestaola.gr It can be widely spread that Android is not safe, but Google emphasizes in every way that its operating system is as secure as iOS. According to the annual security report issued by Google, significant security steps have been made for Android users, while in the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Google: Removed 100 malicious ads per second

© Sofokleousin.gr Google: Removed 100 malicious ads per second Google announced that in 2017 it removed more than 3.2 billion ads that did not comply with its advertising policies, which translates into more than 100 malicious ads per second. This, according to the company, means that most of the malware Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …