Google blocks crypto-coin ads

©Provided by: capital.gr Google proceeds to prohibit crypto-coin advertisements on all its online platforms. The ban will take effect in June, without specifying why there will be this delay. Google has made this decision, according to the BBC, believing that consumers who want to invest in Bitcoin and similar digital Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

How would you see the folder that Facebook keeps about you

©Provided by: Attica Publications We probably do not offer you something NEW, when we say that Facebook is watching you. You know that and we know it and (fortunately or unfortunately) we have accepted this “game”. What you may not know is that the analytical data it collects and obviously Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Russian cyber-attack on German ministries

© naftemporiki.gr Russian cyber-attack on German ministries Russian APT28 attacked the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense and the German Federal Government and obtained data, sources of security services said today at the German news agency and in the German media. According to sources, German security agencies discovered Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Experts warn: Artificial intelligence can be exploited maliciously by hackers

© www.cnn.gr Tech Artificial Intelligence has now reached a point of development that can exploit it maliciously and to the benefit of authoritarian states, terrorists and hackers, warn in a new risk-bell report 26 experts in the safety of new technologies. The report predicts, in the next five to ten Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

US scientists: That’s how aliens will bring ‘Apokalypse’ to Earth!

© Provided by: 24 Media Extraterrestrials can bring the end of the world without even having to visit our planet, reveals a new survey of a group of scientists from Hawaii. According to the study, all that extraterrestrials need to do if they want to destroy mankind is to send Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

The big change that Chrome has implemented since 15/2

© www.cnn.gr Tech Chrome, Google’s popular web surfing program, will start blocking selectively on-line web ads, which systematically disturb users or hinder their smooth surfing. The new feature will automatically put a brake on embarrassing web ads, such as those that suddenly play automatically videos with loud sound. Even Google’s Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Hackers stole $17 million from Russian banks in 2017

  © naftemporiki.gr Hackers stole $17 million from Russian banks in 2017 More than 1 billion rubles ($17 million) robbed hackers from Russian banks in 2017 using Cobalt Strike, a software designed to control security, according to a central bank official. Russia is at the forefront of cybercrime after speculation Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Game Over: Exposed to hackers most of online gamers

© Sofokleousin.gr Game Over: Exposed to hackers the online gamers Online gaming has quickly evolved into a very profitable industry, with more people than ever having online gaming accounts. According to a survey by Kaspersky Lab, more than half (53%) regularly play online, increasing to 64% for people aged 25-34 Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

The worst passwords of 2017 – How to choose correct (safe) access codes

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Many users still use inappropriate password to access their online accounts today. This is evidenced by a list recently released by SplashData and includes the worst-in-use passwords used in 2017. The data was based on research into more than five million passwords from user accounts that Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Significant changes coming to Facebook

© Provided by: capital.gr Facebook plans to bring significant changes in the way the news feed is filtered by its complex algorithms, with emphasis on private posts from friends and family of users, and degrading the public posts by business and media information. The changes that will take place over Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft warns of correcting the security gaps

Microsoft has made it clear that software upgrades designed to close the security gaps that were discovered on Jan. 3 in virtually all central processors have resulted in some computers, both personal computers (PCs) and servers, to become slow. Systems that use Intel’s older chips show a noticeable slowdown and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft is preparing encrypted Skype calls

©Provided by: capital.gr Microsoft is working with Signal Encryption app company to develop a new encrypted Skype feature called Private Conversations. The new feature is already available for trial use at Skype Insiders. Application users will have encrypted end-to-end audio calls as well, as text messaging and the ability to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Trends that will consern cyber-security in 2018

©Provided by: pestaola.gr Increase in incidents and risks that threaten cyber-security is expected in 2018 by ESET, according to its forecast in a published report. The report: “Cybersecurity Trends 2018: The Cost of our Connected World”, which has been devised by ESET’s cyber security experts, presents issues that will be Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

How to protect yourself from the bugs of the processors

©Provided by: capital.gr The revelations about the security loopholes discovered in CPUs and laptops, as well as the ARM’s SoC on smartphones, tablets and game consoles, dare to say that they are probably the poorest point in the history of information technology. Not the revelations themselves, of course, but the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Security gaps were detected in all the world’s PC and mobile processors!

© Sofokleousin.gr Security gaps have been detected in all pc and mobile processors around the world! Alarm has sounded in the world of technology, as Google researchers, in collaboration with other cyber security experts, have announced that they have identified two major security gaps in almost all processors used on Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …