Phishing attacks doubled in 2022

In 2022, Kaspersky’s “anti-phishing system” prevented more than 500 million attempts to access fake websites; twice as many as in 2021. Delivery services, messenger platforms and cryptocurrency services were the means which were most often exploited to deceive victims through “phishing” attacks. These are some of the findings found in Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

50,000 Facebook users became targets of private monitoring

More than 50,000 Facebook users in more than 100 countries will be notified by the company itself that it may have been the target of hacking attempts by monitoring companies working for government agencies, or private clients. The news is the result of many months of research by “Meta” —the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Francis Hogen: What complaints about Facebook reached the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

A day after her identity was uncovered and a few hours after the blackout of the Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger platforms ended, Francis Hogen’s complaints reached the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The complaint states that Facebook misled investors about the size of its audience and hid the steady decline of younger users Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

The applications that “suck” the battery of mobile phones have been identified

The more features and more services our mobile phones provide, the more we use it and accordingly the amount of energy required for the operation of the device increases, which of course leads to the rapid consumption of its “fuel” and the need for continuous battery charging.  The Swiss company “pCloud” conducted a study in which Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

The dangerous app on Android that ‘steals’ your data

In “Android” there is an application named ‘System Update’. But it’s not what it looks like. That is, a system upgrade. As researchers at mobile phone security firm “Zimperium” discovered, it’s a malicious app that says it will update, but if you download it, it will steal all the data you have on the phone; and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

‎Smartphones in which WhatsApp will not work in 2020‎

WhatsApp will stop working on some specific mobile devices‎‎, just as it has happened in the past with other platforms and smartphones. As of ‎‎February 1, 2020‎‎ , the ‎‎application will not be supported by the operating systems IOS 8 and Android 2.3.7, or older versions of them.‎ The messaging Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …