The PC-Therapists
It may be exaggerated to say that Microsoft with the May update leaves the passwords behind, but it makes great strides in that direction. Microsoft has already given Windows 10 users the ability to identify with the “Microsoft Authenticator app”, which can establish the link between a Microsoft Account and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Google’s highly popular browser, has risen to version 75, which is trying to protect users from online hazards. One of the elements that is new to the latest version of Google Chrome and can offer greater security is that it can detect false URLs, so the user can be taken Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Kaspersky Lab’s research has revealed a worrying increase of malware specifically designed for theft of login information and money from users’ bank accounts. More specifically, the security company data show that 29,841 records of this malware were found in the first quarter of 2019 compared to 18,501 in the fourth Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook reported that in the first quarter this year disabled 2.19 billion fake user accounts. In total, in the October 2018-March 2019 half, it deleted more than three billion accounts. Overall, around 5% of the 2.4 billion active monthly users are estimated to be fake, which have not yet been Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
According to a very widespread metaphore, if the internet we use daily was an iceberg it would only be the top of it. Beneath the surface, most of the internet is sunk and is called “Dark Web”. There -deep in the big nowhere- there is a galaxy of “sites” devoted Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Nearly two months after the terrorist attacks in New Zealand, Facebook has announced measures that it hopes will stop the live broadcast of similar content. The announcements came through a blog post by Guy Rosen, vice president of the company and content officer, who said the platform would punish users Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
A new and serious security gap has been identified and concerns Intel processors that have been manufactured since 2011. The security gap was named “ZombieLoad” by computer security experts because of the inability to process specific data from processors. As a result, this ‘zombie’ data packets create a security gap Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
As the frequency of violations and massive personal data theft is steadily rising, users are more than ever asked to be very familiar with the creation of many but powerful passwords. Even today, a large percentage of users have not understood the importance of creating a secure password. According to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The attention of internet users to malicious software that can invade computers and block the files is drawn by the Greek Electronic Crime Prosecution Unit, with a notice issued and inform about the risks. In particular, information to citizens is about the emergence -internationally- of a new version of the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook “mistakenly” put “in hand” email contacts of its 1.5 million users. As the BBC reports, data leakage occurred through an application used to identify new members of the social media. According to the procedure, Facebook asked its new users to give their e-mail account password to connect, while creating Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Kaspersky Lab has published its research results for Genesis, an online store that trades more than 60,000 stolen and legitimate digital IDs, making credit card fraud easier and more effective than ever. This market, as well as other malicious tools, include the intense use of “digital masks” technique, based on Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Probably the word “hacker” recall a number of cyber attacks against public agencies, companies or even banks, but their “presence” in a technological world that is overwhelmed by the production and storage of large volumes of data seems rather necessary. This means that many companies or public organizations are becoming Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The chapter of the unfortunate social networking, Google+, was closed on Tuesday (April 2nd) by Google. The social network, which was launched in 2011 and was designed to compete with Facebook and Twitter, was the company’s fourth attempt to establish itself in social networking, but it was not successful despite Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Malicious applications, regardless of the operating system, are not unprecedented, but their growth rate is dramatically increasing. In recent years, Android users have faced several malicious scam applications while a few months ago, iOS users found themselves in front of a similar scam experience that was previously unknown to them Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Microsoft brings the Windows Defender protection software to the MacOS operating system, after its rather forced renaming. More specifically, Microsoft antivirus was also available for Apple’s MacOS operating system after it was renamed by Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection to Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection. “For us, everything is related Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Microsoft has launched a patch that will alert Windows 7 users that security updates will be shut down very soon. The initial appearance of this patch appeared only yesterday, and according to the TechCrunch website it informs users of the Windows 7 operating system that from January 14, 2020, no Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …