The PC-Therapists
© 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 …
© 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 …
© 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 …
© 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 …
© 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 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 …
©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 …
©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 …
©Sofokleousin.gr Can your smartphone spy on you? Hundreds of apps and games you download on your smartphone through Google Play and the App Store are most likely to spy on you and are not so innocent. According to a New York Times report, many of them use a software called Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
©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 …
© 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 …
© Provided by: pestaola.gr Google’s calculations speak for 1.9 billion usernames that are in the black market for malicious use. Google has collaborated with the University of Berkeley to estimate the number of usernames that are traded on the black market, and it is estimated that 25% of these usernames Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© www.cnn.gr Tech A victim of hacking was John MacAfee, the cyber-security guru and founder of the famous homonymous company operating in the field. As he admitted, his Twitter account was hacked and used to promote crypt coins, which are not widely known. Of course, MacAfee took care to deny Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© Provided by: capital.gr Google announced in June its effort to boost Chrome to such an extent that it can automatically block annoying ads. This announcement was made after the big development of ad blocking programs in the form of extensions, and now the company itself has decided to take Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© Provided by: pestaola.gr Facebook announced yesterday that it would start using face recognition technology to inform users of the service when other users “upload” their photos. According to the company’s announcement the use of this feature will be optional while it is done to protect the privacy of the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© Provided by: capital.gr. By Thomas Fox-Brewster Facebook has paid a fee to thank some well-meaning hackers who have modified a 19-year security gap that could potentially be exploited to intercept user accounts. Although the social network is now secure, many top websites remain vulnerable to this security gap, researchers Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …