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About 56% of Incident Response (IR) requests processed by Kaspersky security experts in 2018 took place after the event, after the organizations were attacked with visible consequences; such as unauthorized transfers, money transfers. workstations encrypted by ransomware and unavailable services. 44% of the requests were processed after detecting an early-stage Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook has announced that it makes changes to its policies/rules to allow users to view and control the data that the social network collects from their browsing habits on other websites and applications. The company defines this data -for example, when a clothing site shares information with Facebook about a Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Apple’s attempt to fix a security gap in the iPhone has led to bigger problems, so a new intervention from the company is needed. The reason Apple was asked to intervene twice on the same problem is because the first attempt showed an older bug that required new bug fixes. Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
In recent years, the most popular social media tool in the world, has faced many difficulties. One of them, and perhaps the most important, is the inability to convince users that their personal data are enclosed by a firewall and not shared with companies, governments and secret services. The scourge Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Apple seems ready to temporarily stop a worldwide program that allows third-party contractors to hear recorded requests from Apple product users to popular digital assistant “Siri”. The reason that seems to have led Apple to this move is that third parties choose to listen to the conversations and questions that Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
For some time now, Facebook has ceased to know just where we are, who we are with and what we do. It is not enough to recognize our personal preferences and activities. These may be known by any technological application based on our likes, to whom we follow and communicate Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
New scandal upsets Facebook Inc. after revealing that it was transcribing audio clips sent by users through the colossus services. A report in the financial newspaper Bloomberg reports that the company is paying thousands of outside partners to transcribe the voicemails of users. Some of these employees, who spoke anonymously Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook is almost coming back to face a Cambridge Analytica-sized scandal, as an advertising agency has infiltrated the personal data of millions of users. The company-colossus blocked the Hyp3r ad following a revealing report by Business Insider, which said the company violated Instagram’s Terms of Use, collecting significant amounts of Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
At this time, where users are adopting fashion because it is fun or just trendy, FOMO (Fear Of Messing Out), that is, fear of losing trends, can overshadow basic safety habits; such as licensing control requesting an application. A recent survey by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found that the majority (63%) Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Android users have access to millions of mobile games and great apps thanks to the Google Play Store. Even though the Google Play Store has recently encountered some difficulties due to the malware detected in the applications, the MVP for Android users remains. Update of Google Play Store 16.0.15 First Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
It may be easy to protect yourself from email fraud, but the evidence shows that the cost to businesses is high. The privacy rules for personal email need to be followed by employees in a business, especially when it comes to business email accounts. The counterpart of the Financial Crimes Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
In times like the one we live in, digital and very fast, if not all of us have accounts that are never used by anyone. They are accounts for sites that we were very interested at first, but after a while we forgot them. Or accounts for free trials, which Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Most vacationers are usually looking for a free Wi-Fi hotspot to connect in order to avoid data charges from mobile operators. This practice is well-known and widely used, but do we know the proper use of free Wi-Fi hotspots? Here is a list of useful tips from devolo. The first Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Another malware case hidden behind a popular application reveals Secure-D, the security platform of the Greek Upstream technology company. Secure-D platform labs have unveiled this time that the popular “4shared” application on the Android platform, with more than 100 million users worldwide, hides malware that secretly displays online ads, makes Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Who has not accidentally sent a photo to a wrong recipient via “WhatsApp”? Unfortunately, this is one of the most common mistakes in chat communication and can of course cause from awkward moments to lawsuits. Technicians and managers of “WhatsApp”, however, have an idea of how this can be corrected. Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Digital criminals exploit the growing demand for video games by distributing malware through fake copies of the most popular ones. More than 930,000 users have been attacked in one year from early June 2018 to early June 2019. More than a third of the attacks have focused on just three Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …