Embarrassing situation for CIA chief. A teenager accessed his e-mail and confidential information published on the Internet
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A teenage hacker said he has illegally accessed private mailbox of the CIA Director and US Secretary of Homeland Security, informs Sky News. He uploaded files to the internet, saying that they come from John Brennan AOL’s account , including addresses from contact list. According to L’Express l’Expansion, this
15 days until DefCamp 2015
Security conference DefCamp is organized between 19 and 20 November in Bucharest, Romania. The conference is held at Crystal Palace Ballrooms. This conference will cover the INFOSEC field, gathering under the same roof security specialists, entrepreneurs and developers, managers from both private and public sector. In November
From now on, you can watch videos on YouTube without advertising!
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Online video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, announced Wednesday the launch of a subscription that allows users to watch videos without advertising, writes AFP. The offer will be launched in the US on October 28, priced at 9.99 dollars a month, the group said. YouTube said
000webhost.com hacked due to a PHP vulnerability
The biggest free web hosting service, 000webhosting.com was hacked in March 2015 and more than 13 million accounts were affected. The data breach includes usernames, passwords in plain text, email addresses, IP addresses and the last names of 000Webhost‘s customers. Troy Hunt, a security researcher revealed the
Shares of Microsoft have reached the maximum of the last 15 years. Windows 10 has reached 110 million handsets
Microsoft has good years and reached a maximum value of shares from last 15 years, amid deep run Windows 10 system, writes the Financial Times. In premiere, Bing division internet search came on profit and revenue exceeded one billion dollars. Company’s total revenues were $ 21.7 billion (down
Google has posted financial results above expectations in the fourth quarter before the great reorganization under the “umbrella” Alphabet
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Google said that net profit for last quarter was with 45% higher and a turnover up 13%, reflecting results better than expected and share price growth (11%). Starting this quarter Google reorganized and all divisions will be put under the umbrella of the new holding Alphabet
VIDEO Facebook users will have more control over “On This Day” notifications
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Besides implementing new series of buttons, “Reactions”, created as an alternative to the button “Dislike”, Facebook are looking at options to filter notification “On This Day” that displays each user his old post, according newsy.com. Currently each user has control only over activation option to be notified
Facebook warns you when you are being watched by the authorities
Online security is a matter which social network focuses very much. In these circumstances, Facebook announced via a posting that will inform users given that they are liable to be victims of online attacks. Apparently, a special notification will be provided only when offenders could be
Google is implementing operational changes announced in August, it becomes Alphabet Inc. and give up the motto “Do not Be Evil”
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Google give up the motto “Do not Be Evil” and replaces it with “Do The Right Thing” (To do the right thing) shows the new code of Ethics, launched with the announced organizational historical changes in August and implemented now, at the beginning of October. Google will be
Top 7 Cyber Attack Maps
In the last period I’ve seen a lot of big companies developing their personal Cyber Attack maps. Interesting for me was to find out that even the US and EU governments implied in these projects (probably because they finally understood the importance of cyber security). Below you’ll