Internet security
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Russia’s communications watchdog is planning to block Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) next year, according to a pro-Putin official. Use of VPNs soared after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine as Russia restricted access to social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Senator Artem Sheikin, of the ruling United Russia party, reportedly said today that an…
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Expect a significant spike in ransomware attacks and phishing scams during the coronavirus lockdown period, predicts Terence Govender, director of the IT advisory division of international advisory firm Mazars. He believes cyber criminals will take advantage of the fact that people and businesses will be working remotely during the lockdown period, as this creates a…
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Did you know that unlike searching on DuckDuckGo, when you search on Google, they keep your search history forever? That means they know every search you’ve ever done on Google. That alone is pretty scary, but it’s just the shallow end of the very deep pool of data that they try to collect on people. What most people don’t realize is that even…
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Facebook has disclosed a flaw on its social network that made passwords of hundreds of millions of users visible to employees and said the issue has now been fixed. During a security review in January, Facebook found that the passwords were stored in a readable format, against its security procedures, but that they were never…
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Truata which officially opened its new headquarters in Dublin on Wednesday, has said it is organizing a new annual conference on data protection and analytics, to take place on 20 February, next year, in association with IDA Ireland. The event will take place in Dublin Castle, with the central theme being Ethical Analytics. It will…
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