Meet the seven people who hold the keys to worldwide internet security It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: seven keys, held by individuals from all over the world, that together control security at the core of the web…. Read More ›
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DARPA developing ultimate web search engine to police the internet
Published time: February 12, 2014 22:35 Reuters / Umit Bektas The Pentagon’s research arm that fosters futuristic technology for the military will soon begin working to surpass current abilities of commercial web search engines. Yet, once it masters… Read More ›
Class Action Calls Dating Service Match.com a Giant RICO Fraud
“one of the biggest conspiracies ever executed on the Internet,”? By IULIA FILIP MANHATTAN (CN) – Match.com is “one of the biggest conspiracies ever executed on the Internet,” using thousands of photos of people who have nothing to do with… Read More ›
Kimsuky And The Secret Menace
October 21, 2013: Internet security researchers recently announced they had identified a new group of hackers operating out of North Korea. Calling this group Kimsuky, it has been active for about six months and has targeted universities, shipping companies and… Read More ›
Little known search engine that refuses to store data on users doubles web traffic amid NSA tapping scandal
DuckDuckGo, based in Pennsylvania, does not share user data with sites This means fewer advertisements and results that are not skewed for users Firm saw web traffic double in the wake of Snowden NSA tapping leak By Helen Collis PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
IRS published online thousands of Social Security numbers
Published time: July 08, 2013 19:41 AFP Photo / Karen Bleier The Internal Revenue Service mistakenly exposed as many as 2,319 Social Security numbers by posting them on the Internet, which a California-based archivist discovered last week. The IRS… Read More ›
Boundless Informant: the NSA’s secret tool to track global surveillance data
Revealed: The NSA’s powerful tool for cataloguing data – including figures on US collection • Boundless Informant: mission outlined in four slides • Read the NSA’s frequently asked questions document Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill guardian.co.uk, Saturday 8… Read More ›
Massive Brute-force attack Targets WordPress sites worldwide
A large distributed brute force attack against WordPress sites is understood to be occurring. A large botnet with more than 90,000 servers is attempting to log in by cycling through different usernames and passwords. According to a blog update on IXWebHosting,… Read More ›
South Korea Cyber Attack was launched from a Chinese IP Address
South Korea Cyber Attack, Wiper malware and Chinese IP Address Posted by: Mohit Kumar onThursday, March 21, 2013 Yesterday we reported about a massive Cyber attack on South Korea that was responsible for shutting down networks of South Korean banks and… Read More ›
Stabuniq Trojan rapidly stealing data from US banks
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/23/2012 04:26:00 AM Trojan.Stabuniq geographic distribution by unique IP address Security researchers from Symantec have identified a new Trojan that appears to be targeting financial institutions. Dubbed Trojan.Stabuniq, the malware has been collecting information from… Read More ›
GhostShell leaks 2.5 million Russian government accounts as #ProjectBlackstar
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/03/2012 05:14:00 AM | Team GhostShell hackers group who was responsible for the recent leak of some millions of records from top universities around the world once again strike back. As the part of “Project… Read More ›
We do not need an internet overlord: ITU is holding a meeting in December to decide whether it – and by implication, the United Nations – should take over the internet.
9 October 2012 Chris Berg The internet should be kept free, not turned into a geopolitical plaything controlled by the United Nations, says Chris Berg. At first glance, the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) seems benign. The agency helps… Read More ›
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