One of the websites of the Defence Ministry of France was hacked. The website belonged to the CIMD or Centre d’Identification des Materials de la Defence in French or the Centre for the Identification of the Defence Material, in English. The attack…
It is amazing and baffling how companies of the stature of Lenovo keep goofing up on the basics with total disregard for the security of their users from attacks. These mistakes, provided they are not deliberate leave the devices of the users…
An Italian town named Borgofranco d’Ivrea in Piedmont has witnessed something unique and unprecedented. The mayor of the town, Livio Tola has asked the two schools in the town, a high school and another elementary school to shut down the Wi Fi…
Russia and Turkey have been at loggerheads since Turkey downed a Russian aircraft that Russia claims was targeting ISIS militia. Although the conflict between Russia and Turkey in the diplomatic world continues, the fight has also now extended to the cyber space….
Skype has just activated the real time translation function that has been a part of the news since the mid of last year. Skype began activating the feature in December 2015 and now it has been activated for all the users. Skype…
A NGO, Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center that works for the Israeli causes has exposed how Facebook takes a biased approach against Jews and Israel. To prove that Facebook follows this biased behavior, Shurat Hadin initiated two pages on Facebook. These two…
There is an underground space on the internet known as the Dark Web where lots of illegal activities take place. It is here that the FBI busted a site that is named Playpen which was a source of child pornography. Taking a…
In what can be termed as the biggest data leak online, information of over 191 US voters who have been voting in the various US elections since the year 2000 has been leaked online. It is an incident that is as bizarre…
