In a world where everyone is exposed to infiltration on their devices, Google sent Thursday approximately 50,000 alerts to users whose accounts were exposed to breaches by state-sponsored cybercrimes executing phishing and malware campaigns. “Countering threats from Iran” is the label the Big Tech giant gave to its latest blog post, addressing Google’s Threat Analysis […]
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Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of gold, diamonds, and even people. Digital resources have proven no different. Millions of internet addresses assigned to Africa have been waylaid, some fraudulently, including through insider machinations linked to a former top employee of the nonprofit that assigns the continent’s addresses. Instead of serving Africa’s internet development, many […]
Ahead of Russia’s Sept. 17-19 parliamentary vote, foreign tech companies received a threat that made it clear that there will be sizeable fines if they fail to delete content Moscow doesn’t approve of. As cited by Reuters, Russia’s governmental officials have pointed the finger at foreign firms, accusing them of meddling with their efforts to […]
Imagine this; you stumble upon ProtonMail, an end-to-end encrypted email service founded in 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland by scientists who dedicated their time to produce the world’s largest secure email service. Naturally, users would expect to enjoy full confidentiality and anonymity, as privacy seems to be the main element behind ProtonMail. Yet, this isn’t the […]
Prominent players operating in the POS terminals market comprise of NEC Corporation, VeriFone Inc., Ingenico Group, PAR Technology Corporation, NCR Corporation, Posiflex Technology, Inc., and others. The global POS terminals market is poised to register appreciable gains through the forthcoming years, owing to the increasing adoption of corporate strategies such as mergers and acquisitions by […]
If you are someone who enjoys “unlimited” data plans for your home internet, then you may be familiar with the phenomena of bandwidth throttling. Yes, it has a name, and that’s because it is deliberate and perfectly legal. You may not have known that, but what you also might not have known is that it […]
For authoritarianism to survive, it must learn to adapt. While governments have been utilizing the latest tech to communicate with their people and understand their sentiment, the same tools are being used in a pervasive, yet subtle manner, in a bid to enforce repression among the public and remain in power. An example of this could be seen as WhatsApp and other social media platforms are now being blocked in Zambia […]
Russian provider ER Telecom, acquired on Tuesday 100 percent of the united group of companies, Avantel, a telecom operator in the Russian B2B market. ER Telecom failed to reveal the financial details of the agreement, but announced in a statement that the deal will enhance its positions in the segment of services for business and government customers. Additionally, ER will be able to benefit from Avantel’s various markets in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Barnaul, Nizhnevartovsk, Nefteyugansk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Samara and St. Petersburg. […]
NortonLifeLock, a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, announced on Monday new and expanded privacy offerings to help people keep their sensitive information more private and take control of the information shared about them online. More than half of consumers globally don’t know how to protect their online privacy, leaving many defenseless to cybercriminals, according […]
Apple kicked off its second annual all-virtual developer conference with a keynote that outlined new updates to its software for iPhones and other devices. The presentation highlighted more privacy options for paid iCloud accounts and a “Find My” service that helps find errant AirPods, but included no major product announcements. The latest renovations in Apple’s […]