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Ukraine Creates ‘IT Army’ To Hack Russian Websites
Facing massive cyber-attacks from Russia-sponsored threat actors, Ukraine has now assembled an 'IT army' tasked with specific cyber challenges, which reached nearly 200k users on Telegram on Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 28, 2022
2 min read
Iran-Backed Hackers Now Active To Deliver Ransomware Globally
Hackers linked to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security are exploiting bugs to conduct cyber espionage and other malicious attacks against organizations globally including in Asia, the US, and the UK, cyber and law authorities have warned.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 26, 2022
1 min read
Ukraine Faces Total Internet Blackout Amid War With Russia
After attacking Ukrainian government websites and banks with massive cyberattacks, Russia-sponsored hackers were now hitting Internet infrastructure in the country to silence the locals amid a full-blown war.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 25, 2022
2 min read
Ukrainian Govt Websites Hit By Cyberattacks Amid Russia’s Military Operation
As Russia began military operations against Ukraine, key Ukrainian government websites were down early on Thursday as multiple cyberattacks hit the country.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 24, 2022
1 min read
Meta Launches Reels In Facebook Globally Along With Ads And Editing Features
Meta is launching its Facebook Reels for iOS and Android in more than 150 countries across the globe.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 23, 2022
1 min read
Apple Now Faces $28 Million Fine From Dutch Competition Authority
The Dutch anti-trust regulator has fined Apple another 5 million euros ($5.6 million) for failing to comply with its order on dating-app providers.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 22, 2022
2 min read
New Chinese Regulation Hits Online Food Delivery Giants
The new regulation on online food delivery platforms in China has hit the industry hard, eroding over $25 billion in the stock value of the Meituan food delivery app being run by Alibaba. A group of Chinese authorities has announced that the food delivery platforms...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 21, 2022
1 min read
A Parents’ Guide To Internet Safety For Kids
The most important lesson, however, is that you talk to your kids about appropriate internet use – teach them about online dangers and how to protect their privacy, and advise your kids when to come to you if they are concerned about any of their...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 18, 2022
19 min read
Ukraine Hit By Massive Cyber Attack Amid Standoff With Russia
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has suffered a major cyberattack that prevented users from accessing its website, amid heightened tensions with Russia.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2022
2 min read
US State Sues Meta Over Facebook Facial Recognition Tech
The US state of Texas has sued Meta for using its facial recognition technology without users' consent, seeking financial damages.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2022
1 min read
Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability Patched In WordPress Statistics Plugin
This vulnerability made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by appending them to an existing SQL query.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2022
4 min read
Americans Lost $547 Million To Romance Scams In 2021: FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that Americans reported record high losses of $547 million to romance scams in 2021, up almost 80% compared to 2020 and over six times compared to losses reported in 2017.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 11, 2022
3 min read
Sony Releases Voice Commands Feature To PS5 In New Beta Update
Sony has released a new beta update for the Playstation 5, which introduces new features such as improved settings menu UI along with a new voice assistant.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 10, 2022
1 min read
Avast Releases Free Decryptor For TargetCompany Ransomware Victims
Avast has released a decryption utility to help TargetCompany ransomware victims recover their files for free.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
2 min read
UK Watchdog Fines Meta $2 Million Over Giphy Acquisition
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Meta (formerly Facebook) $2 million for failing to disclose key changes regarding its $315 million acquisition of online database and search engine Giphy.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2022
1 min read
Hackers Hit Fortune 500 Service Provider, Data Of Over 500k People Leaked
Morley Companies which provides services to several Fortune 500 companies, has admitted it was hit with a ransomware attack that led to the leak of sensitive information for more than 500,000 people.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2022
1 min read
Amazon Earned $9.7 Billion From Ad Services In Q4
Amazon has disclosed revenue from its fast-growing advertising business for the first time and in the fourth quarter of 2021, its advertising services grew 32 percent (on-year) to $9.7 billion globally.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2022
2 min read
Google One VPN Is Now Available On iPhones
The VPN service that is included with a Google One Premium subscription is now available on iPhones after Google's promise in October 2020 that it would come to iOS.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 2, 2022
1 min read
Unauthenticated XSS Vulnerability Patched In HTML Email Template Designer Plugin
This flaw made it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript that would execute whenever a site administrator accessed the template editor. This vulnerability would also allow them to modify the email template to contain arbitrary data that could be used to perform...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 1, 2022
2 min read
FCC Announces $1.2 Billion Funds For Broadband Deployment In US
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced over $1.2 billion in funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to expand broadband service across 32 states in the US.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 31, 2022
1 min read
