Google is in hot water with a complaint filed to the District Court of Northern California. The complaint alleges that the tech giant tracks users' browsing data and a variety of other identifying information via Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, and a variety of other applications. It tracks data even when users are accessing the web via … [Read more...] about Lawsuit Claims Google Private Browsing Isn’t Really Private
Archives for June 2020
PonyFinal Is Another New Ransomware To Watch Out For
Microsoft recently issued a security advisory about a new strain of ransomware that's been cropping up with increasing frequency in India, Iran, and the US. Called PonyFinal, one of the things that differentiate this strain from the pack is that it's deployed in what the company describes as human-operated ransomware attacks. Most of the … [Read more...] about PonyFinal Is Another New Ransomware To Watch Out For
Old LiveJournal Database Breach Is Now Being Leaked Online
Do you have an account on LiveJournal? If so, you may have heard the persistent rumors that have been circulating since 2014 that the company was breached and some 33 million user records were stolen. To this day, LiveJournal denies that they were breached. Unfortunately, this month (May 2020), a database containing 33,717,787 records, … [Read more...] about Old LiveJournal Database Breach Is Now Being Leaked Online
Monetary Demands Are Skyrocketing For Ransomware Decryptions
Ransomware attacks have evolved quite a lot over the course of the past year, and have become one of the most visible threats organizations of all sizes face. That is, based on recently published research conducted by Group-IB, which analyzed the rapidly changing threat landscape. Their findings should disturb every business … [Read more...] about Monetary Demands Are Skyrocketing For Ransomware Decryptions
Major WiFi Updates Came To Windows 10 Recently
Great news for the legions of Windows 10 users around the world. Version 2004 comes with a significant WiFi update that includes Wi-Fi6 and WPA3 support, which will give users better wireless performance and increased security. That's great news, but of course, there's a catch. In order to make use of WiFi 6, you'll need a router with support … [Read more...] about Major WiFi Updates Came To Windows 10 Recently
Hackers Set Their Sights On Cloud Services
Thanks to the pandemic, tens of millions of people are working from home. Even before then, the Cloud was experiencing a tremendous amount of growth, but since shelter in place orders was issued by many governments around the world, growth has absolutely skyrocketed. This has drawn the attention of a number of hacking groups, which have taken … [Read more...] about Hackers Set Their Sights On Cloud Services
