Most Users Can’t Tell Malicious QR Codes from Safe Ones
71% of Users Can’t Distinguish Malicious QR Codes from Harmless Ones Cybersecurity experts are warning about the dangers of QR codes, which […]
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DuckDuckGo Hits 2 Billion Search Queries Milestone
DuckDuckGo Continues to Grow, Processing 2 Billion Search Queries Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has released its statistics for August 2020, revealing a […]
Fines Threatened for Telecom Operators Over Non-Installation of Sovereign Runet Equipment
Telecom Operators Face Fines for Not Installing Sovereign Runet Equipment Since early September, Roskomnadzor has been demanding that telecom operators in the […]
Moscow Metro Implements Device and User Traffic Monitoring System
Moscow Metro Introduces Device and User Traffic Monitoring System The cost of the contract between MaximaTelecom and Moscow city authorities for maintaining […]
DDoS Attacks on Education Sector Surge by 350% in Early 2020
DDoS Attacks on Education Sector Increase by 350% According to analysts at Kaspersky Lab, the number of DDoS attacks targeting educational resources […]
Firefox to Add Extra Protection Against Drive-By Downloads
Firefox to Introduce Additional Protection Against Drive-By Downloads Starting in October 2020, with the release of Firefox 82, Mozilla engineers will add […]
Another 16-Year-Old Involved in Twitter Hack Identified
Another 16-Year-Old Suspect Linked to Twitter Hack The New York Times has reported the emergence of another suspect in the high-profile Twitter […]
AlphaBay Moderator Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
AlphaBay Moderator Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison In the summer of 2017, U.S. authorities announced that the darknet marketplace AlphaBay had […]
Apple Accidentally Lets Malware Into App Store
Apple Accidentally Allows Malware in Its App Store Apple is well-known for its strict rules designed to prevent malicious software from appearing […]
Popularity of Hacker Forums: Traffic Analysis and Manipulation
Researchers Analyze the Popularity of Hacker Forums Recently, experts from Digital Shadows noticed that the operators of the English-language carding forum Altenen […]