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Ukrainian Kickass Torrents Creator Arrested
News July 21, 2016
US authorities have arrested the alleged Ukrainian mastermind thought to be behind the illegal Kickass torrent file sharing site. Artem Vaulin, aged 30, has been charged âconspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and two counts of criminal copyright infringement.â US attorney... Read more
Although really it never actually went anywhere because most people never fixed it because they didn’t know it was a problem… HTTPoxy; this time its war. Well, maybe not. But it does sound like one of the most unlikely sequels in history, and if it was a movie, it... Read more
Microsoft has won a major court appeal that has enabled it to prevent handing over email data located on servers in the Republic of Ireland to US authorities. Microsoft had been challenging an earlier court decision that had granted the US Department of Justice a warrant seeking emails stored... Read more
Password Memory 6: Never Have To Remember Another Password Again!
DesktopProductivitySoftware Reviews July 11, 2016
Password Memory 6 takes the hassle out of passwords The average person has to have passwords for around 20 different email and website accounts. These days, having to keep tabs on an almost endless array of login details and account names can be a frustrating and tedious experience. The... Read more
A top level Google security researcher has found a series of critical vulnerabilities in most of Symantecâs enterprise and consumer products, that were, apparently, ridiculously easy to exploit by hackers. Symantec, which patched the eight security flaws discovered said: “Fixes are currently in place, and updates are now available... Read more
Itâs always a nice feeling to power up a new laptop or notebook for the first time. The machine boots in no time, the desktop isnât cluttered with 18 monthsâ worth of stuff, and everything just works. Thereâs also that really nice feeling knowing that the laptop is clean... Read more
As this story broke it was hard to know just who was in anyoneâs professional network, especially if you havenât changed your LinkedIn password in the last 4 years. This is the news that more than one hundred million LinkedIn login ids, complete with passwords are apparently being advertised... Read more
FileHippo Smashes The 3,000,000,000 Download Barrier
News April 27, 2016
Yep, thatâs right, FileHippo passed a very significant milestone recently. Last month we officially passed the 3 billion download mark, and if you donât mind us saying, we do feel quite proud of that figure. Where It All Began FileHippo.com was started by two software enthusiasts in 2004. We’re really proud of... Read more
Locky Rides Crest Of Global Ransomware Surge
News March 14, 2016
Tech security firms have warned that the worldâs array of internet connected devices are currently in the midst of a massive surge in the number ransomware attacks being distributed via junk mail. This latest escalation in attempted cybercrime is mostly being blamed on the sudden rise of a new... Read more
F-35 Radar: Have You Tried Turning It On And Off Again?
News March 10, 2016
The US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, beset by problems and setbacks since its inception back in 2001, has run into yet another problem with some of its on-board software. At more than a trillion dollars and what sometimes seems like a trillion glitches, and a trillion bad headlines, the... Read more
Avira Scout Browser: Provides A Safer Web Experience
InternetPrivacy and SecuritySoftware Reviews March 7, 2016
With near-daily headlines about hacking events, data breaches, and new forms of internet scams, it’s a wonder anyone can go online anymore. Sadly, data is already showing that the majority of tech users have resigned themselves to the fact that their identities will probably be compromised, which is backed... Read more
No, itâs true, they really did. Why? Beats the hell out of meâŠ. This is the news that all Locally stored data on Amazon Fire devices using the latest Fire OS is no longer encrypted, and hasnât been since last year. Anyone upgrading a Kindle Fire, or any Fire OS... Read more
Ercan Findikoglu, the Turkish born bank hacker allegedly behind the theft of millions of dollars has pleaded guilty in a US court, and could now face a jail term of more than fifty years. Between 2010 and 2013 the man is believed to have coordinated three advanced cybercrime campaigns... Read more
LastPass Gets Long-Awaited Update
NewsProductivitySoftware Reviews February 9, 2016
In a world rife with hacking events, cybercrime, and record-setting numbers of data breaches, it falls to tech users to be as proactive as they can about guarding their content. All too often, the user names and passwords that protect our accounts are the gold standard in identity theft-related... Read more
Ad blocking software usage in the US grew by 48% last year alone. Advertising is an everyday fact of life on the internet, but more and more users are using ad blocking software to evade seeing them at all. From the perspective of a web publisher, you can probably... Read more
The founder of the infamous Chinese based cracking forum 3DM has said that the days of people playing pirated games are drawing to a close, because itâs just becoming too difficult. The issue for game pirates is that the encryption software being used by game developers is becoming harder... Read more
The free Chrome browser extension, âWeb TuneUpâ made and installed by Netherlands based AVG Antivirus has been unveiled as potentially security threat. Over 9 million AVG users were exposed to the bug. The recently discovered vulnerability may have allowed the personal data and browsing history of its users to be... Read more
2015 has been the year that the phrase âCyber Crimeâ went mainstream, became cool, and also the year that saw next to exponential growth with everything and anything to do with cybersecurity. That is at least according to Kaspersky in their overall summary for the last 12 months. Â The... Read more