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Cyber Attack Recovery Bill Concerns for Gloucester City Council
21/03/2022 But with the final recovery bill expected to cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, members of the council have understandably been expressing their concerns. In order to restore several of its affected online services, a £380,000 reserve was created; the Government and Local Government Association also provided the council with a collective £250,000. Despite...
What Are Internet Trackers & How to Stop Them
21/03/2022 But what exactly are trackers? And how do you go about stopping them to create a more secure, worry-free internet experience? What are Internet Trackers? Tracking technologies – usually owned/developed by advertising and marketing firms and government agencies, among other authorities – are utilized to monitor visitor-based data for the purpose of establishing...
Ukraine’s Digital Minister Waging Cyber Warfare from Secret Bunker
21/03/2022 From a secret Kiev-based underground bunker, Fedorov has been urging high-ranking social media executives to sever Russia from their multinational services. Digital minister Fedorov has also set up an “IT Army of Ukraine” campaign in the hopes of recruiting volunteers willing to fight the country’s “enemy” with cyber attacks. The 31-year-old Fedorov,...
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Russian Government Behind Ukraine Cyber Attacks, Says UK & US
23/02/2022 According to Anne Neuberger, the White House’s chief cyber official, the Russian government is “responsible for widespread cyber attacks on Ukrainian banks this week.” Given Russia’s immense build-up of troops across the Ukrainian border, and the urgency of the situation, US officials made the decision to quickly go public with info on the cyber attack,...
Ransomware Hackers Attack California College
15/02/2022 On January 20, attack orchestrators breached the Ohlone Community College District (OCCD) network in Fremont, disrupting access to certain files. According to school officials, the private information of some staff and faculty members, along with current and former students, was compromised. The potentially stolen data included social security numbers,...
Hackers Accessed National Games of China Systems
15/02/2022 While the multi-sport event does occur every four years, it consists of Chinese athletes only, and therefore should not be confused with the Winter/regular Olympics. Prior to its opening earlier that September, David Alvarez, an Avast threat researcher, discovered a malware sample containing a suspicious file extension, and decided to investigate its origins. Soon...
Facebook Messenger’s E2EE Plans: Helpful or Harmful?
10/02/2022 According to the campaign, more children will be put at risk from predatory users if Facebook upgrades chats to the ultra-secure communication system. Although some internet users may not be aware, billions of people are currently using some form of online encryption – which scrambles sent and received data, rendering it unreadable – every day. With...
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