Chinese Internet went down

Last week, China suffered a major Internet outage for several hours. Experts question whether it could be due to some hacking or technical problem in the censorship system. On January 21st, more than two-third of Chinese websites were inaccessible and therefore millions of users have been deprived of internet for about 8 hours, according on

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Cybercrime can lead to US$ 3000 billion loss by 2020

Cybercrime could lead to 3,000 billion by 2020, if companies and governments do not put in place measures in a short time, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. Threats posed by cybercrime could also significantly slow down technological advances over the next decade, says the authors of this study, conducted in partnership

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Crime: between internet and reality

Cybercrime is gaining ground in the real world with same approaches being used by cybercriminals and traditional  criminals as well. We also note that more and more cases of crime involving the use of digital media, “says the French security information Club ( CLUSIF ) in its 2013 Panorama. According to Eric Freyssinet, Head of

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Google broke the Canadian privacy law

The office of the privacy commissioner confirmed that Google searches about a medical device resulted in a user being “followed” by health-related ads on unrelated websites. Canadian deplored so-called “behavioral” ads based on web browsing history. While they are not illegal, a law concerning the protection of personal information in the private sector in Canada does

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A new law to control internet in Turkey

The Turkish government has introduced in Parliament a bill that requires a very strict control on the internet. This requires the authorization of internet used activities’ surveillance or blocking specific keywords. This text should allow the government authority in charge of telecommunications to restrict access to video sharing sites, but also to retain for two

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The Guardian website blocked in China

On January 8th, Greatfire.org website announced that the British newspaper The Guardian website was inaccessible in China since January 6th. Access to the British newspaper, The Guardian website is blocked in China for unknown reasons, according to the newspaper. “We are concerned that theguardian.com has been blocked in China. The reasons for this are still

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The Pirate Bay looking for more innovation

After launching the Pirate Browser, The Pirate Bay wishes to introduce another original way to bypass censorship on the web as well as server failures. In 2013, we already talked about the Pirate Browser web browser, introduced by The Pirate Bay. According to Torrent Freak, this dedicated to those who face various forms of web

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The NSA is working on a quantum computer

The NSA is aiming at creating a “quantum computer” that can decipher any encrypted data, according to the Washington Post, referring to some documents disclosed by the former Edward Snowden consultant. As part of a US$ 80 million research program, called “Penetrating Hard Targets “, the NSA has launched some research to develop a machine

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How the NSA elite team operates

Sneak into the TAO, the elite division of the NSA whose equipment sounds like James Bond’s one ! So far, the NSA had led to much media news with the PRISM case, a scandal involving major Internet players, via its massive online data espionage of people “suspected to be dangerous.” But the NSA has much

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Beware of hackers during holiday season!

More and more internet users are online shoppers, especially during the holiday season. This is a a great opportunity for cybercriminals who are always looking for ways to scam Internet users and smartphone users. Below are some of the tricks used by hackers. No Christmas break for cybercriminals! Indeed, they specifically use this time to

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