22 million users of Yahoo Japan had to be stealing access by cybercriminals who illegally enter the portal administrative system data. A spokesman for Yahoo Japan who spoke on the subject admits, “we do not know whether information about personal data was stolen or not, but we have serious doubts, given the volume of demand
Read More...You might think that visiting only well-known websites ensure you to stay safe online and not be hacked? Well think about it again after reading this recent study of the AVG security company whose researchers have identified malware on most visited sites. The AVG Insight report reveals how a popular page of MSN Italy was
Read More...The benefits of a VPN are numerous. Here are the 3 main ones that VPN providers offer: – Security The main function of a VPN is to secure your Internet connection. It creates a secure tunnel which is encrypted between your computer and Le VPN. Then any surfing occurs behind Le VPN tunnel. So, what
Read More...The Symantec anti-virus software company recently confirmed that, cyber-attacks worldwide have increased by 42% in 2012. This increase is due to both techniques used by criminals getting much diversified and by hackers taking advantage of both individuals and businesses users carelessness. Thus, attacks on small businesses have been multiplied by three in 2012. With the
Read More...In July 2009, the Internet on computer was very slow for several days throughout South Korea and many sites were unavailable, including official government websites. According to the information service in South Korea, North Korea was behind the attack. However, for this large-scale attack, computers located in several countries, including Belgium, were involved. These computers
Read More...We heard that a summit on cyber-security soon to be held between U.S. and China. For several years, the United States and China have been accusing each other of launching cyber-attacks on IT companies, both private and public ones. Tom Donilon, the national security adviser of Barack Obama recently stated that Beijing should “take serious steps
Read More...A new free website can now produce a map of the world showing where cyber-attacks are taking place. Deutsche Telekom introduced a website that displays real-time map of the cyber world attacks. This site sicherheitstacho.eu displays a globe showing countries with different colors, depending on the frequency of cyber-attacks. It displays attacks when events occur,
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