On February 21st, Apple unveiled a huge security hole in its mobile devices software. So if you have used an open WiFi connection in a cafe, a hotel or an airport … someone could sneak into the electronic exchanges you had with your iPhone or iPad and then access to some information which you though
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The discontent of the Venezuelan people against its government continues to grow. The protests began about ten days ago and keeps on growing. Protesters accuse the government of being corrupt, the rising crime in the country as well as the rising cost of living. To avoid a revolution, the Caracas government believes that all means
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The Dutch justice is to allow two Internet service providers not to block access to P2P website The Pirate Bay . “The Ziggo and XS4All providers cannot be forced to block The Pirate Bay,” said the Court of Appeal of The Hague in a statement: “the Court proceeded on the basis that such a large
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The Chinese government has confirmed the adoption of a new law that requires all Internet users in the country to use their real names when posting videos on the Internet. China seems a bit tired of tracking internet users criticizing the regime and has therefore introduced a radical step in putting an end to the
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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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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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Ransomware is a trendy tool used by cybercriminals: this malicious software, once infiltrated in your computer, encrypts some part of your computer hard drive and requests in exchange a ransom to regain access to your stolen data. These cybercriminal programs keep on spreading even though they have been in use for long. In the second
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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 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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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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