Researchers have uncovered vulnerabilities in popular virtual private network (VPN) software, ProtonVPN and NordVPN, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code by attackers. Last week, Cisco Talos security researchers said the security flaws, CVE-2018-3952 and CVE-2018-4010, permit code execution by attackers on Microsoft […]
View moreBrit teen arrested for involvement in DDoS attack on ProtonMail
A 19-year-old member of hacking group Apophis Squad has been arrested by British cops. George Duke-Cohan from Watford, who uses the aliases ‘7R1D3N7′, ‘DoubleParalla’ and ‘optcz1′, was identified after the criminal group launched a series of DDoS attacks on Swiss-based encrypted email and VPN provider […]
View moreDDoS attacks on ProtonMail
George Duke-Cohan from Watford, who uses the aliases “7R1D3N7”, “DoubleParalla” and “optcz1”, was identified after the criminal group launched a series of DDoS attacks on Swiss-based encrypted email and VPN provider ProtonMail in June. https://www.theinquirer.net/
View more400 million risk points
With more than 400 million hotspots across the world and 60% of all cellular traffic being offloaded to Wi-Fi, hackers know that hotspots, specifically public Wi-Fi, are a breeding ground for unprotected users. Securely connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot is only possible with active antivirus […]
View moreCybercrime Tops Americans’ Crime Worries
Americans worry far more about becoming the victims of cybercrime than the victims of conventional crimes, with two-thirds of U.S. adults worrying at least occasionally about computer hackers stealing their personal information (67%) and having their identity stolen (66%). Since 2009, Americans’ anxiety about identity […]
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