Written by: River Knicks Posted on: July 30, 2019Here’s how to find out if you are affected by the hacking of WhatsApp
Facebook announced Monday that its encrypted email application WhatsApp had been infected with spyware . Here’s how to detect if your device is touched. Which devices are targeted? The attack, allegedly carried out by NSO, an Israeli cyber-espionage group, targets some individuals in particular and not the majority…
Written by: Dean Prust Posted on: July 30, 2019Windows XP and 7 vulnerable to an attack similar to WannaCry
Several older versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Windows 7, are vulnerable to a rapidly spreading computer virus that can infect entire networks, much like the 2017 WannaCry attack. The flaw identified by Microsoft could allow hackers to take control of a remote computer…
Written by: Dean Prust Posted on: June 7, 2019Thousands of extremist videos will be removed by YouTube
YouTube will remove thousands of videos advocating extremist ideologies such as neo-Nazism and white supremacism. This effort aims to eliminate discriminatory or hateful content. “We specifically prohibit videos that affirm the superiority of a group in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion based on…
Written by: River Knicks Posted on: May 30, 2019Google has stored unencrypted passwords for 14 years
Passwords have been kept by Google as text from 2005 to January 2019, according to the company’s announcement on Wednesday. This problem only affected some customers using the G Suite service. Normally, companies store their users’ passwords in encrypted form, which prevents hackers from reading…
Written by: Mitch Evans Posted on: March 30, 2019The two smaller moons of Pluto revealed
Images from the recent passage of the New Horizons probe near the dwarf planet revealed intriguing shapes on the surface of two of its moons, Nix and Hydra. The smaller satellites of Pluto had never been seen in such detail. In these photographs, published Tuesday…