Attackers use Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to implement malicious payloads on Windows computers. Of course, they do this stealthily. A recent research proves that attackers use an unknown persistence mechanism which shows they used BITS to launch…
Barney Pierce published a blog and expresses Google’s wish to change rules for ads in Australia. Pierce is Director, Google Marketing Platform, Google Australia. In a blog post published today, but dated Mar 27, 2021, he brought a regulatory approach for the official…
Caesar Sengupta, who led the Next Billion Users initiative for Google, is leaving the company next month. He also led Google’s payments business in the last 15 years. Sengupta, the Next Billion Users unit’s chief People outside the company know him as the…
Facebook would come with a safe version of Instagram, for children under 13. The information appeared in a blog post, as a result of publishing “a new Parents Guide.” The Child Mind Institute and ConnectSafely involved in the development of the guide. Instagram…
The number of internet crimes in the U.S. increased by over 300,000, according to the complaints, in 2020. FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center mentioned that the losses exceeded $4.2 billion. FBI released its report on internet crimes According to FBI’s 2020…
Facebook has to pay $650 million for storing biometric data. The decision came from a federal judge, who approved the amount for a settlement. He also ordered Facebook to pay 1.6 million members in Illinois who submitted claims, “as expeditiously as…
Facebook Australia will restore its news sharing for Aussies, after it reached an agreement with the government. This will happen in the “coming days,” according to the company. Amendments bring back Facebook Australia news According to Josh Frydenberg, the…
The CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter should appear in front of the Congress, in a hearing about misinformation and disinformation. Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey should testify. Google, Facebook and Twitter, remote The hearing should be held on…
South Korean Intelligence officials warned that a cyber attack from North Korea targeted the technology behind the vaccine against COVID, developed by Pfizer. Nothing about the possibly stolen data According to Yonhap News Agency, the state intelligence agency made…
The Ukrainian authorities shut down one of the largest phishing services. The operation also involved authorities in the U.S. and Australia. According to them, this was one of the largest such services in the world. Hackers used it in attacks against financial…
