Xiaofeng Wang, a computer science professor at Indiana University, has disappeared along with his wife. Their profiles on the school's website were removed before the recent FBI raids, Wired reports. The renowned computer scientist, who spent 20 years working on cryptography, data protection…
The phrase from Orwell’s dystopia “1984” – “Big Brother is watching you” – has taken on new colors in recent years. The role of Big Brother today is played by Google and its services, which literally know about our every step. But is it possible...
In early 2021, Forbes published the Next 1000 list. It includes self-funded stores and startups from all over the United States with preliminary income of less than $ 10 million. That is, the most successful small businesses. Among the participants in this year's list was a 28-year-old Kazakhstani ...
Every year, the specter of cybersecurity attacks becomes more intimidating as hackers find new and effective ways to trick us into giving them the information they need, writes BGR. Everyone should be on high alert when visiting a new website, opening ...
As online shopping warms up ahead of the holiday season, the FBI warns consumers should be aware of a widespread scam called "e-skimming." Skimming suggests that thieves are installing devices at ATMs or credit card machines at gas stations. These devices secretly record financial ...
The death of a Canadian entrepreneur has left the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange unable to access a whopping $145 million worth of bitcoin and other digital assets. The thing is that only the 30-year-old founder and CEO had the password...
California will be the first state to be required by manufacturers of devices that connect to the Internet to set a unique password on them or have a password generation system built into them starting January 1, 2020. The corresponding law was signed by the governor of the state Jerry Brown, writes N + 1, with reference ...
In the age of devices and high technologies, each person produces 500 MB of data per day. Smartphones record our geolocation, communication, purchases, our behavior and even our heartbeat. All of this is collectively called "big data," explains Voice of America. After the data breach scandal ...
After it became clear that the British analytical company Cambridge Analytica gained access to the personal information of millions of Facebook users, many suspected that the social network did not protect this information well enough, and thought about deleting their account. The hashtag #DeleteFacebook has been trending on Twitter, writes ...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has allowed the Russian Ministry of Defense to examine the functioning of the cyber defense program used by the Pentagon. This is reported by Reuters, citing records of Russian regulatory authorities and interviews with sources familiar with the case. HPE's ArcSight serves as a think tank ...