What a joy it was to realize that it really was possible to publish anything we wanted on a blog, or comment on other people’s blogs. Sharing witty remarks on Twitter and holiday beach photos on Facebook was better than … Read the story...
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Security report: over 70 million WordPress sites are running vulnerable plugins and themes
In the world of cyber crime getting access to web sites that are powered by a popular software like WordPress opens doors to large scale attacks or perhaps to ransomware revenue. WordPress has over 40% market share of web site … Read the story...
Cybercrime ranked as top 5 risk for communities globally
In early 2020, World Economic Forum (WEF) published its annual Global Risks Report that highlights events, trends, and developments that are most likely to cause major disruptions to societies across the world. In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, the … Read the story...
Unsurprisingly, also open source software has vulnerabilities – here are some trends
Open source software products are often regarded safer and less vulnerable to malicious hacking than propriety software. The principle of showing the actual program code to the world and allowing other people and organizations to run the software is a … Read the story...
Tipping point for online ads: already half of users block them
Online advertising industry must be doing something wrong if half of all internet users have ad blockers on their mobile devices and computers. Digital 2020 Global Overview report produced by a consortium of publishers, marketeers, consultancies and social media companies … Read the story...
User profiling businesses operate in plain sight, but don’t obey the law
Today, everyone is aware that Facebook, Google and Twitter, among many other free digital services sell their users’ personal data to advertisers. Many savvy users are protecting their privacy with additional software plugins to prevent this automatic data collection. Behind … Read the story...
Everything you always wanted to know about ransomware
Ransomware is a relatively new type of online crime where criminals remotely hijack a computer, and demand ransom to return the computer to the owner. The scheme usually works so that criminals, located wherever they have internet access, manage to … Read the story...
Security report from LastPass indicates that multifactor authentication and EU GDPR are trending
LastPass is an online service that manages your passwords so that you can use a different password for each account you need on the internet. The parent company of LastPass, LogMeIn, has published Global Password Security Report that analyses the … Read the story...