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Chrome extensions stole Facebook accounts
Cybercriminals are distributing new malware that can steal the Facebook accounts of users and to get an economic return from it. The malware is distributed through the official store of Chrome and offers a tool to remove viruses from Facebook profile. Victims who fall for the scam will present their accounts; cybercriminals can use to [...]
Anonymous plans “down” the Internet with massive attack on Saturday
The digital activism group Anonymous confirmed that on Saturday March 31 will try to “pull down” the Internet, promising that on that day no one can access any Internet site. As published in Pastebin, the goal is to attack 13 servers DNS “roots”, and if successful, would block access to all types of domains, almost [...]
Gmail explains spam
Gmail offers a new service via caption that explains why some messages are placed in the spam folder. Gmail’s spam filter is one of the features most appreciated by users of the Google email service. To make more transparent the selection of anti-spam, Gmail has added over each spam message in the list contains a [...]
Emails from 8,000 students were exposed by a lending agency
A clerical error made by Student Finance England exposed the email addresses of about 8,000 students should complete the scholarship application forms. Student Finance England, a subsidiary of Student Loans Company, the agency responsible for providing scholarships, has sent notices to students, along with an attachment that contains the email addresses of all trainees. According [...]
Wi-Fi: it works for roaming
The GSMA and Wireless Broadband Alliance are trying to develop a common protocol for a solution for Wi-Fi roaming. There will come a day when the Wi-Fi can be used, as happens with traditional mobile phone, without seeing your device connected to a single hotspot. There will come a day when we can move from [...]
Iran prepares to host email on local servers
The head of the Department of Defense Cyber Iran, Rahimi said recently that his country has developed the infrastructure to host the e-mail servers for internal use in the country. The move seems a step in the process initiated by the Iranian authorities to create a national network of internet disconnected from the world to [...]
Sony against local censorship on YouTube
Sony CEO talks about the local censors for copyright: the fault is not the majors, but other companies that deal with managing copyrights. The music industry is deeply divided between those who see the big network a possible threat to the commercial activities of artists and record labels and those who believe that the Web [...]
Google announces new policy in the privacy
Google announces the arrival of new terms of use for its services, simplification and integration of new keywords. Changes coming to the policies and terms of use of services of Mountain View: with an announcement on the official blog of the company, Alma Whitten, director of privacy of search giant, has announced the introduction of [...]
Windows 8: WiFi and 3G connections under control
Windows 8 simplifies the use of wireless connections with a single management interface. There will not need to install device drivers. With Windows 8, users will say goodbye to the complicated procedures required to make a connection to the 3G mobile networks. In fact, Microsoft has simplified the management of wireless connections, eliminating the need [...]
World IPv6 Launch, begins the new era of the Web
The World IPv6 Launch will be held on June 6, which will mark the beginning of the era of new communication protocol on the Net. It is about to begin the era of IPv6. Following the success of last year’s World IPv6 Day, an event likely to sensitize the entire web on the need for [...]
Hacking: Top 10 trends of attacks in 2011 and forecast for 2012 threats
The year 2011 was an historic year for Tunisia, it was very hectic on all fronts: social, political, economic, but in terms of technology, we have not experienced real revolution, though it must note that the technology was one of the major tools used to achieve this change. Technology has helped activists, politicians and all [...]