The Pfizer vaccine became the target of hackers, who sneaked into the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) servers. The agency reported that the attackers managed to steal some of the data and released it illegally.
The Pfizer vaccine was hacked in December…
Data transparency will receive a new boost from the UK government. The authorities announced that they would develop a new code for the tech companies, in order to let users better control their data.
So,
a Digital Markets Unit will create, together with other…
Ransomware attacks targeted Toymaker Mattel Inc., the company that produces Barbie dolls and also the Hot Wheels cars. The company disclosed the information and mentioned it managed to reject the attack.
Encrypted data in the attack
According to the…
Russian hackers organized an auction to sell the source code of the KPOT malware. It seems that he malware author decided to sell the code and involve in other projects.
The sale happened after the KPOT malware author decided to auction off the code, desiring to move…
YouTube is the channel that Donald Trump’s campaign team is betting on for this election.
During this campaign, Republicans have already spent over $65 million on YouTube and Google ads. In comparison, for Jon Biden’s campaign, Democrats have spent $33…
Facebook will partially lift the advertising ban on face masks. Thus, third-party businesses will have the possibility to advertise cloth masks. Also, they could promote other non-medical face coverings, such as bandanas.
Face masks shortage determined the ban…
The search giant decided to help users discover scams with a new website. Google announced Scamspotter.org, where anyone can learn how to spot fraud schemes, during the pandemic.
Google said that Scamspotter can reveal dishonest schemes, such as false stimulus, fake…
An online pandemic also
occurred during the COVID 19 crisis. Google, for instance, announced
that it discovered more than 18 million daily malware and phishing
emails just in one week. They came besides the 240 million spam
messages related to the new coronavirus.
What…
In an article published by Scott Spencer,
Google promises to stop bad ads. Scott Spencer, Vice President of
Product Management, Ads Privacy and Safety said that this commitment
is especially important now.
A task force for COVID-19
During the COVID-19 outbreak…
Attackers published Zoom passwords and links, on Dark Web Forum. This is only one of the ways cybercriminals take advantage of the Coronavirus crisis besides disinformation, fraud, malware and phishing campaigns.
Since most of the companies closed their offices, the…
