Iran behind hack of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, Microsoft says
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An Iranian government-backed hacking team allegedly stole and leaked private customer data belonging to French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, security researchers at Microsoft…
Cyberstalking: The dark reality and how to protect yourself from it
Cyberstalking has become an increasingly common problem in the digital age. It is a form of harassment that occurs online, using digital technologies such as emails, social media, and websites.…
Decision-makers meet in Davos but the future is elsewhere
Davos is not the future. For almost thirty years, the forum in Davos, a city in the Swiss mountains, has marked changes in the globalized world. In the 1990s, it was…
Dutch hacker obtained virtually all Austrians’ personal data
VIENNA (Reuters) – A Dutch hacker arrested in November obtained and offered for sale the full name, address and date of birth of virtually everyone in Austria, the Alpine nation’s…
ABB sells its power conversion division for $505 million
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – ABB has sold its power conversion business to AcBel Polytech Inc for $505 million, the Swiss engineering and technology company said on Friday. The…
New regulatory definitions needed for digital assets
By Divya Chowdhury and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – Major markets such as the United States need new statutory definitions of digital assets to provide regulatory clarity for the sector,…
Hacking of bank cards analyzed
Specific problem hacking define New, more convincing tricks have recently been applied by astute people who attempt to steal money from bank debit or credit cards. Under the weight of…
Hackers using OAuth malware to hijack email servers
OAuth has two main purposes on the web right now. Often, it is used to create an account and log in to an online service. OAuth 2.0 is an authorization…
Twitter hacked, 200 million user email addresses leaked
By Raphael Satter LONDON (Reuters) – Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said…
Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring…