Huawei Nova 9, a world without Google is possible
How does a phone without Google work? We tested the Huawei Nova 9, which lacks Google’s services and takes advantage of the Chinese company’s entire ecosystem, pending wider availability of…
Pirated copies of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ contain malware
Numerous examples of phishing websites where users are asked to give credit card details Pirated copies of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ contain crypto-mining malware and can pose a threat to…
Removing barriers to entry: blockchain-as-a-service
At its most basic, blockchain is a technology for storing data. It is attractive because of its inherent security, in-built trust mechanisms, and lack of centralised control. In general, rather…
Microsoft’s vaccine for the upcoming 2022 ‘viruses’
Microsoft takes on 2021 cyber threats. With the end of the year 2021, if we take a look back on what it’s left behind, we can witness that cybercrimes have…
Bye bye Blackberry
An era of mobile telephony comes to an end with the stop of support for the Canadian company’s operating system BlackBerry raises the white flag and announces the end of…
How AI helps the development of the quantum experiments
The continuous development and global use of digital technology has led to developments in areas of science that could be described as revolutionary. One of the most recent revolutionary developments…
Security and convenience, that is why you will soon want a smart lock
Technology is one of the few sectors not to feel the grip of the economic crisis aggravated by the Covid-19 emergency. We can save money on food, clothes, maybe even…
Hackers create fake company and hire ‘employees’ for ransomware campaign
The FIN7 cybercrime group created a fake company and hired legitimate programmers as part of its expansion into ransomware. The recruits were unwittingly employed in real life cyberattacks under the…
Meta says 50,000 users were targeted by cyber mercenary firms
A months-long investigation identified seven companies accused of surveillance for hire Facebook’s parent company Meta has recently alerted 50,000 users in over 100 countries that their accounts were spied on…
January 2022 – Note from the Editor in Chief
Happy New Year to you and your families! I do hope that you had the chance to enjoy some family time these days. In this note, I will briefly describe…