News
Security news items published 2009–2025, preserved unchanged.
- Guarding the chains: Imperative of security in blockchain applications
Blockchain applications are an innovative way of maintaining records and accomplishing transactions. Consider it as a numeric ledger allotted throughout many computer systems inste…
- Google is replacing the HTTPS icon because no one knows what it meanshistorical
Google hopes to improve users’ security awareness and reduce the risk of online threats by making it easier for people to identify secure websites. Google, the world’s leading sear…
- Cybercriminals are using ChatGPT to create new malware or ransomwarehistorical
Check Point Researcher’s (CPR) are diving deep into ChatGPT to see how this AI tool is being used to write malware. OpenAI released ChatGPT to the world at the end of November 2022…
- When was the last time you considered your privacy online?historical
It seems that hardly a day can pass without a new online privacy-related scandal hitting the headlines; be it Facebook giving shady companies with even shadier political motives ac…
- And once again about internet censorshiphistorical
Speaking about Internet censorship, I would immediately like to clarify that censorship by itself is not bad. It bears in itself more of a blessing than harm. Like many other peopl…
- Why you need a kill switch on your VPNhistorical
Every time you connect to the internet from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, you assume a significant risk of being targeted for attack. Hackers are always looking for ways to st…
- Cloud Security Trends in 2019historical
In this post, I am going to talk about VPNs, SDNs, and other trends in the field of IT security that (according to experts in the industry) will be on the rise this year. The popul…
- Why Are VPNs Banned in China?historical
China, or the People’s Republic of China, is known for their strict government censorship. Media is severely suppressed in China, with television shows, movies, magazines, books, a…
- Do we Live in a “Post Antivirus” World?historical
Ten years ago, many people’s strategy for keeping their computers secure began and ended with installing some antivirus software and ensuring it was kept up to date. As anyone with…
- Avalanche cybercrime ring leader flees after courthistorical
Several days ago, we did a write-up on the international law enforcement effort against a huge online crime network dubbed Avalanche. As a result of this successful global operatio…