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dr tech

Tech firm hit by giant ransomware hack gets key to unlock victims' data | Cybercrime | ... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ware-attack-kaseya-key-hacking

ITGS ransomware security key encryption

shared by dr tech on 23 Jul 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 23 Jul 21
     
    "Ransomware analysts offered several possible explanations for why the master key has now appeared. It is possible Kaseya, a government entity, or a collective of victims paid the ransom. The Kremlin in Russia also might have seized the key from the criminals and handed it over through intermediaries, experts said."
anonymous

BBC News - NatWest online services hit by cyber attack - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-25262790

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  • ails safe On Friday, a number of customers reported problems getting on to the bank's website, from which they normally access their accounts online. The RBS Group - which includes RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank - said that NatWest was worst affected by the "deliberate" disruption. "Due to a surge in internet traffic deliberately directed at the NatWest website, customers experienced difficulties accessing some of our customer websites today," a spokeswoman for RBS said. "This deliberate surge of traffic is commonly known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. We have taken the appropriate action to restore the affected websites. At no time was there any risk to customers. We apologise for the inconvenience caused." She stressed that the latest incident was not connected to Monday's IT failure and no customer information was compromised at any time. The incident on Monday also affected cash machines and card payments and prompted an apology from the boss of the RBS group, Ross McEwan. More on This Story Big Banking Latest news EU fines banks over rate-rigging We've kept businesses alive - RBS Cable hands RBS file to watchdog Parties row over Co-op 'smears' JP Morgan in record $13bn settlement Police search home of Paul Flowers Barclays plans to cut 1,700 jobs $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-1"); Basics Funding for Lending: How does it work? Q&A: Standard Chartered allegations HSBC report: Key findings Q&A: Basel rules on bank capital $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-2"); Guides and analysis Shock: A banker can live on £1m salary RBS's new boss, Ross McEwan, will not receive any bonus for his first 15 months in the job, and won't pocket any bonus payments till at least 2017. When will banking ever change? Q&A: Banker bonus cap plan What has changed since the crisis? Explaining the Libor scandal Timeline: Libor-fixing scandal $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-6");
  • Details safe On Friday, a number of customers reported problems getting on to the bank's website, from which they normally access their accounts online. The RBS Group - which includes RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank - said that NatWest was worst affected by the "deliberate" disruption. "Due to a surge in internet traffic deliberately directed at the NatWest website, customers experienced difficulties accessing some of our customer websites today," a spokeswoman for RBS said. "This deliberate surge of traffic is commonly known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. We have taken the appropriate action to restore the affected websites. At no time was there any risk to customers. We apologise for the inconvenience caused." She stressed that the latest incident was not connected to Monday's IT failure and no customer information was compromised at any time. The incident on Monday also affected cash machines and card payments and prompted an apology from the boss of the RBS group, Ross McEwan. More on This Story Big Banking Latest news EU fines banks over rate-rigging We've kept businesses alive - RBS Cable hands RBS file to watchdog Parties row over Co-op 'smears' JP Morgan in record $13bn settlement Police search home of Paul Flowers Barclays plans to cut 1,700 jobs $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-1"); Basics Funding for Lending: How does it work? Q&A: Standard Chartered allegations HSBC report: Key findings Q&A: Basel rules on bank capital $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-2"); Guides and analysis Shock: A banker can live on £1m salary RBS's new boss, Ross McEwan, will not receive any bonus for his first 15 months in the job, and won't pocket any bonus payments till at least 2017. When will banking ever change? Q&A: Banker bonus cap plan What has changed since the crisis? Explaining the Libor scandal Timeline: Libor-fixing scandal $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-6"); hyper-depth-st
  • 's website, from which they normally access their accounts online. The RBS Group - which includes RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank - said that NatWest was worst affected by the "deliberate" disruption. "Due to a surge in internet traffic deliberately directed at the NatWest website, customers experienced difficulties accessing some of our customer websites today," a spokeswoman for RBS said. "This deliberate surge of traffic is commonly known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. We have taken the appropriate action to restore the affected websites. At no time was there any risk to customers. We apologise for the inconvenience caused." She stressed that the latest incident was not connected to Monday's IT failure and no customer information was compromised at any time. The incident on Monday also affected cash machines and card payments and prompted an apology from the boss of the RBS group, Ross McEwan. More on This Story Big Banking Latest news EU fines banks over rate-rigging We've kept businesses alive - RBS Cable hands RBS file to watchdog Parties row over Co-op 'smears' JP Morgan in record $13bn settlement Police search home of Paul Flowers Barclays plans to cut 1,700 jobs $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-1"); Basics Funding for Lending: How does it work? Q&A: Standard Chartered allegations HSBC report: Key findings Q&A: Basel rules on bank capital $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-2"); Guides and analysis Shock: A banker can live on £1m salary RBS's new boss, Ross McEwan, will not receive any bonus for his first 15 months in the job, and won't pocket any bonus payments till at least 2017. When will banking ever change? Q&A: Banker bonus cap plan What has changed since the crisis? Explaining the Libor scandal Timeline: Libor-fixing scandal $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-6"); Your Savings
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  • and cash machines. Details safe On Friday, a number of customers reported problems getting on to the bank's website, from which they normally access their accounts online. The RBS Group - which includes RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank - said that NatWest was worst affected by the "deliberate" disruption. "Due to a surge in internet traffic deliberately directed at the NatWest website, customers experienced difficulties accessing some of our customer websites today," a spokeswoman for RBS said. "This deliberate surge of traffic is commonly known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. We have taken the appropriate action to restore the affected websites. At no time was there any risk to customers. We apologise for the inconvenience caused." She stressed that the latest incident was not connected to Monday's IT failure and no customer information was compromised at any time. The incident on Monday also affected cash machines and card payments and prompted an apology from the boss of the RBS group, Ross McEwan. More on This Story Big Banking Latest news EU fines banks over rate-rigging We've kept businesses alive - RBS Cable hands RBS file to watchdog Parties row over Co-op 'smears' JP Morgan in record $13bn settlement Police search home of Paul Flowers Barclays plans to cut 1,700 jobs $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-1"); Basics Funding for Lending: How does it work? Q&amp;A: Standard Chartered allegations HSBC report: Key findings Q&amp;A: Basel rules on bank capital $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-2"); Guides and analysis Shock: A banker can live on £1m salary RBS's new boss, Ross McEwan, will not receive any bonus for his first 15 months in the job, and won't pocket any bonus payments till at least 2017. When will banking ever change? Q&amp;A: Banker bonus cap plan What has changed since the crisis? Explaining the Libor scandal Timeline: Libor-fixing scandal $render("hyper-related-assets","group-title-6"); <h4 cla
  • It came less than a week after a major computer failure left some customers unable to use cards and cash machines.
  • On Friday, a number of customers reported problems getting on to the bank's website
  • Due to a surge in internet traffic deliberately directed at the NatWest website, customers experienced difficulties accessing some of our customer websites today,
dr tech

What Is Quantum Internet? | WIRED - 0 views

www.wired.com/...ay-wait-whats-quantum-internet

ITGS cryptography quantum internet

shared by dr tech on 02 Sep 17 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 02 Sep 17
     
    "In quantum cryptography, a sender uses a cryptographic key encoded in a quantum signal to encrypt a message. According to the laws of quantum mechanics, if someone tried to intercept the key, they would destroy it."
dr tech

Encryption services are sending the right message to the quantum codebreakers | John Na... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...yptography-rsa-signal-whatsapp

algorithm encryption services quantum paradigm shift security

shared by dr tech on 08 Oct 23 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 08 Oct 23
     
    "The folks at Signal are taking one of the four post-quantum cryptography algorithms that have been chosen by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology to withstand attacks by quantum computers, but instead of using it to replace their existing public-key encryption system, they are layering the new algorithm on top of what they already have. "We are augmenting our existing cryptosystems," they say, "such that an attacker must break both systems in order to compute the keys protecting people's communications." And they will be rolling out this augmented system to all users in the next few months."
dr tech

Major vulnerability in 5G means that anyone with $500 worth of gear can spy on a wide a... - 0 views

boingboing.net/...ntication-and-key-agreeme.html

ITGS security 5G packet sniffer privacy

shared by dr tech on 31 Jan 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 31 Jan 19
     
    "That's why it was so important that the new 5G mobile protocol be designed to foil IMSI catchers, and why the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, or 3GPP (the body standardizing 5G) updated the Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) to resist IMSI catching techniques."
dr tech

Chinese bots had key role in debunked ballot video shared by Eric Trump | China | The G... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...trump-ballot-votes-viral-video

ITGS bot misinformation cesnorship social media politics and governments

shared by dr tech on 28 Jan 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 28 Jan 21
     
    "A Chinese bot network played a key role in spreading disinformation during and after the US election, including a debunked video of "ballot burning" shared by Eric Trump, a new study reveals. The misleading video shows a man filming himself on Virginia Beach, allegedly burning votes cast for Donald Trump. The ballots were actually samples. The clip went viral after Trump's son Eric posted it a day later on his official Twitter page, where it got more than 1.2m views."
dr tech

Documentary On The History Of Apple And Microsoft Show It Was All About Copying, Not Pa... - 0 views

www.techdirt.com/...bout-copying-not-patents.shtml

microsoft copying patents apple ITGS intellectualproperty

shared by dr tech on 13 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 13 Apr 13
     
    "There are two key themes that stand out incredibly strongly in this: both Microsoft and Apple did an awful lot of what they did by shamelessly copying the work of others, and the big companies floating around the space (mainly IBM and Xerox) clearly had no clue at all about what was going on."
dr tech

Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by 'ransomware' malvertising | Technol... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...es-bbc-ransomware-malvertising

ITGS security ransomware patch encryption

shared by dr tech on 17 Mar 16 - Cached
  • dr tech on 17 Mar 16
     
    "The malware was delivered through multiple ad networks, and used a number of vulnerabilities, including a recently-patched flaw in Microsoft's former Flash competitor Silverlight, which was discontinued in 2013. When the infected adverts hit users, they redirect the page to servers hosting the malware, which includes the widely-used (amongst cybercriminals) Angler exploit kit. That kit then attempts to find any back door it can into the target's computer, where it will install cryptolocker-style software, which encrypts the user's hard drive and demands payment in bitcoin for the keys to unlock it."
dr tech

Ransomware gets a lot faster by encrypting the master file table instead of the filesys... - 0 views

boingboing.net/...mware-gets-a-lot-faster-b.html

ITGS master file security ransomware virus

shared by dr tech on 31 Mar 16 - Cached
  • dr tech on 31 Mar 16
     
    "In just a few short years, ransomware -- malware that encrypts all the files on the computer and then charges you for a key to restore them -- has gone from a clever literary device for technothrillers to a cottage industry to an epidemic to a public menace. "
dr tech

How low-paid workers at 'click farms' create appearance of online popularity | Technolo... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...s-appearance-online-popularity

ITGS click farms popularity facebook social media peopleandmachines authenticity

shared by dr tech on 03 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 03 Aug 13
     
    "There's just one problem: the liking was fake, done by a team of low-paid workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, whose boss demanded just $15 per thousand "likes" at his "click farm". Workers punching the keys might be on a three-shift system, and be paid as little as $120 a year."
dr tech

Gamers solve decade old HIV puzzle in ten days - 0 views

www.zmescience.com/...ade-old-hiv-puzzle-in-ten-days

foldit Collaboration gaming ITGS crowdsourcing peopleandmachines

shared by dr tech on 19 Oct 13 - Cached
  • dr tech on 19 Oct 13
     
    "Scientists from University of Washington have been struggling for the past decade to decipher the complex structure of an enzyme that exhibits behavior similar to that of an enzyme key in the development of AIDS from an HIV infection, and which might hold a critical role in building a cure for the disease. Gamers playing spatial game Foldit have managed to collectively determine the enzyme's structure in ten days."
dr tech

Google's 'mobilegeddon' will shake up search results | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...shake-up-mobile-search-results

algorithm ITGS authenticity control

shared by dr tech on 21 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 21 Apr 15
     
    "Having a site that is friendly to mobile browsers on smartphones and tablets will be key from Tuesday as Google rolls out a new mobile-focused algorithm. The update to the way Google ranks search results will take into account how mobile-friendly a website is. This means companies without a good mobile website will suffer, as searchers on mobile will see sites with good mobile experiences ranked higher than those with no mobile or poor mobile sites."
amenosolja

How to Use USB Security Keys with your Google Account - 0 views

www.labnol.org/...28868

usb security intellectualproperty reliability control privacy ITGS

shared by amenosolja on 22 Sep 15 - Cached
  • amenosolja on 22 Sep 15
     
    "The verification codes required for logging into a 2-step enabled account can be generated either using a mobile app - like Authy or Google Authenticator - or you can have them sent to your mobile phone via a text message or a voice call. The latter option however will not work if the mobile phone associated with your account is outside the coverage area"
dr tech

Tesco's face scanning system: the key questions answered | Technology | theguardian.com - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...tem-the-key-questions-answered

ITGS tesco scanning system peopleandmachines anonymity facial

shared by dr tech on 05 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 05 Nov 13
     
    ""We don't do facial recognition, we do face detection," Ke Quang, chief operating officer of Quividi, told the Guardian on Monday. "It's software which works from the video feed coming off the camera. It can detect if it's seeing a face, but it never records the image or biomorphological information or traits."
dr tech

Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they're now worth $886k | Technology... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...tten-currency-norway-oslo-home

ITGS bitcoin peopleandmachines security globalisation

shared by dr tech on 03 Nov 13 - Cached
  • dr tech on 03 Nov 13
     
    "Kristoffer Koch invested 150 kroner ($26.60) in 5,000 bitcoins in 2009, after discovering them during the course of writing a thesis on encryption. He promptly forgot about them until widespread media coverage of the anonymous, decentralised, peer-to-peer digital currency in April 2013 jogged his memory. Bitcoins are stored in encrypted wallets secured with a private key, something Koch had forgotten."
dr tech

Why appeasing governments over encryption will never work | Comment is free | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...tes-encryption-will-never-work

ITGS governments encryption anonymity privacy and anonymity

shared by dr tech on 19 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 19 Jul 15
     
    "In case you're wondering what could be wrong with entrusting secret keys to the government for use "in exceptional circumstances", just ponder this: a few months ago, hackers (suspected to be Chinese) stole the personnel records of 21.5 million US federal employees, including the records of every person given a government background check for the last 15 years."
dr tech

The role of Yik Yak in a free society - Boing Boing - 0 views

boingboing.net/...role-of-yik-yak-in-a-free.html

ITGS yikyak apps policiesandstandards privacy anonymity

shared by dr tech on 03 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 03 Jun 14
     
    "(And, in fact, anonymity apps have brought positives along with the negatives. Not long ago, a post on Secret reported that Google had acquired the poster's five-person company and had hired everyone but her. Later posts revealed that she was the only female at the company and had been there since it was founded. The thread became the talk of Silicon Valley, generating a lively debate about suppressed sexism in the start-up community. The poster's ability to remain anonymous was key to this information coming out. She could stand up to power, speak without embarrassment, and avoid alienating potential employers who might take a dim view of her controversial statements. That's exactly why the First Amendment protects anonymous speech, and that's why the value of anonymity apps like Yik Yak shouldn't be summarily dismissed. "
dr tech

Telcos' anti-Net Neutrality argument may let the MPAA destroy DNS - Boing Boing - 0 views

boingboing.net/...cos-anti-net-neutrality-a.html

neutrality argument dns ITGS net neutrality

shared by dr tech on 20 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 20 Dec 14
     
    "A leaked MPAA document discloses the studios' lobbyists' plan to force ISPs to give it control over DNS (one of the key goals in SOPA), by using the arguments raised in the decade-old Brand X case, where the ISPs said that they were more than a "telecommunications service" and were, instead, an "information service" because they provided DNS (among other things)."
dr tech

UK voters, you're about to get bombarded with targeted ads - 0 views

mashable.com/...political-ads-social-uk

ITGS voters targeted politics and government privacy anonymity

shared by dr tech on 07 Feb 15 - Cached
  • dr tech on 07 Feb 15
     
    "With news that the 15 million Twitter users in the UK can now be targeted at individual postcode levels, the micro-blogging platform is selling its advertising opportunities as ultra-geographically precise, and therefore ultra-cost effective. "The key benefit of geo-targeting is that it enables advertisers, or in this case political parties, the ability to reach users in specific regions, metropolitan areas and now postcodes," Twitter said in a blog post. "
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