Networks

A group of four Americans has filed a lawsuit against Google for data transmissions between their smartphones and Google servers. It concerns about 260MB per month of, according to them, unnecessary data that can go over mobile…

Microsoft claims to have seen cyber attacks on seven pharmaceutical companies working on covid-19 vaccines in recent months. The attacks would come from Russia and North Korea.Microsoft provides some details about the attacks on vaccine…

Microsoft is urging users to move away from phone messages for two-step verification. This specifically concerns SMS and voice messages. According to the company, they are vulnerable to interception. Microsoft recommends authentication…

The creators of the infamous Maze ransomware say they stop their criminal activities. The hackers have not been infecting new companies since September and have stopped facilitating servers for the malware.One of the distributors tells…

OpenVPN is a robust and easy to set up open source VPN daemon that allows several private networks to be linked together through an encrypted tunnel over the internet. For security, the OpenSSL library is used, which can handle all…

AMD wants to acquire FPGA manufacturer Xilinx for $ 35 billion, roughly 30 billion euros. The companies have reached an agreement on this. AMD will pay for the acquisition with shares. The companies expect the acquisition to be…

The package OPNsense is a firewall with extensive opportunities. It is based on the FreeBSD operating system and is originally a fork of m0n0wall and pfSense. The package can be set up completely via a web interface and has support for…

Spotify still makes it possible to export music and transfer it to other services. The company has adjusted the general terms and conditions for developers for this. Previously, the service just removed the feature. The new terms of service…

In the past, on the Windows platform, you had to rely on WinPcap when you wanted to capture or edit network traffic. However, its development was completely discontinued in 2013. Nmap, among others, made use of this packet capture…

PayPal has one cryptoservice launched for its customers. That means they can exchange Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with their PayPal wallet. A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency with a limited amount of coins /…