Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has proposed a ‘Contract for the Web’ to rescue it from a headlong plunge into a moral abyss.
Monthly Archives: November 2019
OneCoin crypto-scam lawyer found guilty of worldwide $400m fraud
A lawyer who boasted of making “50 by 50” – as in, $50m by the age of 50 – is now facing a potential 50+ years behind bars.
Ad-blocking companies block ‘unblockable’ tracker
Ad-blockers have figured out a way to block the unblockable – a pernicious tracker technique that hides advertising networks in plain sight.
Russia to ban sale of devices that don’t come with “Russian software”
The Russian Government’s campaign to control how its citizens use the internet seems to be gathering steam.
Russian hacker gets 4 years in jail for NeverQuest banking malware
The NeverQuest Trojan has been used by cybermuggers to try to weasel millions of dollars out of victims’ bank accounts.
Google plans to take Android back to ‘mainline’ Linux kernel
Android could be returning to its roots.
Iran’s APT33 sharpens focus on industrial control systems
Iran’s elite hacking group is upping its game, according to new evidence delivered at a cybersecurity conference this week.
Why do cryptocurrency scams work and how do you avoid them?
What are ICOs, why are they so popular and why do crooks love them so much?
Convicted Nigerian fraudster keeps a-fraudin’ from behind bars
He was supposed to be serving a 24-year sentence in the “maximum security” prison, not continuing the fraud… and going to parties.
DNS-over-HTTPS is coming to Windows 10
Microsoft will soon add the ability to use DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS into its networking client.