Russia's telecommunications and media regulator Roskomnadzor (RKN) on Thursday introduced restrictions on the operation of VyprVPN and Opera VPN services in the country. "In accordance with the regulation on responding to threats to circumvent restrictions on access to child pornography, suicidal, pro-narcotic and other prohibited content, restrictions on the use of VPN … [Read more...] about Russia bans VyprVPN, Opera VPN services for not complying with blacklist request
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Phishing e-mail messages request cash for delivery
By 2019, 14.1% of all retail purchases in the world occurred online, and some digital buying statistics show 1.92 billion digital buyers worldwide having received goods through various delivery services. On the average, any given buyer receives 19 deliveries per year. The 2020 figures are likely to be significantly higher. In this year of self-isolation, it’s no longer uncommon … [Read more...] about Phishing e-mail messages request cash for delivery
British Court Rejects U.S. Request to Extradite WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
A British court has rejected the U.S. government's request to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the country on charges pertaining to illegally obtaining and sharing classified material related to national security. In a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court today, Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied the extradition on the grounds that Assange is a suicide risk and … [Read more...] about British Court Rejects U.S. Request to Extradite WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
Researcher Demonstrates 4 New Variants of HTTP Request Smuggling Attack
A new research has identified four new variants of HTTP request smuggling attacks that work against various commercial off-the-shelf web servers and HTTP proxy servers.Amit Klein, VP of Security Research at SafeBreach who presented the findings today at the Black Hat security conference, said that the attacks highlight how web servers and HTTP proxy servers are still … [Read more...] about Researcher Demonstrates 4 New Variants of HTTP Request Smuggling Attack
When you request a .jpg and get ransomware
For the 3rd year, RSAConference 2019 APJ created an educational exhibit, sponsored by RSA, Cisco and M.Tech, to monitor the RSA Conference public Wi-Fi network provided by the Marina Bay Sands (MBS). This exhibit was created in the form of the RSA Conference Security Operations Center (SOC). RSA and Cisco provided technology and staffing to monitor the network for threats, but … [Read more...] about When you request a .jpg and get ransomware