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And in the rest of the world: Hacking victims “WannaCry”
The Middle Ground HACKERS are having a great weekend, with the recent spate of cyber attacks. At home, concerns over internet security hit a new high when the the Ministry of Education revealed that the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological … |
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'Dogspectus' Breaks New Ground For Android Ransomware
Dark Reading Malware writers appear to have broken new ground with 'Dogspectus' a ransomware sample that infects smartphones and tablets running certain older versions of Android, via drive by download. Unlike other mobile ransomware tools, Dogspectus does not … Creepy new Android ransomware installs itself, demands payment in iTunes gift cards Cyber Police ransomware can lock your Android device and ask for payment New Android Ransomware Infects Phones When Users Visit A Certain Website |
Google has now agreed to remove links from all of its domains – including Google.com – that are accessible from a European country in which the company has acquiesced to a citizen’s invocation of his or her “right to be forgotten” as spelled out in Europe’s radical privacy laws, according to the New York Times.
Google had previously argued that it was only necessary to remove such links from results provided by the Google site registered under the home country’s top level domain.
The Times reports:
In practice, (the change) would mean a successful request from someone in Spain, for example, would lead to the removal of the link from Google’s European online search domains, and from all of its non-European sites — including Google.com — accessible from that specific country. Search results for individuals outside the European Union will not be affected, and links on Google’s non-European domains will still be accessible from other European countries.
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The White House hopes a Friday summit between senior government officials and Silicon Valley tech leaders will find common ground on ways to work together to combat extremism and radicalization.
Government officials will seek to convince tech executives that they need to heed President Barack Obama’s call to action and step up to help the U.S. in its fight against militants. But some tech executives are still wary of assisting the government after former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden leaked information about U.S. spying back in 2013.
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