On Friday, August 25, users in Japan faced a massive malfunction in the Internet. The reason was Google’s servers, which carried out the so-called BGP hijacking or IP hijacking. Currently, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the main protocol for dynamic routing in the Internet. The protocol is based on the messages of Internet providers […]
The founder of “Telegram” and “VKontakte” criticized the idea of the RF Ministry of Finance to prohibit private individuals from buying crypto currency. Bitcoin is a chance for the global financial system to emerge from the hegemony of the United States. This opinion was expressed on his page “VKontakte” by the founder of the social […]
Tracking phones around the world is gradually becoming an attractive niche for doing business that promises big profits. In this regard, recently the number of companies offering technologies for remote surveillance of mobile devices despite the state borders is growing rapidly. Once the tracking object turns on its smartphone, its location is immediately fixed without […]
Hackers from the OurMine group hacked HBO channel accounts on social networks Facebook and Twitter, as well as the official account of the “Game of Thrones” series on Twitter. As proof they left a message in the HBO and “Games of Thrones” accounts with the following content: “Hello, this is OurMine, we are checking your […]
USB-connection, the most common interface for connecting external devices to computers, allows to intercept data from devices connected to neighboring USB-ports, a group of researchers from the University of Adelaide (Australia) found out. Experts tested more than 50 computers and external USB hubs and found that over 90% of them “poured” information onto an external […]