Tag: online security

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WhatsApp refuses to comply with UK’s new Online Safety Bill

WhatsApp refuses to comply with UK’s new Online Safety Bill

The Boris Johnson era bill is slowly making its way through Parliament, stirring protest along the way. WhatsApp's chief executive says that the chat platform will not compromise their "end-to-end" encryption process, which may lead to the app being blocked in the UK, according to Silicon Angle.... Read more

date1 year ago
Cloudflare repels largest DDoS attack ever reported

Cloudflare repels largest DDoS attack ever reported

Cloudflare reported that its system managed to stop the most significant DDoS attack on record in July. In a post explaining what happened, Cloudflare said the attack was 17.2 million requests-per-second, about three times larger than the next biggest one ever recorded.  Omer Yoachimik, the... Read more

date3 years ago
Datto purchases BitDam to offer cyber threat protection for the SMB

Datto purchases BitDam to offer cyber threat protection for the SMB

BitDam, an Israeli developer of cyber threats detection tools was acquired on Wednesday by Datto, an MSP-focused tech developer. BitDam operates out of Tel Aviv, Israel, and is the developer of the Advanced Threat Protection technology, which the company claims offers comprehensive defenses agai... Read more

date3 years ago
Zoom releases feature that alerts organizers of possible raids

Zoom releases feature that alerts organizers of possible raids

Zoom has released a new feature that can alert conference organizers when they are at risk of being Zoombombed. Zoombombing attacks can be disruptive, and the only thing needed for one to enter a meeting is a link to the meeting.  The feature has been named the 'At-Risk-Notifier,'. It runs in Z... Read more

date3 years ago