ATMs Must Upgrade from Windows XP in 2014
Banks have no choice but to upgrade their ATM systems this year when Microsoft cuts off the technical support for Windows XP – the operating system most used by cash machines worldwide. “Windows XP powers more than 95 percent of the world’s machines and a similar percentage in the US” says Robert Johnson, marketing director of NCR, one of the largest ATM suppliers in US, as reported by Bloomberg Businesswee...
Google Dumped 1 Million Bad Ads a Day in 2013
The number of suspicious ads removed from Google rose to almost 1 million a day last year, an increase of almost 60 percent from 2012, USA Today reports. At the same time, more than three million applications were denied access to Google’s ad networks in 2013. Though the figures look dazzling, the company’s representatives said that part of the banned applications were from the same entities re-applying sev...
Cybersecurity Officer Concerned about Obama’s Health Website
US President Barack Obama’s new health care web site was initially vulnerable to cyber-attack and risked the personal information of millions of Americans, the cybersecurity chief for the US Health and Human Services Department, Kevin Charest, told Congress. Under pressure to meet the self-imposed Oct. 1 deadline, HealthCare.gov allegedly didn’t pass rigorous security testing and had technical problems befo...
Microsoft Admits SEA Hacked Employees’ E-mails
Microsoft confirmed that its staff accounts were hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, according to the Register. The tech giant admitted the hacktivist group managed to not only breach their social media accounts, but also several internal e-mails. This is the second time in a month that the Syrian Electronic Army has hacked Microsoft. The group, which supports President Bashar al-Assad, warned the company...
Retailers, Shoppers at Risk in 2014 as Online Thieves Seek PINs and Passwords
Luxury department store Neiman Marcus has become the latest victim in a new wave of silent, sophisticated online crime that is likely to continue through 2014, jeopardizing both the retailers and the shoppers they depend on. In the last year, retailers ranging from luxury brands to mass market online sellers have been targeted by a generation of cyber-criminals who seek only to steal payment information and...
Users React to News of Facebook Removing Sponsored Stories
Users reacted with surprise and relief to news that Facebook will remove Sponsored Stories from the site as of April. The social network has just announced that it will phase out the controversial ad units for better targeting, according to The Verge. The company has talked about plans to dump Sponsored Stories since June, but has now confirmed the date. The ads repackage users’ actions (such as likes) and ...
Google Fined €150,000 by French Data Protection Authorities
The French privacy regulatory group, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) has fined Google €150,000 for violating the French Data Protection Act, according to the commission’s website. "On 1 March 2012, Google decided to merge into one single policy the different privacy policies applicable to about 60 of its services, including Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Picasa, Google Driv...
LinkedIn Files Lawsuit against Fake Account Creators
LinkedIn filed a lawsuit against 10 people who created thousands of abusive accounts, according to the Wall Street Journal. The action comes less than two months after Bitdefender warned about fake recruiters enticing users of the social network with well-paid jobs. On Monday, LinkedIn filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The social network’s representatives sa...
Curse Hits World of Warcraft Players with Malware
A malicious Trojan hiding in a legitimate World of Warcraft (WoW) add-on is infecting players’ accounts, according to a note by Blizzard, the game’s developer. “We've been receiving reports regarding a dangerous Trojan that is being used to compromise players’ accounts even if they are using an authenticator for protection,” Blizzard says. It seems the malware is posing as Curse, a genuine WoW add-on that c...
Facebook Sued over Scanned Private Messages; Could Pay $10,000 per Affected User
Facebook has been sued in California for allegedly scanning users’ private messages to provide data to marketers, according to IT World. If it loses the case, the social network may be forced to pay up to $10,000 for each affected user or $100 for each day of alleged violation. "Facebook was one of the Web Services that was caught scanning URLs despite such activity remaining undisclosed to the user," the c...
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