Greater security and piracy calamities in the world in 2017
This year was difficult for electronic security and protection which saw a large group of breakthroughs and many very serious viruses in a range of countries around the world. This year we have seen in the emergence of new malware and spyware and leaks as well as ransom-ware that plagues many computers around the world.
On the other hand, these attacks the problem of security investment in the world, and also mentioned the importance of prevention and awareness. Here at the professional blog, we talked about a range of programs, roads and warned several malware and also talked about tips to protect your computer.
Wikileaks Vault 7
On March 7 this year, posted on Wikileaks database containing 8761 document allegedly stolen from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contains extensive documentation of the alleged espionage, hacking tools used by the Agency. These included some serious security vulnerabilities in several systems, whether on Windows, Mac, Android, and the ability to convert some smart TVs to spy for the Agency.
The attacks take the ransom.
In the fifth month of this year, a new type of virus type "ransomware" caused panic and huge losses for hundreds of companies and institutions in more than 150 countries across the world, these attacks are malicious code exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT and encrypts all files and ask you to pay $300 for select financial for decryption. these attacks caused huge losses for hundreds of companies and institutions around the world.
198 million us voters data leak
Not uncommon to hear that a group of voter data been comprised or somewhere in the world. But on June 19, researcher Chris vikiri serious discovery. Where he discovered a publicly accessible database containing personal information to 198 million us voters! this discovery is not a breakthrough in itself harmful, but it poses a crucial and very popular on cybersecurity for both institutions and individuals.
Shifty campaign penetration
In May and in French presidential elections, French presidential candidate's campaign said Emanuel shifty victim massive and coordinated electronic penetration led to the leaking of hundreds of internal documents hours before choosing between Central and Yemeni extremist rival candidate Marine Le Pen. The researchers have evidence that the hacker group associated with the Russian Government fancy beer are tried shifty campaign targeting.
Penetrating company HBO and leaking rings Game of Thrones.
This summer she lived the American HBO serial entrepreneur company game of Thrones famous real consternation after hackers managed to penetrate their server and steal the episodes of the show online, and diversion in addition to a set of data in internal e-mail messages and documents Financial and other.
Google store play and endless malware
This year we write many articles warning about a group of malicious applications that appear in the Google store, this store has seen some tough times this year, although Google is trying so hard to protect you from hackers who are using him to spread malicious programs, and indeed many of these managed Applications to access millions of users around the world.