The Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russia-based operation that has been dubbed as a “troll farm” because of its development of more than 80,000 posts focused on divisive issues in the US, has recently created a new account: Memopolis. This meme-focused page used ads to target teens , exposed
In June 2017, a Florida federal judge decided that Winn-Dixie’s website violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (also known as ADA). The North American retailer was required to update its site because it was inaccessible to the visually impaired. According to Forbes , the company has set aside
Cloud storage is undoubtedly one of the dominating online trends of the past 4 years. Work has become more mobile and on multiple devices, so the need for an appropriate storage option was quite obvious. Accessing important files and documents needs to be easy and location-flexible, that’s why
There’s no denying that data thefts have increased over the past few years. It’s becoming a profitable business to be even a mediocre hacker. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) continues to receive reports from individuals who have received extortion attempts via e-mail related to recent
During a recent conversation I was surprised to find out that not all people understand the value of privacy protection. Unless confronted with the perspective of their data ending up in malicious hands, of course. However, when talking about privacy rights and their importance in the online
Cloud migration is generally regarded as a must (at least in the future) for a lot of companies, but this doesn’t meant that the cloud is ideal for everyone. SolarWinds , a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, released the findings of it its IT Trends Report 2016: The
In an ongoing chain of twists, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) breach got another development today. After a lone hacker named Guccifer 2.0 claimed he was responsible for the breach, another security firm reinforces the original findings – that Russian hacker groups, codenamed “Cozy Bear”
One of this week’s top stories featured the Democratic National Committee (DNC) breach, where allegedly a group of Russian hackers stole opposition research on Donald Trump, the Republican president candidate. Security firm Crowdstrike was hired to mitigate the data breach – and informed that their
Over $80 billion are invested in government IT annually – a large amount reportedly for maintaining existing systems, therefore efficiency studies are required at some points. The United States Government Accountability Office assessed federal agencies’ IT O&M spending, evaluated the oversight of
A federal judge in New York ruled on Monday in favor of Apple in a case involving the unlocking of a seized iPhone. This decision is an important victory for the tech giants for two reasons: the locked iPhone 5s (iOS 7) in the New York case can be unlocked, as opposed to the iPhone 5C (iOS 9) in
