Over the week there were mixed reactions to the way Microsoft took down the domains run by No-IP.com after the discovery of a great number of botnets that a court order mandated the software giant to shut down.
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Brazil’s Boleto payment system besieged by hackers
Amid the bustle of World Cup 2014 in Brazil, attackers have also kept themselves busy by targeting the Boleto payment system, one of the widely-used payment methods in Brazil and siphoning off millions to billions of dollars in stolen money.
Facebook keen on bringing out video ads to users with LiveRail buy
Facebook has moved to further its goal of putting out video ads to its billion users on desktop and mobile platforms by acquiring LiveRail, a startup that produces video ads on various platforms.
Watch out Apple, Google buys playlist forecaster Songza
At a time when context is king in the technological realm, the major players in the industry are taking every opportunity they could get to keep abreast of the developments. Google is one of those companies that would not let past the chance to snap up companies for its various endeavors.
Microsoft is expanding encryption and transparency efforts
It’s hard not to take privacy and security measures seriously at a time when government surveillance programs have become seemingly the rule, and Internet companies are at the forefront of efforts to beef up encryption as the most effective and practical means of warding them off.
Android bug leaves cryptographic keys open to hackers
It’s hard to make financial and banking transactions through your smartphone without feeling wary about the security implications, but sometimes users trade safety for comfort and time.
