Google to remove Canada news links in response to Online News Act
Google stated on Thursday that it would remove Canadian news links from its search engine, news and discover products. Google’s President of Global Affairs Kent Walker claimed that the Canada’s new Online News Act has made offering Google News Showcase Products to Canadian news outlets untenable. In response to the enactment of the law, Google [...]
Creator of 'Gozi' computer virus extradited to US on cybercrime charges
US prosecutors Tuesday extradited a Romanian man from Colombia to the US over accusations that the man helped distribute the Gozi virus, one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in recent history. Mihai Ionut Paunescu was extradited to the US under a litany of charges including: conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, conspiracy to commit [...]
Twitter sued billionaire and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk Tuesday in an effort to force him to complete his US$44 billion acquisition of the social media company. In April Twitter’s board of directors accepted Musk’s offer to purchase the social media platform for $44 billion, at $54.20 a share. Lawyers for Twitter filed a lawsuit in [...]
The US Senate unanimously approved a bill Thursday to crackdown on robocalls, sending it to President Donald Trump for executive approval. The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED) is designed improve enforcement of the Communications Act of 1934. The act both imposes strict penalties for individuals who directly violate it and ensures [...]
Security researchers: North Korea possible source of WannaCry cyber attack
Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday said they have found evidence that could link North Korea to the recent cyberattack that affected 300,000 computers in 150 countries over the weekend. The so-called WannaCry ransomware has lines of code that...
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday designed to strengthen IT and cyber security frameworks in the country by having agency heads manage security risks and modernize the IT infrastructure. The order also mandates the use...
France Election Commission warns media against reporting on hacked data
The National Control Commission for the Election Campaign for the Presidential Election (CNCCEP) on Saturday cautioned media outlets against sharing information leaked from an alleged hack of a presidential candidate. The hackers...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that it had effectively disrupted the Kelihos botnet , a network of thousands of virus ridden computers used to glean personal information and login credentials by distributing malicious software...
European Commission proposes stricter rules for electronic communication
The European Commission on Tuesday proposed rules to bolster electronic communications as well as to "create new possibilities to process communication data and reinforce trust and security." The First Vice President stated that the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday rejected an appeal from an Internet domain owner seeking to recover $10 million in damages from an online marketer under the federal CAN-SPAN Act...
