As a result, many states are now implementing comprehensive privacy laws for themselves. This means your privacy isn’t protected to the same degree in every US state. We researched which US states guard your privacy most effectively. Here’s our verdict: If you live in a state that lacks proper privacy laws, you can improve your own level of online privacy by using a VPN. A VPN will hide your location and protect your data while you’re using the internet....

The TypeScript team and Microsoft technical fellow and father of C# Anders Hejlsberg unwrapped the first preview of TypeScript in October 2012, describing it as a superset of JavaScript that brought static typing to the dynamically typed language. The goal was to catch errors faster and extend JavaScript from building web pages to larger applications running in the browser, devices and the cloud. As Daniel Rosenwasser, a senior program manager on the TypeScript team, noted recently: “When TypeScript first debuted, there was a lot of skepticism – and understandably so....

Chromium, the project underpinning Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, and dozens more browsers, will support the use of third-party Rust libraries from C++. The team is putting in place the tools to enable Rust code in the Chrome binary within the next year, according to Dana Jansens of the Chrome security team. “We are now actively pursuing adding a production Rust toolchain to our build system,” writes Jansens. Allowing Rust for third-party libraries in Chromium is a significant move towards a modern, memory safe language, but it’s far more limited than the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which brought Rust in as a new platform language in April 2021 on top of C and C++....

Whenever kids connect to a server to play with other people, your household’s IP is visible to the owners of said server. Not to mention, a passion for Minecraft can take your kid to other places on the internet, like Discord or Reddit. That’s why you need to: Users can play the game in both single and multiplayer mode. That’s why it’s important to keep your child safe online while playing Minecraft....

Teams at Securin, Cyber Security Works (CSW), Ivanti, and Cyware published their annual ransomware report — the latest edition titled “RansomwareThrough the Lens of Threat & Vulnerability Management” — showing the lingering threat ransomware still poses to organizations around the world. The lion’s share of vulnerabilities that ransomware still utilizes to hold data hostage have been around for well over a decade, the study revealed. “Overall, 76% of vulnerabilities exploited by ransomware are old — discovered between 2010 and 2019,” the report states....

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, our team discovered the data breach on an unsecured server located in Miami, Florida. The server appears to be owned by Ecuadorian company Novaestrat. Novaestrat is a consulting company that provides services in data analytics, strategic marketing, and software development. The data breach involves a large amount of sensitive personally identifiable information at the individual level. The majority of the affected individuals seem to be located in Ecuador....

Led by hacktivists Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s researchers discovered a breach which exposes up to 1.5 million active Freedom Mobile users’ personal data. Freedom Mobile (formerly Wind Mobile) is Canada’s fourth-largest wireless communications provider. Our team discovered 5 million unencrypted records, but for ethical reasons, did not download the database so cannot provide exact numbers. The company has since claimed that “only” 15,000 records were exposed. The database was totally unprotected and unencrypted....

The attacks are in response to Lithuania’s decision to block the transit of EU-sanctioned goods by rail to Kaliningrad. Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said the most severe DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are now under control. However, the country is bracing for further attacks against entities in the communications, energy, and financial sectors. Details of the DDoS Attacks Against Lithuania On Monday, June 27, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense, along with the National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC), put out a statement warning the public about “intense” ongoing DDoS attacks....

What is Wake-on-Lan? It appears that now not even turned off devices are safe from ransomware attacks. Security researchers from SentinelLabs have detected Ryuk ransomware using the Wake-on-Lan feature to turn on turned off devices. This in turn allows attackers to have greater success in encrypting a compromised network. Wake-on-Lan (WoL) is a hardware feature used by IT system administrators to remotely turn on devices on a company’s network. This allows them to turn on machines without having to physically go and turn them on....

My team and I don’t condone downloading illegal, copyrighted material — you can avoid taking legal risks altogether by abiding by the laws on torrenting. However, even with legal torrenting, there are several risks involved including vulnerability to hacking and malware attacks and data privacy concerns. Luckily, a seedbox, together with other tools, can provide a solution to all your torrenting concerns. A seedbox is a dedicated remote server at a high-speed data center that you can use to safely download and upload torrent files at extremely high speeds....

The attacks have the objective of “planting incriminating digital evidence on victims’ machines,” says the report. ModifiedElephant, Modified Truth According to SentinelLabs, ModifiedElephant has been operational since at least 2012. The advanced persistent threat (APT) was unearthed as a result of a forensic law enforcement investigation into long-standing racial and political tensions in India. When raids and arrests were made by Maharashtra police in India due to violence linked to the banned Naxalite-Maoist Communist party in 2018, forensic teams found incriminating files on the computer systems of the defendants, including “plans for an alleged assassination attempt against Prime Minister Modi....

The SolarWinds Breach The still unfolding SolarWinds breach was discovered approximately a month ago and was acknowledged by SolarWinds on 13 December. In the attack, cybercriminals took advantage of a vulnerability in the SolarWinds Orion platform to insert a backdoor trojan into certain updates of the software. Orion is an IT performance monitoring tool, whose trojanized updates include 2019.4 HF 5, 2020.2, 2020.2 HF 1 and 2020.2.1. Since the breach, the cybercriminals have been targeting significant technology companies with the trojanized Orion updates downloaded by SolarWinds clients....

Microsoft 365 is the default email security for most organizations, and cybercriminals know this, so they’re upping their schemes to get around Defender’s scanners. A report released earlier this year by Vade revealed that Microsoft is the number one target for brand impersonation. It seems criminals are not just trying to spoof the brand, but also use it as a benchmark to test the effectiveness of their malicious schemes. “Before unleashing an attack, hackers will test and verify that they are able to bypass Microsoft’s default security....

So we took the guesswork out of that decision. To compile the list of the top VR games available right now, we tested various VR titles. Here’s our top 10 best VR games: Virtual reality headsets are a wondrous technology. But they can also collect crucial biometric data while you use them, like your fingerprint and voiceprint. If you want to stay protected, it’s important to take some safety measures, like installing a trusty VPN....

A great and fast VPN that works perfectly on Smart TV is ExpressVPN. Luckily, there’s a very simple solution to circumvent these geographic restrictions. Simply use a VPN (Virtual Private Network). If you use a VPN in combination with your Smart TV, you’ll be able to access more content. Do you want to know more about the possibilities of using a VPN on your Smart TV? Are you curious to learn which VPN is the right one for your TV?...

The filming of the special was postponed several times due to COVID-19, but now the time has finally come for the long-awaited reunion called “Friends: The Reunion “ or “The One Where They Get Back Together”. The special will last about 2 hours and will feature, in addition to the regular cast, a lot of familiar guests and guest stars. Watching Friends: The Reunion on HBO Max Friends: The Reunion will be broadcast live on HBO Max on May 27th....

President Joe Biden and President Ursula von der Leyen have laid the potential building blocks for the agreement that, among other things, will facilitate data about Europeans to be stored on U.S. soil, WSJ wrote. The two world leaders stated that the new data privacy framework should streamline data flow, improve data privacy and security, as well as consolidate economic relations between the two economic giants. Preliminary Deal Should Correct Earlier Shortcomings The new preliminary framework is set to “assuage concerns of companies including Meta Platforms Inc....

The Cup final falls on Sunday, March 5 at 9:26 PM (PT) local time in Vancouver. That’s a 12:26 AM (ET) start early Monday. You can watch HSBC Rugby Sevens Vancouver for free with a little preparation: It all kicks off Friday, March 3, at 9:15 AM (PT)/12:15 PM (ET) with the Youth Super Session. The Canada Sevens tournament wraps Sunday, March 5, with the Cup final at 9:26 PM (PT)/12:26 AM (ET)....

Watching it is easy, seeing as the entire tournament will be broadcast live on Eurosport, available throughout Europe. However, even if you find yourself outside of Europe, and you still want to watch the Snooker World Championships, there is a solution. With a VPN, you can change your IP address to that of a European one, giving you access to Eurosport, from wherever you are in the world. And seeing as the championship matches take place over a span of about three weeks, you can still stay within the 30-day money-back guarantee that most VPN providers offer....

With a VPN, you can also enjoy the finals no matter where you are in the world. To do this, follow the steps below: The first race — Women’s Division A 500m — kicks off at 7 am (ET), Saturday, March 12. The 2nd leg of the final will start at 8:10 am (ET) Sunday, March 13. If you live in a country with a local stream, you can watch the ISU Speed Skating World Cup Finals without any problems....