RSS_Virtulization

Wondering which data privacy laws affect your area or the type of data you’re working with? Find out with this glossary of rules from around the world. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Data privacy laws vary greatly around the world, but that’s rapidly changing. The United States is increasingly alone in not having a single overarching data privacy law as more countries adopt new statutes that have much in common with the European Union’s General Data Privacy…

ShinyHunters Exposes Over 125 Million Online Credentials   Meet ShinyHunters, a hacker who recently leaked 10 new databases this past month from companies including: • Pixlr.com• Bonobos.com• Wognai.com• Tesspring.com• Tunedglobal.com• Buyucoin.com• Wappalyzer.com• Chqbook.com• Rooter.io• MeetMindful.com But this isn’t the first time they’ve made headlines. It all started in May of 2020 when ShinyHunters attempted to sell several stolen databases on the Dark Web. They also leaked several other databases between April and July.  In October, they…

ShinyHunters Exposes Over 125 Million Online Credentials   Meet ShinyHunters, a hacker who recently leaked 10 new databases this past month from companies including: • Pixlr.com• Bonobos.com• Wognai.com• Tesspring.com• Tunedglobal.com• Buyucoin.com• Wappalyzer.com• Chqbook.com• Rooter.io• MeetMindful.com But this isn’t the first time they’ve made headlines. It all started in May of 2020 when ShinyHunters attempted to sell several stolen databases on the Dark Web. They also leaked several other databases between April and July.  In October, they…

An American social media influencer has been charged with running a misinformation campaign that tricked social media users into believing that they could vote by text message in the 2016 US presidential election. Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, was arrested yesterday morning on charges of conspiring with others ahead of the election to spread misinformation designed to deprive US citizens of their constitutional right to vote. Mackey, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was charged by criminal complaint…

Your Linux servers could use a system to scan for malicious files. Jack Wallen shows you how with the help of ClamAV. Getty Images/iStockphoto Linux is a very secure platform. However, that doesn’t mean it’s invulnerable to malware and other types of attacks. Because of that, you must take every precaution possible to prevent and/or detect issues. One of the many things you can do is install and use ClamAV, which is an open source…