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Russian State Media Banned from Running Ads or Monetizing on Facebook

It is difficult to ignore the news that will eventually or has already affected our lives. Several countries have imposed sanctions on Russia since the Russians started invading Ukraine. Sanctions affecting Russian banks, military exports, and oil refining. Meta Bans Russian State media from Ads or monetizing on its platform Meta will now prohibit Russian state media from putting adverts or monetizing on its platform. According to Facebook’s head of security, Nathaniel Gleicher, Me

Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" Available To Download

After 6 months of development, Ubuntu 21.10 codenamed “Impish Indri” is now available for download. Ubuntu 21.10, a short-term support release, improves on its predecessor Ubuntu 21.04 by including an updated desktop environment, applications, and several bug fixes. Ubuntu 21.10 “Impish Indri” Released – What’s New in Ubuntu 21.10? Six months after the release of Ubuntu 21.04, Ubuntu has released another short-term version, Ubuntu 21.10. This is a short-time release that will only

Twitch Data Leak 2021 Includes 125GB Private Data

Another breach of the year 2021 is the Twitch Data Leak, which comprises 125GB of company data as well as the platform’s source code. An anonymous member on 4chan leaked the data on October 6, 2021. Twitch confirmed the incident on Twitter yesterday, following the release of the data. Twitch has not revealed any information about the incident, such as how the hacker stole such sensitive information. We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to unde

Epic Games To Release AntiCheat For Linux

The day I’ve been looking forward to for years. When I first started blogging in 2014, I published a number of pieces about Linux gaming. Readers were not interested in Linux gaming at the time since it required too much portability of tools, especially anti-cheat software. In some ways, porting games to Linux seems tough due to anti-cheat software, but as Steam Play and Proton ported hundreds of recent games for Linux, Linux users felt excited about more game developers releasing their

Ransomware Using Kaseya's Software Vulnerability Impacted 800-1500 Businesses Internationally

On July 22nd, Kaseya, a US-based IT company was hit with a massive ransomware attack. Kaseya provides IT tools to companies to monitor & manage their infrastructure. A tool named VSA was reported to have a severe vulnerability by the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD). Kaseya has almost 37k customers out of which only 50 customers were impacted by the ransomware attack. Most of Kaseya’s customers are MSPs (Managed Service Providers) who provide services to other small or

LinkedIn's 700 Million Users Data Is Available On Sale

Facebook’s record of database leak has been broken by LinkedIn. Just a few months back we saw Facebook’s database of 533 million users available for free on a forum. This time, it’s LinkedIn’s 700 million users database available on sale on the same forum. LinkedIn’s 700 million users database has been leaked on a public forum known for database leaks. The user who started the thread, posted a sample of 1M records to prove that the data is real. It includes email addresses, names, phone

Brave Search Engine Opens For Beta Testing

Search engines are the front page of the Internet. Search engines are where internet users get most of the content, including articles, tutorials, courses, and videos. You probably landed on this article from one of many search engines as well. So far, the biggest search engine is Google. Google has become synonymous with the Internet. Chrome, the most popular web browser, uses Google as the default search, and most other search engines do the same. It is no secret that Google and o

Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" Released

Today Canonical has released its latest version of the operating system, Ubuntu 21.04. Ubuntu 21.04 codenamed “Hirsute Hippo” packs with some cool new features and a lot of improvements over its predecessor Ubuntu 20.10. Before users upgrade the current Ubuntu installation to Hirsute Hippo, it is important to note that Ubuntu 21.04 is a short-term support release. It’ll receive updates for 9 months, i.e. until January 2022. What’s New In Ubuntu 21.04 “Hirsute Hippo” Ubuntu 21.

Telegram Launched Telegram WebZ & Telegram WebK

Telegram is a popular instant messaging app known for protecting users’ privacy while providing the same features as WhatsApp. Telegram apps are available for all major platforms. The company also has a web version of the app that one can open in any web browser. The Telegram web version is available on web.telegram.org. But Telegram recently launched two more versions of the web app called Telegram WebZ and Telegram WebK. Telegram WebZ and WebK have a different interface than the o

533 Million Facebook Users Data leaked

Once again, Facebook users’ data was compromised and leaked online for free. This time it is not in thousands but 533 million users’ data with personal information such as full names, Facebook IDs, locations, date of births, email addresses, and even phone numbers. The day is not far when we’ll have a dedicated mobile app to download the latest Facebook data leaks. Surprisingly, most of the data is available for free. According to Facebook’s spokesperson, the data leaked online was

WordPress 5.7 "Esperanza" Released

WordPress 5.7, codenamed “Esperanza” was released this week with a few new features and many important improvements. Codename Esperanza has been given in honor of the wonderful musician Esperanza Spalding. The release brings in some new features, important fixes, and improvements. If you have not updated WordPress 5.7, it’s recommended to update to 5.7 ASAP. What’s New In WordPress 5.7 Easily Adjust font-size of list and code blocks WordPress 5.7 adds options to adjust t

What Is Bulletproof Hosting

The Internet is one of the most wonderful things that ever happened. Today around 53% of the World’s population consumes content from the Internet, whether it be sharing information on social media or chatting with friends on their favorite IM app. Every second, a huge amount of data is uploaded on the internet. With this huge amount of data being stored on servers, web hosting companies have a big responsibility to scan, verify and secure their users’ data. Most companies that host