Tag: Russia

Halo Online: What is Microsoft Doing?

In this day and age, nothing is safe. Because technology is so advanced, it’s nearly impossible to keep files from being leaked onto the Internet. Look at what has happened to Microsoft.  Their attempt to create a Russian exclusive Halo game resulted in the “El Dorito” hack.  The not-so-secret Halo: Online has been leaked. Now, modders are working on making ...

Far Cry 4: Ubisoft looked at several settings before deciding to go with the Himalayas

Ubisoft says that it took into consideration settings like Russia, South America and a few others before finally deciding that the Himalayan region is where it wanted Far Cry 4 to take place. The company played around with several ideas and also wrote stories for each of the other settings, senior level designer Vincent Ouellette told ...

Billions of credentials stolen by Russian hacking ring

The inevitable always happens when it comes to the internet, a place where your data is never actually safe, no matter how many precautions you take. Privacy is the main concern of many, that’s why we employ the safest mail clients we can find, apps that make our data self-destruct, the safest browsers such as ...

Kaspersky and Symantec banned in China

Continuing the trend to get rid of foreign software, the Chinese authorities has removed Kaspersky and Symantec from the list of approved software sources of the Central Procurement Center. Conversely it has approved other five security software providers. These are all Chinese companies: Rising, Qihoo 360, CAJinchen, Beijing Jiangmin and Venustech. Symantec representatives have not ...

Tor users beware!

Alarming new information has come to light from far away Russia about the country’s policy on internet anonymity. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has set a bounty pool on Tor users’ heads. Tor is an anonymizing network, free of charge, originally designed for the U.S. navy and it protects its users from any kind ...

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Tags: anonymity, privacy, Russia, Tor