Telegram Only Needs A few Paid Subscribers To Cover Costs, Durov
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has stated that the social media company only needs a few paid subscribers to cover the costs for the messaging application. “The beauty of Telegram Premium is that if only 2.5% to 3% of our users sign up for this subscription, Telegram will cover its costs, supported purely by its users. […]
Meta Partners Other Tech Giants To Form Metaverse Standards Body, Ignore Apple
Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants with a strong interest in the metaverse have formed a group to foster development of industry standards. The goal is to ensure that companies’ digital worlds are compatible. Technology companies that are already part of the Metaverse Standards Forum range from chip manufacturers to gaming companies, as well as […]
Cloudflare Fixes Outage That Took Hundreds Of Sites Offline
Cloudflare has identified and issued a fix to address an outage that took hundreds of websites offline. The incident was first recognized on Cloudflare’s status page at 7:43 a.m. GMT. Cloudflare warned of the outage, saying: “Connectivity in Cloudflare’s network has been disrupted in broad regions. Customers attempting to reach Cloudflare sites in impacted regions […]
How To Fight Malicious Privileged User Attacks
With the severe damage privileged user attacks cause to organizations, avoiding security threats coming from malicious privileged users and the threats they pose to organizations is of vital importance. Ponemon Institutes released a 2022 report saying that privileged user attacks surged by 44% in 2020, with the cost per attack pegged at $15.38 million. A […]
Ransomware Insurance? Check The Fine Print
Ransomware insurance is slowly gaining prominence in the market as a means to enhance protection against the devastating effects of a ransomware attack. Depending on the vendor, a ransomware policy may cover loss of income if the attack disrupts operations, or loss of valuable data. Other policies may also cover extortion by refunding the ransom […]
Google Chrome Extensions Can Be Fingerprinted For Online Tracking
A researcher has built a website that utilizes installed Google Chrome extensions to generate a fingerprint of the device that can be used to track the user online. In tracking users online, it is possible to create fingerprints, or tracking hashes, using the characteristics of a device connected to a website such as GPU performance, […]
