About the technology has never been peaceful and in 2016 was not an exception with a series of security problems, as many of the headaches.
From Yahoo's biggest hacking technology history to victims of extortion software became mainstream, such as bankers sit on the pan fire by the trading system has been hacked ... Privacy paint the picture is not bright in too.
Earthquake Yahoo
9/2016 Earlier this month, Yahoo led the tech world have revealed shocked at least 500 million user accounts were compromised by a hacker.
At that time, security breaches are considered the event stolen personal data, the largest in the history of technology.
Yahoo then further revealed that the actual hack has occurred since 2014, and was only discovered in 2016. That means hackers have issued on the company's systems such as shopping.
But the real nightmare has not ended by the middle of this December, Yahoo further shocking information published on a massive hack around May 8/2013.
Hack Yahoo biggest scale industry history.
Hack Yahoo biggest scale industry history.
Meanwhile hackers stole data of about 1 billion customers Yahoo, double scale hack announced in September before. This shows that the fate of users in the digital era are in the thousands of very thin.
Blackmail software problems
One of the emerging security issues in 2016, a victim of extortion. Hackers use special software to encrypt the files of the victim, then ransom then returned data.
A variety of software is just the point extortion names include: Locky, DMA Locker, Surprise, and a variation named Ranscam - get ransom, but the data are deleted.
There's even software on mobile extortion. May 7/2016, security researchers discovered a variant of Locky can operate even when the device is offline (not connected).
Kidnapping, extortion become stored within the secure exchange.
Kidnapping, extortion become stored within the secure exchange.
A study published by Malwarebytes 8/2016 month said more than half of businesses in the United States used to be the victim of extortion software.
"Bombed" the Internet domain name system
May 10/2016, a large botnet was denial-of-service attack on Dyn DDoS, system provider of the world's largest domain name.
DNS routing system helps resolve these sites sites like google.com into Internet protocol addresses like 172.217.21.110 to machine readable.
Without DNS, web browser can not find the website that the user wants to search. DDoS attack aimed at causing mass Dyn has major sites like Twitter, GitHub, and Netflix all day collapsed.
Botnet used to attack Dyn above are generated from approximately 100,000 devices connected families, mostly DVR webcam and malware infection Mirai.
Apple abandoned QuickTime
Once the "darling" of Apple and is one of the indispensable software on the PC, even played an important role early watch videos on iTunes, but QuickTime still inevitable fate.
QuickTime has become the natural stock.
QuickTime has become "a true man."
Earlier this year, after the discovery of two critical vulnerabilities in this software, Apple has decided to discontinue support for QuickTime for Windows. That means if you have installed QuickTime on Windows, then you should remove it immediately.
Stolen credit cards as easy four
The security measures credit card seems not as safe as you thought. Researchers at Newcastle University, UK have discovered how to predict the CVV number on the credit card is as easy as turning a hand.
There are CVV number, scammers can unlock the secret code on your credit card and as your entire account was in the hands of others. With the approach of the researchers on, just a mere 6 seconds that have done this.
You should be careful with your credit card.
You should be careful with your credit card.
Computer network hacked US Democratic Party
From this hack, Wikileaks has revealed documents including 20,000 e-mails and documents thousands of employees the Democratic National Committee for the United States.
These revealed the scandal that led to many then, such people know about the opposition's efforts to campaign supporters DNC candidate Hillary Clinton's Bernie Sanders. DNC Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was forced to resign after this incident.
A self-proclaimed hacker group has claimed 2.0 Guccifer responsibility but US investigators believe the real culprit behind involving the Russians.
The fight Apple -FBI
12/2015 happened terrorist attack in San Bernardino, as 14 people dead and injured 22 people. In early 2016, the FBI has asked Apple to unlock iPhones assistance that terrorists (who was shot dead) use, but Apple refused.
FBI to pay $ 1.3 million pre-unlocked iPhone.
FBI to pay $ 1.3 million pre-unlocked iPhone.
Tensions between Apple and the FBI escalated when both drag each other to court.
