Police action against Safe-Inet German investigators, together with international colleagues and Europol, have a VPN service out of order set, over which hacker attacks ran. The prosecutors switched off the “Safe-Inet” service and confiscated its web domains. Safe Inet has been used by some of the world’s largest cyber criminals to conduct phishing or ransomware attempts, and to intercept payment information via web skimming.

Studio Babelsberg sees streaming due to Corona on the rise The Corona crisis is causing the demand for cinema productions to fall. “The studio inquiries for 2021 have come mainly for larger streaming formats”, said the CEO of Studio Babelsberg AG, Carl Woebcken. “The demand for movie productions is more subdued because at the moment all producers are concerned about whether the broadcast in the cinema is the measure of all things and whether it pays off.” There is enormous demand for large streaming formats because new providers have also been launched.

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Many networked doorbells let hackers into the house Doorbells equipped with video cameras that are offered for comparatively little money on online marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay or Wish , have severe security vulnerabilities. In some cases they are even delivered with software errors. This was the result of a test by the IT security company NCC Group for the British online magazine “Which?” surrender. Overall, the experts give the smart devices a bad rating, which equates to a “nightmare” in the field of the Internet of Things. Beyond the aggressive data collection, the security problems are massive.

Bitkom survey on availability over public holidays The IT industry association Bitkom asked working people about their business availability during Christmas vacation. Good 60 Percent said they were available for professional contacts. Telephone contact is most often accepted. 42 Percent said they would take video calls too. However, the willingness is falling: In a comparable survey last year 71 percent stated, by phone, email and Co. to be available. There is a clear difference between employed people who currently work entirely or partially in the home office: Here 71 percent are on business during the Christmas vacation reachable – among employees who do not work in the home office, it is only 48 percent.

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