Google vice president says “black hat” is not a neutral term

Journalists from ZDNet noticed that during the weekend there was a hot discussion in the information security community due to the “lack of neutrality” of the term black hat. The discussion began with a series of tweets by David Kleidermacher, vice president of Google engineering, responsible for the security of Android and the Google Play… Continue reading Google vice president says “black hat” is not a neutral term

Check Point: hackers exploit BLM theme for attacks

Check Point analysts reported that hackers are actively exploiting the BLM (Black Lives Matter) theme for attacks and noted increase in the activity of cybercriminals, connecting it with weakening of the isolation regime. In June, the average number of attacks per week increased by 18% compared to May of this year. It is noted that… Continue reading Check Point: hackers exploit BLM theme for attacks

GitHub will replace the term “master” with a more neutral one

Nat Friedman, leading GitHub after acquiring Microsoft in 2018, said on Twitter that GitHub will replace the term “master” with a more neutral synonymous. For example, main, to avoid unnecessary references to slave times. If this really happens, GitHub will become one of the many IT companies and open source projects that in recent years… Continue reading GitHub will replace the term “master” with a more neutral one