Proprietary Cybercrime and Dark Web Forum Search Engine – BETA Access Available!

Dear blog readers – I wanted to let everyone know of a currently active BETA project – namely – the general invite-only proprietary access to a Cybercrime and Dark Web Underground Forum Search Engine – exclusively targeting Security Vendors the U.S Int… Continue reading Proprietary Cybercrime and Dark Web Forum Search Engine – BETA Access Available!

China Blocks Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine, Despite Offering Censored Results

Update: Microsoft’s search engine Bing has been restored in China after being inaccessible in the country for almost two days. According to sources familiar with the matter, Bing was blocked due to an accidental technical error and not due to an attemp… Continue reading China Blocks Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine, Despite Offering Censored Results

Google quietly bought Mastercard credit and debit card records

The multimillion dollar data buy allows Google to link what we buy in brick-and-mortar stores to what ads we clicked online. Continue reading Google quietly bought Mastercard credit and debit card records

Google Secretly Planning to Launch a Censored Search Engine in China

After an eight-year-long absence from the most populated country in the world, Google search is going to dramatically make a comeback in China.

Google is reportedly planning to launch a censored version of its search engine in China that is going to b… Continue reading Google Secretly Planning to Launch a Censored Search Engine in China

How Google implements the Right To Be Forgotten

Who is asking Google to delist certain URLs appearing in search results related to their name, and what kind of requests does the search giant honor? The company has been keeping track of them since the “Right to be Forgotten” privacy ruling has been p… Continue reading How Google implements the Right To Be Forgotten

DuckDuckGo offers new privacy extension and app

DuckDuckGo, the company behind the eponymous privacy-minded Internet search engine, has announced a new browser extension and mobile app: DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials does four things: It makes DuckDuckGo the default sea… Continue reading DuckDuckGo offers new privacy extension and app

Search engine shenanigans: Malwarebytes mentions aren’t what they seem

Hunting for information on Malwarebytes, including blog posts or researcher names on Google’s search engine? Be wary of websites stuffed with keywords designed to send you into an ad blizzard.
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Google Gets Record-Breaking $2.7 Billion Fine for Manipulating Search Results

Google has just lost its biggest regulatory battle!

Google has been hit with a record-breaking $2.7 billion (€2.42 billion) fine by the European antitrust officials for unfairly manipulating search results since 2008.

After a lengthy seven-year investigation that was launched in 2010 after several rivals complaint, the European Commission on Tuesday imposed this ‘biggest even financial

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