Showing posts with label Microsoft Xbox Live. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft Xbox Live. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Microsoft Will Remove Revenge Porn From Search Results



Placing revenge nude photos on the Internet by an ex-partner, also known as 'revenge porn', is increasingly common and can have serious consequences for victims, says Microsoft. The software giant is therefore left to these pictures and videos now remove from search results of Bing.

Microsoft will also make the material inaccessible when it is shared via onedrive and Xbox Live. The removal of both the left and the material will be done globally in these cases. To make it easier for victims to report cases of revenge porn, there is also a new page was launched. According to Jacqueline Beauchere, Microsoft Online Chief Safety Officer, however this is only a first step. Removing left in search results does not remove the images from the Internet, so let them know. Beauchere argues for better protection of victims.

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Cyber ​​Vandals Caim Downtime Facebook And Instagram


A group of cyber vandals has claimed responsibility for the downtime that Facebook, Instagram and Tinder had this morning to make. The websites were inaccessible short time in which Facebook users an hour could not log on to the social networking site.

The website stated that the Facebook deal with a major failure was the cause and had found, but further details were not given. Via Twitter late group Lizard Squad managed to sit behind the downtime. This group was the end of December also responsible for attacks on Microsoft Xbox Live and Playstation Network. The DDoS attacks that would execute the group of websites hacked thousands of routers originate. Recently, several members of the group arrested .

Facebook said in a statement that a technical adjustment to the website was the culprit. "The downtime was caused by a technical problem that we introduced ourselves. It has nothing to do with Lizard Squad Snowmageddon or other external parties," said the social networking site.