New identity fraud victim every two seconds thanks to massive data breaches
There have been a number of high-profile data breaches lately—and a whole bunch of smaller data breaches that didn’t make national headlines. The data breach itself, however, is just the beginning....
View ArticleWget -r -l 0 obvious
The Internet had a collective guffaw yesterday at an article in the NY Times that breathlessly described how Edward Snowden used an "inexpensive and widely available software to “scrape” the National...
View ArticleBarclays investigating data theft from financial planning unit
On Sunday, the U.K.'s Daily Mail published an exclusive detailing the theft of some 27,000 files from Barclays.
View ArticleWhen hacking isn't
This week I read an article about a French journalist, Olivier Laurelli, who had the temerity to to fix a URL in order to get to a proper webpage. The information that he accessed was not behind a...
View ArticleOS X Mavericks patch for SSL goto fail issue now available
Since the entire debacle broke loose about SSL being broken in Mavericks and iOS it has been a curious few days. Now, the problem has at last been fixed. The OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update (Combo) patch...
View ArticleTeksavvy ordered to name names
The production company for such films as The Hurt Locker and Dallas Buyer's Club won a pyrrhic victory in Canadian courts. They have won the right to have Teksavvy provide the names of 2,000 of their...
View ArticleGCHQ strains an Optic Nerve
Seems that the GCHQ has been a very naughty bunch of boys and girls. Under the banner of a program humourously code named "Optic Nerve", they collected pictures from webcams over a period of several...
View ArticleFirst goto fail, now something Gnu
Just a week ago the masses were screaming for blood over the "goto fail" bug that compromised SSL communications in both iOS and OS X. There was no shortage of noise in the echo chamber of social...
View ArticleUpskirt privacy failure in Massachusetts
I awoke today to read news that 'upskirt' pics are now legal in the state of Massachusetts after a ruling by the state Supreme Judicial Court...yes, you heard me, legal.
View ArticleCanadian high school students learn about online privacy
Now this is a story that I rather enjoyed. At a high school in Winnipeg Manitoba the students are learning about the implications of social media and privacy. The exercise was to help demonstrate to...
View ArticleTSA shelves plans to monitor you online...for now
You know, I actually like the TSA Pre program. I think the name would have been better suited been named something akin to "treat like a human." No need to take off your shoes or pull your laptop out...
View ArticleForget the Internet of things...this is the Internet of crap
Unless we begin to treat all of our devices, boxes, technologies, etc. as hostile by default, we will continue to find ourselves cleaning-up the havoc wrought by adversaries with poor intentions and...
View ArticleForget the endpoints, protect the data
For years the primary focus of security has been securing the endpoints. If we can just protect the desktops and laptops and tablets and smartphones from malicious exploits and prevent them from being...
View ArticleWho put the cockroach in my supply chain?
Businesses have always had concerns about supply chain risks but, for most businesses, those risks involve shipping delays, parts shortages and labor issues. But that’s starting to change as evidenced...
View ArticleTurkey, Twitter & Censorship: VPN, Tor and more
Well, it seems that even a blind squirrel can find a nut every now and again. It appears from reports that the Turkish government finally figured out how to remedy their laughable attempt to block...
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