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Google Faces UK Lawsuit Over Privacy
NewsPrivacy and Security December 4, 2017
Action sought over alleged snooping on iPhone users. In the digital age, there are a few universal truths: nothing is ever deleted from the internet, and nothing is truly private. Even with the strictest security settings, every available tech tool, and the best of intentions, someone out there can... Read more
Uber Paid Hacker Ransom And Hid Data Breach
NewsPrivacy and Security November 23, 2017
Massive breach affected 50 million users of the ride hailing app. Uber has admitted that it paid hackers $100,000 and then concealed a security breach over stolen data that affected 50 million customers and 7 million drivers. It paid out on the condition that the cybercriminals would delete the... Read more
Beware Connected Toys This Holiday Season
NewsPrivacy and Security November 17, 2017
‘Almost anyone’ can hack IoT childrens’ toys, says report. The holiday shopping season creeps back earlier and earlier each year, with major retailers already reaching out to customers as much as a month ago to advertise seasonal deals and specials. Each year, one of the ongoing holiday headaches involves... Read more
Move Over, WannaCry, Bad Rabbit Is Here
NewsPrivacy and Security October 26, 2017
Game of Thrones-referencing ransomware strikes Ukraine and Russia. The latest strain of ransomware is taking down systems across Russia and the Ukraine, apparently targeting large websites and mass transit systems such as the Odessa airport and the Kiev metro. Dubbed Bad Rabbit, its basic method is much like other... Read more
Accenture Exposes Data Through Unsecured AWS
NewsPrivacy and Security October 18, 2017
Yet another huge security gaffe by a massive company. There’s a growing list of companies that are accidentally exposing their goods to the entire internet, thanks to their blind reliance on Amazon’s S3 web hosting service. The latest company to fall victim to a “data overexposure” (the nice, friendly... Read more
Millions Of Pornhub Users Targeted By Year Long Global Malvertising Attack
NewsPrivacy and Security October 12, 2017
Users in the US, UK, Canada and Australia were systematically targeted by a malware advertising campaign, according to a report released by Information Security firm, ProofPoint. Known as ‘malvertising,’ the attack by malware group KovCoreG tricked users of the world’s most popular porn site, Pornhub, into installing fake browser updates... Read more
UK’s New Data Privacy Rules
NewsPrivacy and Security September 21, 2017
Proposed exemptions to Data Protection Bill for certain organizations and entities. The EU has led the way with some of the most citizen-centric privacy laws enacted, including the “right to be forgotten” that protects individuals from old online content. Essentially upending the “nothing is ever deleted on the internet”... Read more
Man Jailed For Selling VPNs that Bypass China’s ‘Great Firewall’
NewsPrivacy and Security September 8, 2017
Sale of virtual private networks carry serious penalty, rules Chinese Supreme People’s Court. News has emerged that authorities in China sentenced a man in March, to nine months in jail for selling virtual private networks (VPNs) aimed at circumnavigating the Great Firewall of China. According to court documents posted on... Read more
Man Who Wrote Rules On Difficult Passwords Now Says He R3grets A1M05T Everything.
NewsPrivacy and Security August 14, 2017
Now admits the curse of passwords now ‘drives people bananas’. Bill Burr (not to be confused with comedian Bill Burr) originally came up with the rules on safe passwords, told the Wall Street Journal that his advice given way back at the start of the 21st Century was totally... Read more
Dutch researcher finds weakness within inverters. With the current global focus on renewable and green energy, innovations are being made almost daily to make alternative energy sources readily available, affordable, and most of all, actually workable. Currently, a lot of forms of green energy are either cost-prohibitive for individual... Read more
Most tech users have received more than their fair share of scam emails. From deposed (and stranded) Nigerian princes to widows who somehow seem confused as to how to spend the millions of dollars their husbands left them, the stories are almost laughable. Unfortunately, what makes the scam email... Read more
Apple puts profit and market access ahead of principles. Apple has bowed pressure from the Chinese government and has admitted it has removed all VPN (Virtual Private Network) services from the Chinese App store. VPNs allow users to bypass China’s so-called “Great Firewall” aimed at restricting access to overseas... Read more
China To Launch ‘Unhackable’ Quantum Internet Communication
InternetNewsPrivacy and Security July 31, 2017
China is currently preparing to launch an internet messaging system that could literally be ‘impossible to hack,’ according to Chinese State officials. The ‘Jinan network’ is set to be launched this August after a long period of sustained and successful tests. What makes this latest attempt at 100% secure communications... Read more
Are Computer Hackers Days Numbered? New Server From IBM Aims To Encrypt Everything
NewsPrivacy and Security July 28, 2017
New Z series mainframes will take some beating. IBM claim the 14th generation of its Z series mainframes can encrypt 12 billion transactions a day, and with one click can encrypt the entire contents of a mainframe, making its contents virtually useless to hackers. As data breaches across companies and... Read more
Number of vulnerabilities found by IOActive security researcher. Connected devices are a double-edged sword these days. The added convenience and functionality has to be weighed against the security concerns associated with unsecured networks and hacking. One researcher has just discovered that the latest vulnerable tech comes from high-end hoverboards... Read more
Uber Now Cares About Your Privacy
NewsPrivacy and Security July 18, 2017
New tool means its staff know less about you. Ride sharing service Uber has had so many misdeeds and allegations lobbed in its collective direction that it’s become almost synonymous with shady business, but a new announcement proves just how much the company really cares about your privacy. It will be introducing... Read more
Response clarifies statements published in Bloomberg Businessweek. The spy games are afoot these days, or at least the accusations of such games are flying. From stolen NSA cybertools that led to the WannaCry ransomware attack to Russian interference in the recent US presidential election, the media has its hands full... Read more
Issue due to error by private contractor running Republican National Committee database. The data gathered on more than 198 million US citizens was left sitting on a publicly accessible Amazon cloud server. Roughly 61% of the population of the USA has had information about their political leanings alongside home... Read more