We’ve previously written about The US Government’s Misguided War on Encryption. Apple and the FBI have had a very public court battle going over whether Apple is obligated to help the government hack into the iPhone that belonged to the…
We’ve previously written about The US Government’s Misguided War on Encryption. Apple and the FBI have had a very public court battle going over whether Apple is obligated to help the government hack into the iPhone that belonged to the…
We’ve written before about how “For Data Security, Employees Are the Weakest Link.” A new report on “The Human Factor” from Proofpoint provides some interesting insights into the extent of the “problem with people” when it comes to data security.…
Law enforcement agencies have gotten used to having easy access to all forms of electronic communications from phone calls to faxes to emails and social media. Many politicians, including Senator John McCain, have called for placing limits on encryption technology…
On Black Friday, electronic toymaker VTech Holdings announced that it has been the victim of a data breach that compromised information about 4.8 million parents and 200,000 children. The Hong Kong-based company reported than an “unauthorized party” accessed data in…
Cyberthieves recently hacked into British internet provider TalkTalk’s server and stole personal information on many of the company’s 4 million customers. A 15-year-old suspect has been arrested in the case. As pointed out by the Financial Times, …the arrest of…
On September 2, 2014 credit and debit card data stolen from Home Depot customers went on the online black market. Within three minutes from the time the data went on sale, $100,000 in fraudulent charges were made to cards issued…
Last week we posted a blog asking “What Could Be Worse Than Getting Your Bank Account Hacked?” Last week’s answer was having certain behavior you might not want your spouse to find out about (a profile on a website for…
Practically every day we read about a major new data breach. Nothing seems safe – banks, retailers, even the government have been hacked, exposing our personal information. Many people think the worst thing that could happen data security-wise would be…
Sometimes hackers need to use sophisticated techniques to get into computer networks. But sometimes the victims make it WAAAAAYYYY too easy – as this case may demonstrate. The Moneyball Hack As reported by the New York Times, the US Justice…
Published by TheHill by Guy Fielder Congress has been trying to pass “patent reforms” that will stop “patent trolls.” Unfortunately, there’s a hidden agenda behind these “reforms.” There definitely are some bad apples out there – people who send spam…