Trump signs into law U.S. government ban on Kaspersky Lab software
President Donald Trump signed into law on Tuesday legislation that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab within the U.S. government, […]
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IT Security Spending to Reach $96 Billion in 2018
Identity access management and security services to drive worldwide spending growth. Source: Gartner: IT Security Spending to Reach $96 Billion […]
Consumer injury and the challenge of IoT data security
The FTC is hosting a workshop on “informational injury,” asking about the “qualitatively different types of injuries” consumers experience “from […]
Surveillance Cameras Made by China Are Hanging All Over the U.S.
Hikvision, a company 42%-owned by the Chinese government, sold devices that monitor U.S. Army base and Memphis streets. That has […]
New payment services must gain consumer trust through sound data security practices to succeed
Without the trust of consumers, third parties requiring consumer consent to use new rights of access to bank and payment […]
Phishing Is The Top Email Hijacking Tool, Google Finds
Phishing beats keylogging as a means of hijacking email credentials, Google has found in a study. Source: Phishing Is The […]
The rise of cryptojacking: How hackers hog computer CPUs to make money
Anyone casually surfing the internet at home can be deployed as an unwittingly productive member of a hacker’s workforce, a […]
Consumer groups warn of potentially dangerous toys
Internet-connected products can be used to eavesdrop on families or even communicate with children. Source: Consumer groups warn of potentially […]
Google’s AI can now spot shoulder-surfers peeking at your screen
Google researchers develop a fast way to alert you to a stranger spying over your shoulder. Source: Snoopers beware: Google’s […]
What Amazon Echo and Google Home Do With Your Voice Data
Like the idea of Amazon Echo and Google Home, but feel uneasy about all that recording? Here’s what they listen […]
How does your privacy program measure up?
As the calendar year comes to a close, many of us in the privacy field find ourselves tending to year-end […]
On the dangers of API attacks and how you can mitigate
Stephen Gates is chief research intelligence Analyst at Zenedge which specialized in cloud-based denial-of-service-attack mitigation, API protection and bot management, […]