Discovery of New Internet of Things (IoT) Based Malware Could Put a New Spin on DDoS Attacks
Slightly over one year ago, several major distributed denial-of-service (“DDoS”) attacks took place, including a major event affecting the domain […]
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Data Breaches Rose By 164% in First Half Of 2017
Companies have seen a “staggering” increase in data breaches, according to a study by Gemalto. Source: Data Breaches Rose By […]
Should companies be able to ‘hack back’?
Hacking is pervasive and a source of anxiety for nearly every company. Hacked companies facing financial and reputational harm, and […]
Assessing the threat the IoT botnet poses to the Internet
Whatever the threat posed by the new IoT botnet, a worse one has lurked for months. Source: Assessing the threat […]
New Ransomware ‘Bad Rabbit’ Spreading Quickly Through Russia and Ukraine
There’s a potentially massive new ransomware spreading in Eastern Europe. The malware, dubbed Bad Rabbit, has hit three Russian media outlets, […]
Artificial intelligence smart enough to fool Captcha security check
Researchers developed an algorithm that imitates how the human brain responds to these visual clues. Source: Artificial intelligence smart enough […]
Encrypted file sharing tool puts emphasis on usability, sharing
When discussing his product, Tresorit Co-Founder & Head of Product Gyorgy Szilagyi kept reiterating the importance of usability. That’s because […]
Top 10 Hot Data Security And Privacy Technologies
Based on Forrester Research’s analysis, here’s a list of the 10 hottest data security and privacy technologies. Source: Top 10 […]
Our intimate relationship with surveillance
It’s often true that privacy professionals talk about the datafication of our lives as being impersonal. In fact, however, data […]
EC Will Not Push For Encryption “Backdoors”, But Member States Might
The European Commission announced this week a package of counter-terrorism measures as part of its European Agenda on Security initiative. […]
Brussels promises more police access to encrypted data, but no backdoors
The European Commission insisted that it does not want to weaken encryption as part of its latest push to give […]
Expanding E-Verify is a Privacy Disaster in the Making
E-Verify is a massive federal data system used to verify the eligibility of job applicants to work in the United […]