Russia’s Hackers Used Leaked NSA Tool to Target Hotel Guests
The same hackers who hit DNC and Clinton campaign are now apparently spying on high-value travelers via Wi-Fi. Source: Russia’s […]
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Cybersecurity has roadblocks to becoming common sense
Changing your password needs to become like washing your hands after using the bathroom — a habit. We’re a long […]
How Your Phone Number Became the Only Username That Matters
Guard it with your life, because it is your life. Source: How Your Phone Number Became the Only Username That […]
Top Security Firm May Be Leaking ‘Terabytes’ of Confidential Data
A leading American security company and purveyor of anti-malware detection services is waking up to a damning report about a […]
Personal data belonging to up to 21,000 TalkTalk customers could have been used for scams and fraud
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC £100,000 after it failed to look after its customers’ data […]
Airlines Are Giving Your Face to Homeland Security
Cameras photograph travelers, capture their data, and scan it against databases. Even the feds say there’s a risk it could […]
Data sanitization isn’t what you think it is, but a new group hopes to change that
A new alliance of IT and security professionals wants to promote best practices and spread awareness of a standard definition. […]
Mistakes, misuse, mission creep: Biometric screening must end
If identity thieves or stalkers target us, we can change our credit card numbers and even our names, but we […]
Gartner: Five Trends in Cybersecurity for 2017 and 2018
Gartner presents five trends in cybersecurity for 2017 and 2018 here . It notes that folks with cybersecurity skills have […]
The Man Who Wrote Those Password Rules Has a New Tip: N3v$r M1^d!
Bill Burr’s 2003 report recommended using numbers, obscure characters and capital letters and updating regularly. As his advice is overturned, […]
This Shadowy Company Is Flying Spy Planes Over US Cities
It has tracked cell phones for military training and flown a camera that can watch over a city for hours […]
UK government publishes cyber security guidance for driverless cars
The UK government has issued new guidelines aimed at improving cyber protection for smart and driverless vehicles, ahead of planned […]