Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
Facebook is not content to use the contact information you willingly put into your Facebook profile for advertising. It is […]
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Australia’s spyware law could expose phones to exploitation
Peter Dutton’s proposed legislation to expand the government’s surveillance capabilities into telecommunication devices through the inclusion of spyware risks could […]
Remove yourself from people search sites and erase your online presence
There’s an idea that once something is online, it is immortal, immutable, and almost impossible to contain. Here is a […]
Facial recognition tech could shorten airport security lines, but is it accurate?
There is growing concern over new technology that could be the future of airport security. The TSA has a new […]
Cyber-criminals target new companies, new supply chains
Cyber-criminals are seeking out new prey. Industries that previously had a lower threat profile – such as oil-and-gas, manufacturing, and […]
Global study finds artificial intelligence is key cybersecurity weapon in the IoT era
As businesses struggle to combat increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity attacks, the severity of which is exacerbated by both the vanishing IT […]
Consumers bear the cost of their privacy protection
The latest round of regulations placed on corporations to protect privacy will not protect us from the harm caused by […]
Data breaches aren’t inevitable
A white paper issued this week by the SANS Institute says there are proven techniques in use today by large […]
Companies may try to bypass GDPR fines by negotiating with cybercriminals
Europol, the EU’s policing agency, released a report on September 18 in which they warned that EU data protection laws may […]
Google still allows third-party apps scan your Gmail data
Gmail lets third-party developers integrate services into its email platform, such as trip planners and custom relationship management systems. Developers may […]
French cyber-security agency open-sources CLIP OS, a security hardened OS
The National Cybersecurity Agency of France, also known as ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information), has open-sourced […]
Fitbit-based life insurance is a potential privacy and security nightmare
John Hancock is the first US insurance company to ditch traditional life insurance policies entirely in favor of “interactive life […]