What 35 years of privacy law say about the state of data protection
Privacy laws have expanded around the world, and security leaders now work within a crowded field of requirements. New research shows that these laws provide stronger rights …
LLM privacy policies keep getting longer, denser, and nearly impossible to decode
People expect privacy policies to explain what happens to their data. What users get instead is a growing wall of text that feels harder to read each year. In a new study, …
Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email
Tuta, formerly known as Tutanota, is built for anyone who wants email that stays private. Instead of treating encryption like a bonus feature, the service encrypts almost …
AI vs. you: Who’s better at permission decisions?
A single tap on a permission prompt can decide how far an app reaches into a user’s personal data. Most of these calls happen during installation. The number of prompts keeps …
Portmaster: Open-source application firewall
Portmaster is a free and open source application firewall built to monitor and control network activity on Windows and Linux. The project is developed in the EU and is …
Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways
Many CISOs already assume that social media creates new openings for password guessing, but new research helps show what that risk looks like in practice. The findings reveal …
New observational auditing framework takes aim at machine learning privacy leaks
Machine learning (ML) privacy concerns continue to surface, as audits show that models can reveal parts of the labels (the user’s choice, expressed preference, or the result …
Tor Project is rolling out Counter Galois Onion encryption
People who rely on Tor expect their traffic to move through the network without giving away who they are. That trust depends on the strength of the encryption that protects …
Aircraft cabin IoT leaves vendor and passenger data exposed
The expansion of IoT devices in shared, multi-vendor environments, such as aircraft cabins, has created tension between the benefits of data collaboration and the risks to …
The privacy tension driving the medical data shift nobody wants to talk about
Most people assume their medical data sits in quiet storage, protected by familiar rules. That belief gives a sense of safety, but new research argues that the world around …
Research shows identity document checks are missing key signals
Most CISOs spend their time thinking about account takeover and phishing, but identity document fraud is becoming a tougher challenge. A new systematic review shows how …
Convenience culture is breaking personal security
AI is changing how scams are built, shared, and trusted. A new global survey from Bitdefender shows how far the problem has spread. AI is helping scams evolve faster than …
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