Real-world roadblocks to implementing CISA
The recent approval of CISA (the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act) by the US Congress and Senate is paving the way for broader security collaboration. There is a rapidly …
European Parliament members want member states to protect Edward Snowden
Too little has been done to safeguard citizens’ fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance, members of the European Parliament have stated …
Hackers put up for sale 13 million plaintext passwords stolen from 000webhost
000webhost, a popular free web hosting service, has suffered a data breach that resulted in the compromise of the name, email address and plaintext password of some 13 million …
Most are unaware of the seriousness of medical data theft
Most remain unaware of their vulnerability to medical data theft, and the fact that it can be far more damaging than credit card or social security number compromise, …
The security community’s reaction as CISA passes US Senate
On Tuesday, the US Senate has passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), a legislation that will allow companies to share information about the cyber attacks …
How can we decide on surveillance and privacy when we can’t see the whole picture?
“The surveillance of communications faces a legitimization crisis,” says James Losey, a fellow with the Open Technology Institute, the technology program of the …
WhatsApp collects phone numbers, call duration, and more!
A recent network forensic examination of popular messaging service WhatsApp is offering new details on the data that can be collected from the app’s network from its new …
Data of 4 million TalkTalk customers likely stolen in wake of website attack
TalkTalk, one of UK’s biggest telecoms, has suffered a “significant and sustained cyberattack” on their website, and it’s possible that personal and …
WikiLeaks publishes documents stolen from CIA director’s email account
CIA Director John Brennan’s private AOL email account has been hacked, apparently by teenage hackers with good social engineering skills.While it seems that the account …
250+ iOS apps offered on Apple’s App Store found slurping user data
The latest instance of potentially malicious apps tricking Apple App Store’s vetting process comes courtesy of Youmi, a China-based mobile advertising provider whose …
Cops are turning to privately held DNA databases for info to help with investigations
For those people who are worried about privacy and know how these things usually work out, the fact that Ancestry.com and 23andMe offered DNA analyzing services for genealogy …
Secret code in color printers enables government tracking
A research team led by the EFF recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document.The U.S. Secret Service …