UK High Court declares emergency surveillance bill unlawful
On Friday, the UK High Court has declared Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA) unlawful.DRIPA is an emergency legislation signed into law in July 2014, and its …
Epic Games forums hacked, user data stolen
The forums of popular game development company Epic Games have been hacked, and the users’ username, email address, password and date of birth have likely been …
Employees embrace BYOD, but still worry about privacy
The findings of a new survey from Tyntec, based on responses from Spain, the UK and US, reveal sluggish adoption of BYOD policies by organizations, while its employees voice …
Sensitive info of over 21.5M people, including SSNs and fingerprints, stolen in OPM hack
The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has revealed on Thursday the full extent of the information stolen in the two data breaches it suffered in 2014.In the first …
Naked pictures or financial info? Users would rather thieves stole the former
Every day it seems information security is ruling the headlines, Americans are (perhaps understandably) feeling insecure about the security of their financial information. In …
Security experts explain to US, UK governments why mandated encryption backdoors are a bad idea
Today, FBI director James Comey and Sally Quillian Yates, the deputy attorney general at the Justice Department, are scheduled to address the US Senate Judiciary Committee …
Why location-based social media data is critical for security
Sports games at stadiums, hurricanes along the coast, protests on city streets, guest complaints at hotels, customer praise at restaurants, bullying at schools… Things happen …
Hacking Team scrambling to limit damage brought on by explosive data leak
Who hacked Hacking Team, the Milan-based company selling intrusion and surveillance software to governments, law enforcement agencies and (as it turns out) companies? A hacker …
Let’s Encrypt CA releases transparency report before its first certificate
The non-profit CA launched by the EFF, Mozilla and several other businesses and organizations is determined to gain and retain users’ trust. After hiring outside experts …
Plex forums hacked: IPs, private messages, encrypted passwords compromised
Users of Plex’s forums are being forced to change their password in wake of a breach that resulted in the compromise of some of their private information, including …
Harvard University suffers IT security breach
Discovered on June 19, the intrusion was first spotted on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Central Administration information technology networks, but a subsequent …
Cloned, booby-trapped Dark Web sites steal bitcoins, login credentials
Someone is cloning .onion sites, and using the clones to intercept user traffic and offer modified content.“I noticed a while ago that there is a clone onion site for …