Pinterest publishes its first transparency report
Pinterest has joined the ranks of Internet companies who publish a bi-annual transparency report by issuing one covering the six months from July to December 2013. …
Video: Edward Snowden on privacy and technology
Edward Snowden speaks about privacy and technology with the ACLU’s Ben Wizner and Christopher Soghoian at SXSW Interactive.
50,000 Statista users affected by data breach
Customers of the biggest online statistics portal Statista are being notified that the company’s systems have been breached and the hackers likely made away with its …
Is your browser a user agent, or a double agent?
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2014, Mike Shema, Director of Engineering at Qualys, discusses how privacy shouldn’t be an afterthought in the browser. Data …
Big Data security and privacy challenges
In this interview, Leighton Johnson, CTO, Senior Security Engineer for Information Security and Forensics Management Team (ISFMT), talks about how Big Data is transforming the …
Personal info of 12 million KT customers stolen and misused
Two men have been arrested in connection with the massive KT Corp. data breach that resulted in the theft of personal and financial information of some 12 million customers of …
HTTPS can’t be trusted to obscure private online activity
HTTPS was initially used to prove to Internet users that the website and web server with which they are communicating are indeed the ones they want to communicate with, but …
Cryptocat now available for iPhone
Cryptocat, the popular open source application that enables users to chat online easily and securely, is now available for iPhone users (on Apple’s App Store), as well. …
Cyber crooks will go after medical records next
As security firms and law enforcement agencies continue to cooperate and successfully take down botnets, cyber crooks will be forced to look for new and more lucrative …
TrustyCon talks made available on video
As announced, the TrustyCon infosec conference, established by security consulting firm iSEC Partners, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and DEF CON and held …
Android, iOS solution reveals data-leaking apps
Your mobile device knows everything about you. But how well do you know your mobile device? Beginning today, savvy consumers can truly take control of their personal …
Consumers want privacy, but don’t take advantage of opt-out technologies
A majority of consumers worry about how marketers use their personal data, but 79 percent are more likely to provide personal information to what they consider a …