iPhone secure messaging with self-destruct mechanism via Wickr app
Wickr was one of the most interesting companies I was introduced to at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco. The company was one of the finalists of the …
Smartphone users still unaware of identity theft threats
Four in ten (40%) smartphone users in the United States agree that they don’t understand cyber security well enough to know how to protect themselves, according to …
Facebook data mining tool uncovers your life
You know you shouldn’t post potentially damaging data on Facebook, but more often that not, your friends don’t think twice about it, and this can impact you even …
The IT road to hell
The past several months have been an unending nightmare for the US government and its allies, as one disclosure after another has caused unimaginable damage to relationships, …
Lavabit users allowed to access accounts and retrieve data
Lavabit’s Ladar Levison has announced that the users of his recently closed down email service will be able to briefly access their accounts so that they can retrieve …
Internet sites “fingerprint” users by secretly collecting browser info
A group of European researchers have released the results of their research into just how many of the most visited Internet websites track users without their knowledge with …
Facebook makes every user discoverable by name
Once again, Facebook is doing away with a feature that many users didn’t even know they could use, but a small, privacy-conscious minority is glad to have (had). Almost …
EFF leaves the Global Network Initiative
With an open letter addressed to members of the Board of Directors of the Global Network Initiative (GNI), the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) has officially resigned …
Reactions from the security community to the Adobe breach
Hackers have breached Adobe’s network and have made off with personal, account, and encrypted financial information of nearly 3 million Adobe customers, as well as the …
Adobe breached, customer info and source code compromised
Hackers have breached Adobe’s network and have made off with personal, account, and encrypted financial information of nearly 3 million Adobe customers, as well as the …
Innovation, big data and the future of information security
Dr. Herbert (Hugh) Thompson is Program Chair for RSA Conferences and a world-renowned expert on IT security. He has co-authored several books on the topic and has written more …
Facebook extends Graph Search to include posts, updates, comments
Since its launch earlier this year, Facebook Graph has slowly been filled with information about users. First came the interests they had, the locations they visited, the …