Wi-Fi hack experiment conducted at Republican National Convention site
Avast security researchers conducted a Wi-Fi hack experiment at various locations around the Republican National Convention site in Cleveland to demonstrate how risky it can …
1 in 3 content theft websites expose visitors to malware
A Digital Citizens investigation has found that malware operators and content theft website owners are teaming up to target consumers – with an unexpected assist from …
US DOJ can’t access data stored abroad with just a warrant, court rules
The US Department of Justice cannot force Microsoft to produce the contents of a customer’s email account stored on a server located outside the US with just a warrant, a US …
“I agree to these terms and conditions” is the biggest lie on the Internet
Two communications professors have proven what we all anecdotally knew to be true: the overwhelming majority of Internet users doesn’t read services’ terms of …
GDPR could create $320 billion in fines
Unsurprisingly, many consumer products organisations are taking risks with the security and privacy of their customer data. They are failing to put in place proper processes …
The EU-US Privacy Shield: What happens next?
Yesterday the European Commission formally approved the EU-US Privacy Shield, making transfers of personal data to the US legal under European law for companies that have …
Pokémon GO gets full access to players’ Google account
Pokémon GO, the mobile augmented reality game that has become hugely popular in record time, brings with it a lot of unexpected dangers. Its popularity has been exploited by …
System monitoring company Datadog suffers breach
The team behind Datadog, a widely used SaaS-based monitoring and analytics platform for IT infrastructure, operations and development teams, has announced on Friday that they …
Secret Conversations: End-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger
After integrating Open Whisper Systems’ Signal Protocol into WhatsApp earlier this year, Facebook has done the same to the Facebook Messenger app, and called the feature …
Confusion reigns around data protection requirements
Confusion reigns among UK businesses around data protection requirements, according to Delphix. From June 2018, any business that offers goods and services to the EU or …
New Russian law to force service providers to decrypt encrypted comms
An extremely wide-ranging anti-terrorism law has been passed last week by the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly (i.e. parliament), and it is widely expected to pass …
World-Check crime and terror database exposed online
Security researcher Chris Vickery, who has become well-known for unearthing databases that should not be accessible via the Internet but are, has found another one that …