The iCloud keychain and iOS 7 data protection
When Apple announced iOS 7, iCloud Keychain was one of its key features. It is no doubt great for usability, but what about security? What kind of access does Apple have to …
Popular holiday-themed phishing attacks
The holidays are a busy time for everyone-¦ especially for hackers trying to phish your employees. Phishing is most effective when it exploits human emotions—fear, greed, …
What threats will dominate 2014?
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FBI used spying malware to track down terror suspect
Court documents related to a recent FBI investigation have revealed that the agency has been permitted to try to compromise with spying malware the computer of a potential …
DARPA’s games crowdsource discovery of software flaws
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a series of games aimed at discovering whether large numbers of non-expert users can perform formal …
Tech giants call for government surveillance reform
Eight Internet giants have formally urged the US president and Congress to reform and limit government surveillance, and have offered several suggestions on how to do it. AOL, …
1Password 4.1 for Mac adds new password updating, better search
Popular password manager 1Password for Mac reached version 4.1 that comes with some long-requested features, the most notable being a new Login (password) updating process. If …
Cybercrime ignorance is a serious risk
Organizations who fail to recognize the threat posed by cyber crime are putting the livelihoods of stakeholders and customers at serious risk, and those organizations that …
13 Anonymous hackers plead guilty to PayPal DDoS attack
Thirteen defendants pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose on Friday to charges related to their involvement in the cyber-attack of PayPal’s website as part of the …
Cloud security in 2014: Automation and consolidation
Eric Chiu, president and co-founder of HyTrust, predicts that in 2014: 1. Organizations will discover the importance of BYOS for public cloud. Given the recent disclosures …
ENISA issues recommendations on SCADA patching
“How long can we afford having critical infrastructures that use unpatched SCADA systems?” the EU’s cyber security Agency ENISA asks, and advises EU Member …
Week in review: Air gap-hopping malware, first PoS botnet, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: (IN)SECURE Magazine issue 40 released (IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security …
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