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Security spending is on the rise even as IT allotments fall, creating a conundrum for IT professionals who must deliver top-tier protection …
Phishing attacks have gotten more sophisticated, especially those that leverage homographic, or Punycode, characters. These characters look …
Events in the tech industry this year played out against a backdrop of security concerns as home users and corporations alike scrambled to …
Gaps in software systems are slowing down security teams who are estimated to spend 10 hours a week dealing with the inefficiencies. More a …
The Man Behind the Cybersecurity ‘Moonshot’
Exploring Samuel Visner’s vision – patterned after the Manhattan Project and moonshot – for collaborating to create innovative ways to …
GoAhead Servers Vulnerability Affected Hundreds of Thousands of IoT Devices
A critical vulnerability discovered in GoAhead Servers with versions running below 3.6.5 allows an attacker can exploit a remote code …
Israel considering issuing digital shekel to tackle tax evasion
Israel’s central bank is reportedly considering issuing its own cryptocurrency in order to create a faster, cashless payment system and …
GDPR: A Practical Guide For Developers, Part 2
Welcome back! If you missed Part 1, you can check it out …
What’s Next for Cybersecurity in 2018?
We live in a world that is networked together, where companies rely on networked systems and their data is stored in the cloud. The year …
Protecting Immigrants from High Tech Surveillance: 2017 in Review
In 2017, the federal government surged its high tech snooping on immigrants and foreign visitors, including expanded use of social media …
How Brain-Computer Interfaces Could Expose Us to Hacking and Manipulation
The idea of a device that can directly link your brain waves to communicate with an external device seems something quite futuristic, but …
Immunity’s Aitel backflips on WannaCry claims, Kaspersky
The head of American security firm Immunity, Dave Aitel, appears to be backtracking on his claims, made in August, that British security …
Alleged: Bitcoin Cash Insider Trading Discovered Via CoinBase With Potential 8X Return
The result could have been a massive 700% one-hour gain, says Renshaw. How it happened On December 18, someone called “mukiwa2″ on …
Opera 50 Beta Version to Come with Cryptocurrency Mining Blocker
This can be termed as a step forward in safeguarding the privacy of users and protection of computers. Opera has always been a feature-full …
Your bank is probably using phishing tactics on you
Have you ever received a phone call from your bank’s fraud department? A number appears on my phone that I don’t recognize, and, just …
GDPR: A Practical Guide For Developers, Part 1
You’ve probably heard about the GDPR: the new European data protection regulation that applies practically to …
Top hoax stories of 2017
A clip showing an elaborate wedding card, allegedly made with pure gold plating, was doing the rounds of various social media platforms, …
Man Arrested for Threatening Firm with Cyber Attacks for Not Hiring Him
“Again, you have two choices. Get rid of her and hire …
Facebook messenger falls victim to an anonymous crypto cousin of Bitcoin
With the booming value of digital currency, numerous hackers are rolling out schemes to unwittingly trap or trick more likely, the regular …
Authentication Provider Best Practices: Centralized Login
To maintain a successful application, you will inevitably need a centralized account system, as opposed to embedding login within your …
Lack of IT staff leaving companies exposed to hacker attacks
Cybersecurity professionals are calling for better education and improved apprentice schemes after warning that a shortfall of staff in the …
Concerns With DevOps
To gather insights on the state of DevOps, we spoke with 22 executives at 19 companies implementing DevOps for themselves and helping …
The Dangers of Shadow IT to Cloud Security
Shadow IT has emerged in recent years due to misaligned objectives among teams and the fluid nature of DevOps. We’ve written before that …
Best after-Christmas sales: 7 deals worthy of your gift cards
With Christmas upon us—and New Year’s Day a week away—the holiday sale madness is drawing to a close. But don’t despair, because we …
Power of Haven
Its the tale of an app. Courtesy Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Guardian …