The role of next-gen firewalls in an evolving security architecture
Understanding the current state of enterprise firewall technology requires first debunking two broadly held misconceptions: First, many believe the firewall has become […]
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FaceApp and the Friction Between Entertainment and Data Privacy
Let’s face it, everyone wants your data. Marketers want it so they can sell you stuff. Foreign governments want it so they […]
A Hacker Stole Data From 100 Million Capital One Customers
On Monday, the FBI and the bank Capital One disclosed a data breach of 106 million credit card applications that compromised information […]
A Critical Device Hack, China’s Social Credit, and More News
A bug is allowing hackers remote access to medical devices, China’s social credit score is not actually that dystopian, and we’ve got […]
How the West Got China’s Social Credit System Wrong
In October 2018, Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to the Hudson Institute—a conservative Washington, DC, think tank—to give a wide-ranging […]
A VxWorks Operating System Bug Exposes 200 Million Critical Devices
When major vulnerabilities show up in ubiquitous operating systems like Microsoft Windows, they can be weaponized and exploited, the fallout potentially impacting […]
Trump’s Cyber Czar Is Back—and He Wants to Make Hackers Suffer
Not long before Tom Bossert was pushed out of his role last year as the White House’s top cybersecurity official, a public […]
WannaCry Hero Marcus Hutchins Won’t Go to Jail for Old Hacking Crimes
Well, Mueller Time has come and gone. We watched the former special counsel testify before not one but two congressional committees, and […]
How to Get Your Equifax Settlement Money
If you’re one of the 147 million people in the United States affected by the egregious Equifax credit bureau hack in 2017, […]
Facebook’s Ex-Security Chief Details His ‘Observatory’ for Internet Abuse
When Alex Stamos describes the challenge of studying the worst problems of mass-scale bad behavior on the internet, he compares it to […]