Mingis on Tech: Data breaches in a world of ‘surveillance capitalism’
Computerworld | Oct 11, 2018 Facebook and Google recently acknowledged data breaches affecting millions of users. This won’t be the last time […]
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How the US Halted China’s Cybertheft—Using a Chinese Spy
Kevin and Julia Garratt had spent nearly all of their adult lives in China. A devout Christian couple in their fifties with […]
Protecting Sensitive Data: A Black Swan Never Truly Sits Still
The black swan – a rare and unpredictable event notorious for its ability to completely change the tides of a situation. For […]
Pentagon Weapons Systems Are Easy Cyberattack Targets, New Report Finds
The first step in solving any problem is admitting there is one. But a new report from the US Government Accountability Office […]
Consolidation in Consumer Products: Could it Solve the IoT Security Issues?
In 2003, I went to Zermatt, Switzerland to go snowboarding under the Matterhorn. We had an eclectic group of people from all […]
Remove the You’ve made the 5-billionth search Advertisement
The “You’ve made the 5-billionth search” page is an web browser advertisement that states you have made the 5-billionth search and have […]
Google+ Shuts Down Over Breach as Google Offers New Privacy Features
Google announced on Monday that it is shuttering its Google+ social network, following revelations in a Wall Street Journal report that the […]
A Good Password Law, Hardware Hacks, and More Security News This Week
It’s been an insane week—in the security world and beyond. As Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination hearings captivated the nation, the information […]
Don’t Buy the Trump Administration’s China Misdirection
Near the end of September, before the United Nations, President Donald Trump leveled an extraordinary charge: China was attempting to “meddle” and […]
A ‘Scarily Simple’ Bug Put Millions of Cox Communications Customers at Risk
Cybersecurity researchers regularly disclose the bugs they find in different applications and websites across the internet. Sometimes, these vulnerabilities are incredibly complicated […]