How the Government Tracks You
Governments all over the world are transforming technology services into surveillance platforms, and this includes the United States.
John Oliver interviews (Ex-NSA Head) General Keith Alexander
Let's be honest here: is the NSA secretly trying to institute a totalitarian society? Probably not. Is Admiral Kieth Alexander entitled to some bit of "leeway" even though his organization clearly overstepped its legal mandate? Most likely. Is this funny and relevant? Absolutely.
Your Internet Service Provider is watching you now, too
This video is an overview of how Internet Service Providers collect your private internet activity and then make it available for sale, all while you are paying them for the privilege.
Log4J shows we must all learn to understand our software
This week has led to yet another major vulnerability being discovered in major corporate software stacks, leading to a massive effort to discover, patch, and update. I remember the first…
NSO iPhone malware builds a computer inside your phone to steal data
NSO Group, an Israeli tech firm, developed malware to hack iPhones by creating a “computer within a computer” capable of stealing sensitive data and sitting undetected for months or even…
Ransomware in 2022: We’re all screwed
Ransomware is now a primary threat for businesses, and with the past year or so considered the "golden era" for operators, cybersecurity experts believe this criminal enterprise will reach new…
France latest to slap Clearview AI with order to delete data
Controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI, which has amassed a database of some 10 billion images by scraping selfies off the Internet so it can sell an identity-matching service to…
Bugs in billions of WiFi, Bluetooth chips allow password, data theft
Researchers at the University of Darmstadt, Brescia, CNIT, and the Secure Mobile Networking Lab, have published a paper that proves it's possible to extract passwords and manipulate traffic on a…
I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too.
As consumers, we all have “secret scores”: hidden ratings that determine how long each of us waits on hold when calling a business, whether we can return items at a…
Cybersecurity: Increase your protection by using the open-source tool YARA
The main use of YARA, and the one it was initially created for in 2008, is to detect malware. You need to understand it does not work as a traditional…