Snap a Selfie to Verify MasterCard Purchases
MasterCard plans a rollout this summer in the U.S., U.K., and throughout Europe. Finally, a legitimate reason for taking a selfie: MasterCard will reportedly begin accepting selfie photos and...
View ArticleTeam8 Raises $23M in New Funding to Build Security Companies
The former head of Israel's version of the National Security Agency pushes forward with cyber-security accelerator effort. There are companies that build technologies, and then there are the...
View ArticleBill Gates 'Disappointed' by Reports He Backs FBI in iPhone Fight
A recent Pew Research Center report finds that 51 percent of Americans agree with the FBI. While Silicon Valley execs rally around Apple in its stand-off with the FBI, one industry heavyweight is not...
View ArticleProsecutors say corrupt Silk Road agent has co-conspirators at large
The Silk Road bust Judge: Gov’t can show murder-for-hire evidence in Silk Road trial Prosecutors hit Silk Road suspect Ross Ulbricht with new drug charges Lawyer: Silk Road seizure may have been...
View ArticleQustodio Parental Control (for Android)
ByJordan Minor, Neil J. Rubenking Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards themselves? That ancient Latin question seems as unanswerable to us today as it did to the ancient Romans, but...
View ArticleMcAfee Family Protection 2.0
ByNeil J. Rubenking Back in 2010, the Eyjafjallajökull volcano disrupted European air travel, 33 Chilean miners saw daylight after 68 days underground, and Safe Eyes enjoyed a reputation as a hot...
View ArticleThe other one. No, not WhatsApp. Telegram. It hit 100 million users
Smooth UX draws in crowds unfazed by crypto concerns Secure messaging app Telegram boasted on Tuesday that it had crossed the 100 million users milestone. Developers said that Telegram was handling 15...
View ArticleSecurity Firms Join Forces to Help Unmask Sony Hackers
Multiple security vendors come together to help identify the tools and tactics that the Lazarus Group used against Sony and other targets. The attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014 is one...
View ArticleOperation Blockbuster security biz: We’ll get you, Sony hackers
Or neutralise? At the very least, we'll slow you down A newly created cross-industry initiative aims to pool resources in order to bring down – or, at least, disrupt – the hackers behind the infamous...
View ArticleBlackBerry Buys British Security Consultancy, Underscoring Commitment To...
BlackBerry has acquired British cybersecurity consultancy Encription -- another sign that the smartphone maker is serious about its newly sharpened focus on security services as opposed to its legacy...
View ArticleJudge confirms what many suspected: Feds hired CMU to break Tor
Tor Project A federal judge in Washington has now confirmed what has been strongly suspected: that Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers at its Software Engineering Institute were hired by the...
View ArticleAsus Settles With FTC Over Security of Wireless Routers
The agreement, which includes 20 years of supervision of Asus security efforts, sends a message as more devices and systems become connected. U.S. regulators are putting the tech industry on notice...
View ArticleBlackBerry eyes IoT, diversifies with new cybersecurity practice
Struggling smartphone vendor BlackBerry is looking to diversify its business by launching a cyber security consulting service, focusing in part on the Internet of Things, and providing related tools to...
View ArticleArizona prosecutor: We’re not buying any more iPhones over Apple and DOJ dispute
Bill Montgomery is the Maricopa County Attorney.Gage Skidmore Apple's encryption battle The case for using iTunes, not iCloud, to back up your iPhone Activists plan rally on Tuesday at dozens of Apple...
View ArticleForget the 1st Amendment, Apple to plead the 5th in iPhone crypto flap
Kim DaviesThere's been ongoing dialogue about Apple's upcoming legal strategy in its battle with the government about whether it should be required to comport with a court order mandating that the...
View ArticleWireless Mice, Keyboards Open to 'MouseJack' Attack
A vulnerability in most non-Bluetooth accessories leaves billions of PCs and millions of networks vulnerable. Your wireless mouse or keyboard may be putting your personal data at risk of...
View ArticleGolden Frog VyprVPN
ByFahmida Y. Rashid, Max Eddy When people think of digital security, they probably think of antivirus software. While that kind of security software protects against dangerous apps and so on, it won't...
View ArticleOp-ed: The international politics of VPN regulation
That middle part is under a lot of potential fire.Riseup.net Ramon Lobato is senior research fellow at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. His book Geoblocking and Global Video Culture,...
View ArticleAwoogah – brown alert: OpenSSL preps ‘high severity’ security fixes
Patches due to land on March 1 Developers behind the widely used OpenSSL encryption library have warned that they will issue fixes for a mix of bugs next Tuesday (1 March). The patches will land right...
View ArticleTexas cop indicted for searching car of activist filming the police
A Galveston Police Department sergeant in Texas has been indicted on misdemeanor accusations of unlawfully searching the vehicle of a video activist, according to a report in the Galveston County...
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