Hackers are seeking out company insiders on the black market
If you’re the CEO of a company, here’s another threat you need to worry about: hackers trying to recruit your employees for insider-related theft.
Michael Kan | 02 Feb | Read more
If you’re the CEO of a company, here’s another threat you need to worry about: hackers trying to recruit your employees for insider-related theft.
Michael Kan | 02 Feb | Read more
Can a spam filter work even without reading the content of your messages? WhatsApp thinks so. Since last April, the messenger app has been successfully fighting spam abuse, even as it’s being using end-to-end encryption.
Michael Kan | 02 Feb | Read more
The warnings are designed to save us from malware infections and hacking risks, but often times we’ll neglect them, because we’re too busy. Or we’ve seen them too many times, and become conditioned to dismiss them, according to Anthony Vance, a professor at Brigham Young University.
Michael Kan | 01 Feb | Read more
Forgot your password? Well, Facebook wants to help you recover your account. The company is releasing an open source protocol that’ll let third-party sites recover a user’s account through Facebook, or any trusted service.
Michael Kan | 31 Jan | Read more
Amateur hackers are alarmed with the apparent demise of LeakedSource, a controversial breach notification site that’s been accused of doing more harm than good.
Michael Kan | 28 Jan | Read more
Several recent incidents involving U.S. President Donald Trump's administration can teach users something about IT security -- particularly about Twitter and what not to do with it.
Michael Kan | 27 Jan | Read more
Tired of conventional passwords? So is Nuance Communication, a tech firm that is promoting the human voice as a way to secure user accounts.
Michael Kan | 26 Jan | Read more
Ironically, cyber criminals have to battle fraudsters too. To help them, a new web service is warning the hacker community who among them can’t be trusted.
Michael Kan | 25 Jan | Read more
Verizon’s planned acquisition of Yahoo will take longer than expected and won’t close until this year’s second quarter, the internet company said on Monday.
Michael Kan | 24 Jan | Read more
The developer behind Lavabit, an email service that noted leaker Edward Snowden used, is releasing source code for an open-source end-to-end encrypted email standard that promises surveillance-proof messaging.
Michael Kan | 21 Jan | Read more
Spanish police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker of developing the Neverquest banking Trojan, a malware targeting financial institutions across the world.
Michael Kan | 21 Jan | Read more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he stands by an earlier pledge to face trial in the U.S., but he is first urging federal investigators to name the exact charges against him.
Michael Kan | 20 Jan | Read more
When Donald Trump is inaugurated as the U.S. President on Friday, Juan Soberanis intends to protest the event -- digitally.
Michael Kan | 18 Jan | Read more
China is requiring that all app stores register in the country, as part of crackdown on malware and the spread of “illegal information.”
Michael Kan | 17 Jan | Read more
The hacking group that stole cyberweapons suspected to be from the U.S. National Security Agency is signing off -- but not before releasing another arsenal of tools that appear designed to spy on Windows systems.
Michael Kan | 13 Jan | Read more