A new feature in Android keeps your passcode protected smartphone unlocked when it’s on your body — a move that reduces the hassle of typing a passcode but also leaves devices exposed to muggers.
Google has quietly stopped requiring that Android OEMs enable full-disk encryption by default in new Android 5.0 Lollipop devices, backtracking on its widely publicised plan to make life harder for snoops and police.
Google's not just picking on Windows. The search company's Project Zero initiative recently published three unpatched bugs in OS X, 90 days after the group privately disclosed the issues to Apple. The new publications bring the number of unfixed security vulnerabilities in OS X discovered by Google to six, according to the Project Zero database.
Anonabox, a piece of home networking equipment designed to allow you to connect to the Internet anonymously, had raised nearly $600,000 in pledges on Kickstarter--blowing its $7500 goal out of the water. But on Friday, Kickstarter suspended the project, according to Ars Technica.
Nick Mediati | 20 Oct | Read more
Most of the stories coming out the Black Hat and Def Con security conferences highlight the latest crop of horrendous security flaws discovered by hackers. But it's not all doom and gloom. There were also presentations from developers actively trying to make digital security better for all.