Is It Worth Sacrificing Privacy For A Bit Of Geeky Self-Quackery?
Wearable tech. It’s all the rage don’t you know. From glassholes (not you Neira, you’re cool) to joggers with glorified digital watches, people everywhere are getting excited about the next big thing in what I would describe as self-eroding privacy. Whilst Google Glass owners may be in short supply, possibly put off by the cost, the […]
Ex-Spy Chief Warns Over Child Tracking, Offers Little Advice. Says Government Snooping No Concern. Impressed?
The increased use of mobile phone tracking technology is not helping to keep children safer, according to former spy chief Sir John Scarlett, who says that GPS may actually put them at greater risk. The ex-head of MI6 said: “You’ve got to know what your children are doing, it’s very difficult to know exactly what […]
Security As A Product Feature: Bank Customers Get Savvy
In years gone by customers often chose one bank and stayed with it for life. Certainly when I was younger, it was traditional to go with the same bank as your parents, or the one that was nearest to where you lived (especially important for me as I lived in a village that was many miles […]
GiveADay: Charities Set To Benefit From Generous, Skilled Security Professionals
Up to 100 IT and data security professionals, including C-level executives, have signed up to GiveADay, a non-profit organisation which looks to help charities with their IT, security and data privacy needs. Charities such as Cancer Research, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Future First have already signed up ahead of the scheme’s official launch which […]
Companies Complacent Over BYOD Risks, Employees Yearn For Disconnect
According to a new study by TEKsystems, the exposure to risk is much the same today as it was in 2013 but, if anything, companies have become more complacent where BYOD is concerned, demonstrating less vigilance in the areas of management and mitigation. TEKsystems market research manager Jason Hayman: “The growing deficiency of BYOD policy […]
PCI What? Ex-Home Depot Staff Told Friends To Use Cash Not Cards
The story behind the Home Depot breach continues to unravel bit by bit and as the pieces of the jigsaw start to fit together, the resulting picture doesn’t look pretty. Not one bit. According to an article in the New York Times, the situation appears to have been little more than shambolic in my opinion, […]
Android Set To Feature Out-Of-The-Box Encryption
All the tech news and commentary seems to be centred around Apple right now (or nVidia if you are a gamer), whilst the big security story is Home Depot, so you may have missed Google’s announcement that the new iteration of its popular Android operating system will have an interesting new feature: default encryption. KitKat’s […]
Digital Piracy Can Kindle Grief Of Amazonian Proportion
Love it or hate it, digital content is here to stay. Be it games distributed via Steam, underpriced apps from the App Store, or books from Amazon, all your digital entertainment and business needs can seemingly be provided for by the virtual world. But that can cause problems. Take apps for example – acquiring them […]
Server Anomaly Detected Captain Freenode, Set Passwords To Change
Email – malware attachments and phishing scams, but maybe not dead just yet. Facebook – privacy, what is privacy? WhatsApp – location, location. Snapchat – nothing is ever truly gone forever. There are many different ways of communicating these days (anyone remember the good ol’ times when you had to use a pen and paper and […]
Facebook's Exploding Posts: Mission Impossible vs. Robin Of Sherwood
This Facebook post will self-destruct in 5 seconds. Well, ok, maybe not 5 seconds. But your latest Facebook post could soon be gone in a timescale chosen by you (well, ok, anywhere between 1 hour and a week). A small number of users spotted the new feature in a Facebook iOS app earlier this week […]