Yahoo Set To Enable Email Encryption For All Users By 2015
In the same week that Google announced that it will give a search ranking boost to security-conscious websites, Yahoo has now revealed that it too will take a proactive stance on encryption. The company announced at Black Hat that it will apply end-to-end encryption to its email services before the end of 2015. The move […]
No More Security Through Obscurity As Hackers Snaffle 4.5 Billion Records From 420,000 Websites
A Russian hacking group has swiped over a billion usernames and passwords, linked to over half a million email addresses, from what experts have described as poorly secured databases. The theft, the largest ever of its kind, was discovered by US-based Hold Security which says credentials were stolen from 420,000 websites. The company’s founder and […]
China Takes Security In-House, Kicks Kaspersky And Symantec
Government spying, whilst frowned upon by many, may be an essential part of a nation’s security program these days, but the way in which it is implemented could have a knock-on effect for businesses. Whilst there is plenty of commentary about the NSA and, to a lesser extent, GCHQ and other security agencies spying on […]
Cloud Computing Forensics – The 65 Challenges
The advent of cloud computing has introduced a wave of transformation in the way we handle transmission and storage of electronic data. Of course everyone in the world of IT must have come across this statement in one form or another several times by now! Indeed the cloud has a lot to offer including capabilities […]
Raspberry Pi, Wearables And The Low Cost Of Surveillance
Are you whiling the time away until you get your first smartwatch or preparing to run to the local store to buy the latest fitness tracker? If so, you may wish to know that snoops can track such devices and at a fraction of the prices you will be paying for the latest in wearable tech. […]
Proofpoint: "IoT Will Be The Next Industrial Revolution For Cybercriminals"
My own interest in security began several years ago after I offered to help friends and family members who had become flummoxed by various computer problems they were experiencing. For the most part, the issues they had were centred around getting games to work (the youth of today don’t know how lucky they are with […]
Information Commissioner's Office Reports On Big Data And Privacy
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today released a new report that considers how big data will operate within existing data protection laws which ensure that personal information is: Fairly and lawfully processed Processed for limited purposes Adequate, relevant and not excessive Accurate and up to date Not kept for longer than is necessary Processed […]
MailPoet Update Goes Unnoticed, Up To 50,000 Websites Compromised So Far
Users of the popular MailPoet plugin for WordPress are being urged to update it after it was revealed that up to 50,000 websites may have been compromised. As I reported at the beginning of June, the vulnerability in MailPoet allows attackers to remotely upload files to a website without the need for authentication. MailPoet released […]
Advanced Fee Fraud Now Plagued By RATs
From: The Boys from Lagos, Somewhere entirely different to where they claim, Dear Sir, I am writting to you in respect of your recent attempt to settle the modalities concerning your quatation for Iran May Order (see attachment). As you will know doubt see, there has been a problem with the Randam Access Tables (RAT) in […]
Irish Data Protection Commissioner Shuts Down Government Genealogy Website Over Data Fears
The Irish government closed its genealogy website on Friday after Billy Hawkes, the Data Protection Commissioner, said that the availability of citizens’ data on the site presented “obvious risks”, including the potential for identity theft. The site – IrishGenealogy.ie – created by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, gave people who had been either […]