Researchers Develop App That Can Spy On Glassholes
Despite being anything other than mainstream, Google Glass has already become controversial and divisive. Non-wearers have expressed concerns over privacy and early adopters have already experienced legal issues. One early wearer even claims to have been attacked after donning the device in a San Francisco bar. More concerning though is the possibility that the device […]
Security Blogger Awards and Meetup 2014
As you may know Infosec Europe is on from the 29th of April to the 1st of May. There will be plenty of events and parties taking place around the show. But if you are a blogger in the information security arena then you should drop by to the Security Blogger Network‘s Security Blogger Meetup. […]
One Fifth Of All Malware Ever Created Appeared In 2013
The first self-replicating program, Creeper, was created back in 1971 and was the forerunner of millions of strains of malware that were to appear in the years ahead. You may be forgiven for thinking that viruses, worms, Trojans, et al then came into being at a steady rate in the next 43 years as that […]
Thinking Beyond The Password When Protecting Your Online Accounts
As time goes by it is a near certainty that you will find yourself signing up for more and more websites and associated web-based services. Each of these will want varying amounts of data from you but, as a minimum, they’ll require a username and password. There isn’t anything suspicious about that – its just […]
Target Data Breach Could Have Been Averted If Alerts Had Been Acted Upon
The data breach at Target in November could have been averted, or at least mitigated, if the alerts produced by the retailer’s $1.6m security system hadn’t been initially dismissed. The breach, the sixth largest in history, saw the loss of 40 million payment card details in addition to 70 million other personal records which has […]
Two Thirds Of The UK's Top e-Commerce Sites Allow Weak Passwords
A new report from Dashlane, known for its password manager software, highlights the password security at many of the UK’s leading e-commerce websites and it doesn’t make pretty reading. The study revealed several concerns, the worst of which is the fact that 66% of the websites examined allowed the weakest of the weak passwords, such […]
Neelie Kroes: Future Of The Internet Depends on Trust
European Commissioner Neelie Kroes claims that billions of people across the globe have lost faith in the internet in the aftermath of revelations about mass GCHQ and NSA surveillance: “Snowden gave us a wake-up call. Let’s not snooze through it. Let’s not just act shocked. Let’s not turn our back on technology.” Speaking at CeBIT […]
Learn Sound Security Principles From The Delhi Police
The security of information, computer systems and people is becoming increasingly important, and rightly so. Anything that improves awareness and leads to businesses and individual users becoming more secure is a good thing in my opinion and its good to see the amount of good work being done in this area. But can we ever […]
One RING To Rule Them All, And In The Darkness Give Access To Everything?
We’ve recently seen small wearable gadgets that allow users to tell the time and check their smartphone notifications. Smart watches and rings may not have become mainstream yet but Ring by Logbar may be persuasive enough to encourage more early adopters. This new piece of tech can, as you may imagine, be worn on the […]
What A Teenage Facebook Update Can Teach Your Business
A US teenager has cost her father $80,000 with one Facebook update. Patrick Snay had previously sued Gulliver Preparatory School in Florida for wrongful dismissal, winning a settlement of $80,000 plus a further $10,000 in back pay. As part of the settlement Snay agreed to a confidentiality clause. Unfortunately, he did not do so. Feeling […]