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 […]
CryptoLocker Now Comes In The Mail
Earlier this month Brian and I both wrote about ransomware and the threat it poses to both business and individual computer users. Now, if further evidence is needed of how the problem continues to grow, it appears that there is a large run of CryptoLockered-emails appearing, purporting to have come from Royal Mail. The email […]
New Breach? 360 Million Credentials For Sale On The Black Market
Information security firm Hold Security says it has uncovered credentials from 360 million compromised accounts for sale on the web’s equivalent of the black market. The US firm, whilst admitting that it does not know where the data originated from or what it can be used to access, said that the treasure trove of information […]
Could Google's New Project Tango Be An Intelligence Agency's Wet Dream?
I doubt I am alone in having a craving for new technology, hankering after the latest gadgets long before I have even considered how I will use them. Thats why I have a few non-security feeds deposited into my email inbox every day; to feed my thirst for just about anything electronic. Sometimes, though, the […]
Businesses And The Planned Attack
Most people outside of the security industry still have a very stereotypical view of hacker culture. Just this week I had a discussion at work (retail industry) and was surprised that just about everyone on my team still thought hackers were spotty no-friend kids who messed things up to get their kicks. That simply isn’t […]
Government NHS Database Plans Suspended Following Criticism From Its Own Privacy Watchdog
Government plans to store the medical history data of every patient in England have been questioned by both its own watchdog for privacy, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and the British Medical Association (BMA). Leading doctors have also pitched in, saying that NHS patients have been “inadequately informed” about the proposed sharing of their medical data. […]
Data Theft Punishment – South Korea vs The UK
I’ve read two different stories this morning which, whilst based upon the same theme of data theft, offer up two contrasting views of the problem and how it is dealt with by the parties involved. The first article I read was about three credit card issuers in South Korea. Between them they had experienced the […]