Gone In 24 Hours: 470 Million Sites Die Daily (But 22% Are Malicious)
Making a living, or publishing around a hobby, online can be hard work. So much so, that many people give up on their new projects well within the first year after starting them. But, according to research from Blue Coat, the majority of sites appear to last for far less time. The security and networking […]
GCHQ And The NSA May Be Deliberately Leaking Tor Flaws
GCHQ and the NSA have come in for a lot of flack recently, especially in light of the multiple revelations coming from a certain Mr Snowden. But some spooks are not so bad it seems. According to a report from the BBC, some agents may be intentionally leaking flaws in Tor’s code. Andrew Lewman, executive director […]
Convenience Trumps Security For The Average Consumer
New research from Intercede reveals interesting insights into the way consumers behave online and highlights the continuing need for security education and awareness on a mass scale. In its research, labelled The Rise of the Identity Centric Economy, Intercede discovered that users were engaging in risky behaviours such as auto-logins to apps and websites, as well as […]
Trading Privacy For Security In the Job Market
Personal data from Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites will be monitored more by employers over the next decade, according to a new report from PwC, which says that one third of young people would happily trade in their privacy in return for a little job security. The future of work: A journey to […]
Tesco Hudl – Every Little Data Reset Flaw DOESN'T Help
If you have some old tech you want to sell then eBay may be your first port of call. As much as I dislike the site and some of its practices, it still presents a means of putting unwanted goods in front of a huge number of eyeballs. But the problem with that it is it […]
Siri Forgoes Right To Remain Silent As iPhone Data Aids Case Against Murder Suspect
One of the foundations of law in most civilised countries is the right of the accused to remain silent in order to avoid incriminating themselves. Such a stance then leaves the onus on the authorities to prove the guilt or otherwise of the accused. Such an approach to criminal proceedings may have let a few […]
Passwords – Keep Them To Yourself
Coming up with a decent password can sometimes prove tricky, especially if you want said password to be secure and nigh on impossible to crack or, worse, guess. But it is worth coming up with something strong, using tips like these, and then storing it in a password manager so that you can go on […]
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 […]
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 […]