Security News

HID Global supports Seos-enabled student IDs in Apple Wallet
2019-08-15 00:30

HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, announced support for Seos-enabled student IDs in Apple Wallet. Beginning this fall, students, faculty and staff at Clemson University...

Netography launches Distributed IPS, the next step in the evolution from IDS to IPS
2019-07-24 02:30

Netography, which turns any network asset into a security device using a cloud-native Distributed Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), launched an open beta of its first service. Named Distributed...

iDS now handles all facets of data management by launching iCyber Solutions
2019-07-15 03:30

iDiscovery Solutions (iDS) has launched iCyber Solutions, a dedicated cybersecurity practice. Already recognized as experts in eDiscovery, data analytics, and digital forensics, iDS is now...

House Approves Lifting HHS Ban on Unique Patient IDs
2019-06-13 20:18

Amendment - Part of a Funding Bill - Still Has a Long Way to GoThe House of Representatives has approved an amendment that would potentially lift a 20-year ban on the Department of Health and...

UK taxman falls foul of GDPR, agrees to wipe 5 million voice recordings used to make biometic IDs
2019-05-03 15:02

Yes, yes, yes, we've told the ICO we are doing so, says HMRC Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, aka the tax collector, has agreed to delete five million voice recordings it used to create biometric IDs.…

Mozilla to Apple: Protect user privacy with rotating phone IDs
2019-04-17 11:03

Mozilla has criticized Apple for its latest privacy marketing campaign, urging it to provide more automatic protection for users behind the scenes.

Hey, what's Mandarin for 'WTF is going on?' Nokia phones caught spewing device IDs to China, software blunder blamed
2019-03-22 06:56

Maker insists the privacy cock-up has been fixed, mostly An undisclosed number of Nokia 7 Plus smartphones have been caught sending their identification numbers to a domain owned by a Chinese...

Most concerning security controls for cyberattackers? Deception and IDS
2018-12-14 06:45

Attivo Networks surveyed more than 450 cybersecurity professionals and executives globally to gain insights into detection trends, top threat concerns, attack surface concerns, and what’s on their...

Alert Logic extends network IDS capability for containers
2018-07-18 13:27

Alert Logic announced the network intrusion detection system (IDS) for containers, available in Alert Logic Cloud Defender and Threat Manager solutions. This innovation brings organizations...

UK Tax Agency Collects 5.1M Biometric Voice IDs, May Violate GDPR
2018-06-25 16:12

The agency doesn't ask for explicit consent to collect the voiceprints; and, the deletion and erasure process lacks transparency.