Security News

Facebook Admits to Tracking Non-Users Across the Internet
2018-04-17 18:38

Facebook this week confirmed that it indeed knows when users access websites and apps that use Facebook services, even if they don’t have an account on the social network. read more

Casino Gets Hacked Through Its Internet-Connected Fish Tank Thermometer
2018-04-16 10:18

Internet-connected technology, also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), is now part of daily life, with smart assistants like Siri and Alexa to cars, watches, toasters, fridges, thermostats,...

Industrial Internet Consortium Develops New IoT Security Maturity Model
2018-04-11 14:51

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has developed a new IoT Security Maturity Model (SMM), building on its own security framework and reference architecture. This week it has published the...

Oblivious DNS could protect your internet traffic against snooping
2018-04-10 18:09

DNS is prone to snooping of personal data, but four Princeton researchers think they've found a way to encrypt everyone's traffic without any changes to the current DNS system.

1.5 Billion Sensitive Documents on Open Internet: Researchers
2018-04-05 13:43

Some 1.5 billion sensitive online files, from pay stubs to medical scans to patent applications, are visible on the open internet, security researchers said Thursday. Researchers from the...

How to Make Your Internet Faster with Privacy-Focused 1.1.1.1 DNS Service
2018-04-02 13:48

Cloudflare, a well-known Internet performance and security company, announced the launch of 1.1.1.1—world's fastest and privacy-focused secure DNS service that not only speeds up your internet...

Internet of insecure Things: Software still riddled with security holes
2018-04-01 00:00

Which means devices could be pwned by crooks An audit of the security of IoT mobile applications available on official stores has found that tech to safeguard the world of connected things remains...

Julian Assange Gets Another Internet Timeout
2018-03-29 13:48

WikiLeaks Founder Gets Internet Access Revoked For Meddling in Foreign AffairsEcuador's embassy in London has again revoked internet access for seven-year houseguest Julian Assange, saying the...

Why PKI will secure the Internet of Things for years to come
2018-03-19 12:55

A long, long time ago, nearly 4,000 years, in a land far, far away ancient cryptography was born. The Place? Egypt. It is there historians believe the technique was invented by priests as a...

Internet Provider Redirects Users in Turkey to Spyware: Report
2018-03-12 17:27

Hundreds of users in Turkey and Syria have been redirected to nation-state malware at the Internet Service Provider (ISP) level, a recent Citizen Lab report reveals. read more