Security News

Facebook's New Privacy Hires
2019-02-04 17:07

The Wired headline sums it up nicely -- "Facebook Hires Up Three of Its Biggest Privacy Critics": In December, Facebook hired Nathan White away from the digital rights nonprofit Access Now, and...

Week in review: FaceTime bug, Apple developer certs abused, new privacy attack against 5G
2019-02-03 19:30

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: New Mac malware steals cookies, cryptocurrency and computing power A new piece of Mac malware is looking to steal both...

Facebook Gets Its First Real Privacy Penalty - From Apple
2019-02-01 14:48

Apple's Privacy Warning to Facebook: We Can Break YouApple's conflict with Facebook this week resulted in the most effective and quickest punishment the social network has ever received over a...

Researchers reveal new privacy attack against 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile users
2019-02-01 12:24

5G cellular mobile communications, when implemented, are expected to provide high bandwidth, low latency, energy savings, better connectivity, but security and privacy must also be assured. The...

You got a smart speaker but you're worried about privacy. First off, why'd you buy one? Secondly, check out Project Alias
2019-02-01 09:44

Gizmo deafens eavesdroppers, and you can build one yourself Project Alias is a homebrew gizmo that aims to deafen Alexa and Google Home until a user is good and ready for the creepy little...

Deloitte launches new proprietary solution to help manage records disclosure and data privacy
2019-02-01 03:45

In response to increasing demand for disclosure of government records and mounting regulatory requirements for personal data privacy, Deloitte launched a workflow management platform. Built on...

Privacy: Several States Consider New Laws
2019-01-31 21:33

After California Takes Bold Action, Other States Ponder Privacy Protection MeasuresSeveral U.S. states are considering new legislation to shore up consumer data privacy laws in the wake of...

Firefox 65 Brings Improved Privacy Protections
2019-01-30 21:31

Mozilla this week released the stable version of Firefox 65 with privacy protection improvements, patches, and other security enhancements inside.  read more

Furious Apple revokes Facebook's enty app cert after Zuck's crew used it for privacy slurping
2019-01-30 20:09

Internal FB apps in chaos, lawmakers on warpath Facebook has yet again vowed to "do better" after it was caught secretly bypassing Apple's privacy rules to pay teenagers to install a data-slurping...

Apple revokes Facebook's ability to deploy apps internally amid privacy scandal dispute
2019-01-30 18:03

Facebook allegedly violated Apple's developer policy by operating a "focus group" paying users $20/month to agree to activity monitoring, and is now paying the price.