Security News

Smart, safe data sharing will power the new economy (Help Net Security)
2017-01-05 14:48

Companies need to accept tradeoffs to foster “digital trust” with employees if they want to gather the workplace data necessary to realize the full economic and competitive benefits of the...

Russian Military Using Smart Phones to Track Troop Movements (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-23 14:46

Crowdstrike has an interesting blog post about how the Russian military is tracking Ukranian field artillery units by compromising soldiers' smart phones and tracking them. News article....

Citizens will share personal data with smart city programs by 2019 (Help Net Security)
2016-12-20 12:00

The rapid pace of technological and societal change has given government CIOs a new sense of urgency and a willingness to experiment with smart city and open data initiatives, according to...

Popular smart toys violate children’s privacy rights? (Help Net Security)
2016-12-07 21:35

My Friend Cayla and i-Que, two extremely popular “smart” toys manufactured by Los Angeles-based Genesis Toys, do not safeguard basic consumer (and children’s) rights to security and privacy,...

Protecting smart hospitals: A few recommendations (Help Net Security)
2016-11-28 15:01

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) has released a new report to help IT and security officers of healthcare organizations implement IoT devices securely and...

Self-Propagating Smart Light Bulb Worm (Schneier on Security)
2016-11-09 12:54

This is exactly the sort of Internet-of-Things attack that has me worried: "IoT Goes Nuclear: Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction" by Eyal Ronen, Colin OFlynn, Adi Shamir and Achi-Or Weingarten....