Security News

Old Tech Spills Digital Dirt on Past Owners
2019-03-19 18:31

Researcher buys old computers, flash drives, phones and hard drives and finds only two properly wiped devices out of 85 examined.

Q&A: Crypto-guru Bruce Schneier on teaching tech to lawmakers, plus privacy failures – and a call to techies to act
2019-03-15 23:59

'Politicians are reluctant to disrupt the enormous wealth creation machine technology has turned out to be' RSA Politicians are, by and large, clueless about technology, and it's going to be up to...

Women in Tech: How Are We Doing? How Should We Be Doing?
2019-03-08 16:18

Ann Ruckstuhl of Unisys Says Women Are Key to Solving Sector's Talent ShortageHow are we doing on hiring more women in the technology sector? Ann Sung Ruckstuhl of Unisys says that from a...

Firefox picks up advertiser-dodging tech from Tor
2019-03-08 12:04

Letterboxing comes straight from the Tor browser, and will help Firefox users avoid advertisers that follow them around the web.

Tech security at Equifax was so diabolical, senators want to pass US laws making its incompetence illegal
2019-03-08 02:33

Now Homeland Security committee sticks the boot in Credit-rating monitor Equifax ignored years of warnings and red flags before it was thoroughly ransacked in 2017 by hackers, who made off with...

UK Ministry of Justice: Surprise! We tested out biometric tech in prisons and 'visitors' with drugs up their bums ran away
2019-03-06 16:53

Oh, we'll let regulators know about it next time, promise The UK Ministry of Justice is mooting a rollout of biometric technology in prisons to cut down on visitors bringing in contraband,...

Oh no Xi didn't?! China's hackers nick naval tech blueprints, diddle with foreign elections to boost trade – new claim
2019-03-05 01:32

In the Navy, you can sail the 7 seas! In the Navy, you'll get hacked by the Chinese! RSA Researchers claim to have uncovered a five-year Chinese hacking operation aimed at bolstering Beijing's...

RSAC 2019: An Antidote for Tech Gone Wrong
2019-03-04 11:00

As many ponder the big ethical questions around cyber, some are proposing public interest technologist as a solution.

The rise of tech-worker activism
2019-03-01 14:00

Video: Leigh Honeywell created Never Again pledge and a company devoted to tech-worker safety.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission Reports Multiple GDPR Investigations on Tech Giants
2019-03-01 11:43

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), headed by the Commissioner for Data Protection, Helen Dixon, has published its first annual report since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...