Security News

Facebook told to stop tracking users that aren’t logged in
2018-02-20 11:58

If Facebook doesn't stop tracking users across the web, it could face a fine of €250,000 ($315,000) per day, says Belgian court.

Week in review: Vulnerability tracking, GDPR quick guide, tackling the insider threat
2018-02-19 02:56

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Intel offers to pay for Spectre-like side channel vulnerabilities Intel is expanding the bug bounty program it started...

Still relying solely on CVE and NVD for vulnerability tracking? Bad idea
2018-02-16 12:30

2017 broke the previous all-time record for the highest number of reported vulnerabilities. The 20,832 vulnerabilities cataloged during 2017 by Risk Based Security (VulnDB) eclipsed the total...

Exercise Tracking App Reveals Details of Military Sites
2018-01-29 09:43

A map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive information about American and allied military personnel in places including Afghanistan, Iraq and...

Week in review: Meltdown, Spectre, online tracking, and cryptojacking
2018-01-08 04:24

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Meltdown and Spectre: Data theft hardware bugs affect most modern CPUs A design flaw in most moder processors can be...

Hundreds of GPS Location Tracking Services Leaving User Data Open to Hackers
2018-01-04 11:48

Security researchers have unearthed multiple vulnerabilities in hundreds of GPS services that could enable attackers to expose a whole host of sensitive data on millions of online location...

Many GPS Tracking Services Expose User Location, Other Data
2018-01-02 21:10

Researchers discovered that many online services designed for managing location tracking devices are affected by vulnerabilities that expose potentially sensitive information. Fitness, child, pet...

Tracking People Without GPS
2017-12-15 12:18

Interesting research: The trick in accurately tracking a person with this method is finding out what kind of activity they're performing. Whether they're walking, driving a car, or riding in a...

Police vs Privacy: US Supreme Court Looks at Cell Phone Tracking
2017-11-30 20:27

Where do we go? Who do we talk to? What do we read about? Our mobile phones are troves of personal, private information, and the US Supreme Court weighed Wednesday how easily police should be able...

Privacy Rights in Balance as Supreme Court Hears Cellphone Tracking Case
2017-11-29 04:22

Privacy rights in the digital age face a crucial test Wednesday when the Supreme Court hears a case over police use of a person's location data from cellphone towers. read more