Security News

Mozilla Embraces Private Browsing with Tracking Protection in Firefox 42 (Threatpost)
2015-11-05 18:13

Mozilla has pushed a feature in Firefox live that allows Firefox web browsers to block certain page elements while browsing privately.

Tracking Connected Vehicles (Schneier on Security)
2015-10-29 11:33

Researchers have shown that it is both easy and cheap to surveil connected vehicles. The second link talks about various anonymization techniques, none of which I am optimistic about....

Week in review: Criminals hacked chip-and-PIN system, secret code in printers allows tracking, and insecure WD self-encrypting hard drives (Help Net Security)
2015-10-26 06:42

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Criminals hacked chip-and-PIN system by perfecting researchers' PoC attack When in 2010 a team of computer scientist...

Secret code in color printers enables government tracking (Help Net Security)
2015-10-19 12:39

A research team led by the EFF recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document. The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking i...