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Initially, digital biometric data processing systems were used primarily by government agencies and special services (police, customs, etc.). However, the rapid evolution of information technology has made biometric systems accessible for ‘civil’ use. They are increasingly becoming part of our Read More …
A company which has built its reputation on global data management services appears to have left a treasure trove of data open to the prying eyes of the public. Baar, Switzerland-based Veeam calls itself the “global leader in intelligent data management” and Read More …
British holidaymakers should take extra measures to secure smartphones and laptops abroad following a series of cyber attacks on hotel Wi-Fi networks across Europe, GCHQ has warned. The agency’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said travellers should avoid “insecure” WiFi networks and Read More …
US Air Force documents were left on an unsecured backup drive, exposing highly sensitive personnel files on over 4,000 senior and high-ranking officers. According to MacKeeper Security Researchers, the gigabytes of files were accessible to anyone because there was no Read More …
March 1, 2017 marked the implementation of New York’s cybersecurity regulations, subjecting covered financial institutions to arguably the most burdensome cybersecurity regime yet. The regulations, promulgated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), require banks, insurance companies, Read More …
A spamming group called River City Media (RCM), led by well known spammers Alvin Slocombe and Matt Ferris, has had its database of 1.4 billion records leaked. Revealed by Chris Vickery from the MacKeeper Security Researcher, in cooperation with CSO Read More …
Seventy-six popular apps in the Apple App Store are vulnerable to silent interception of TLS-protected data due to a poor implementation of the cryptographic protocol. According to researcher Will Strafach, who wrote on Medium, the apps are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle Read More …
Just days before the inauguration of President Trump, the storage devices recording data from the D.C. Police surveillance cameras were infected by hackers. According to the Washington Post, some 70 percent of the abovementioned storage devices had been infected, which Read More …
Details on serious vulnerabilities in a number of routers freely distributed by a major Thai ISP were published on Monday after private disclosures made to the vendors in July went unanswered. Researcher Pedro Ribeiro of Agile Information Security found accessible Read More …
President Obama last week approved a change in the way the National Security Agency shares raw signals intelligence data with the rest of the U.S. intelligence community, a shift that privacy experts worry will erode the civil liberties of Americans. Read More …