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The Mozilla Foundation has sent a cease and desist letter to Gamma International, after the firm used the Firefox brand to hide FinFisher’s real purpose.
Facebook on Thursday began letting people locked out of their profiles get back in with the help of friends.
Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists' email accounts and
deny them entry if they refuse.
Red Hat has completed seven new FIPS 140-2 certifications from the U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Schnucks Markets, a 100-store grocery chain across the Midwest, said on Monday that roughly 2.4 million payment cards used at 79 of its 100 stores may have been compromised as a result of a previously disclosed cyber attack.
A new report from McAfee outlines the growing risks in the sales and commerce industry, due in part to the mix of legacy and newer Point of Sale (POS) systems, in addition to secondary market hardware.
Authorities in six European countries have taken steps to force US Internet giant Google to comply with EU privacy rules, France's Cnil data protection agency said on Tuesday.
Sources say Internet messenger applications such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp face being banned in Saudi Arabia if operators fail to allow authorities in the kingdom to censor them.
Microsoft has finally opened up and disclosed how frequently U.S. and foreign governments demand user data, and how often it hands the information over. While it appears to be frequently, not a lot of personal data is being disclosed, according to the report.
An anonymous researcher scoured the Internet and harnessed the power of 420,000 devices connected to identify 1.2 million unique unprotected devices. Devices included Webcams, routers, and printers.
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FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Privacy & Compliance
Being in a public place makes you fair game. So what makes a place private instead of public? This is where that famed “reasonable person” comes in.
When it comes to privacy policy, size matters. As a general rule, the longer it is, the more you’re hosed. But privacy statements don’t have to be a mystery.
Ryan Naraine talks to Christopher Soghoian about the latest iMessage encryption brouhaha, the indifference of the telephone companies towards security and the controversial practice of buying and selling software exploits.
Could smart meter data provide information needed to steal a physical asset? Theoretically, yes.
Just like travel, incident response is a business responsibility. You need to understand and practice your plans, your responsibilities, your points of engagement and the tools you have at your disposal, to meet your goals in the most effective way.
Oversights are not often made for lack of knowledge; it’s just that there are numerous “invisible” or virtual elements coming together behind the scenes of your service provider’s infrastructure and managed support, but if each party’s scope of responsibility is not rooted out and clearly defined, hidden details can endanger your business.
Barack Obama played his cards right with the recent roll-out of the Executive Order for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. He succeeded where the Congress has thus far failed, and the biggest reason for that success is privacy.
As social media has become one big melting pot there are some implications that are being overlooked: portability, permanence and privacy.
Many employees think they have more privacy in the workplace than they actually do. After reading this article, you will see a few reasons why through three common privacy myths in the workplace.
2012 was an interesting year in security – publicity around breaches led to greater awareness than we’ve seen in years, encouraging many in the Federal sector to look into our corner of IT. So what will happen in IT Security 2013?
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