Perhaps in an attempt to keep up with Internet Explorer 9’s new security feature, or simply to keep its users motivated to choose them as their favorite search engine, Google rolled out a new advanced security safeguard last week. [...]
Airport security body scanners, the ones that take an x-ray-like naked image of your body, have brought up a heated debate between the people that say these scanners are an invasion of privacy and the people that say this invasion is justified by the enhanced security. However, the debate can finally end as both sides will get exactly what they want: an airport security scanner that doesn’t reveal a naked image of a passenger but is just as effective as before. [...]
With the massive media coverage and interest in the News of the World phone hacking scandal, people are wondering how it was possible that so many voicemail accounts could have been hacked; and not by professional hackers, but ordinary journalists. As it turns out, the hacking was simple, as default voicemail pincodes were used, and anyone with the right tool could have easily broken into the accounts. [...]
With technology improving daily, it’s not surprising to hear about the latest “world’s smallest camera” or “fastest computer” on a near-weekly basis. However, the invention of this latest “world’s smallest camera” is something to talk about. This new type of camera has the potential to change the way digital devices interact with the world and each other. [...]
When you buy a new smartphone, you expect it to be bug and malware free, leaving the job of filling the device with useless or malicious software to you. The Department of Homeland Security, however, has admitted on the record that manufacturers might be taking care of that task for you, before the phone reaches your stores. [...]
With the debate over the legality of warrant-less GPS tracking by police still raging, a new ruling in New Jersey has helped define the legality of civilians, and spouses in particular, tracking one another. [...]
For a small Mississippi police department made up of about 5 on-duty officers, they can use all the help they can get. Thankfully for the Walls police department, this help comes from a small piece of technology that goes for under $100, and has saved the department countless man hours, making protecting citizens and fighting crime much easier. [...]
In an effort to show how well it is already doing to fend off daily attacks from an infinite swarm of hackers, Microsoft now wants its users to know that has a brand new way of protecting them. Unlike the previous updates which fixed and patched security vulnerabilities in the software of the system, this new method of security protects against the human aspect of computer security, or in other words, finally helps fight the human exploits that usually gets most users in trouble. [...]
The recent surge of distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyber attacks on corporate websites makes it appear like there’s a new cyber attack every day and that there is nothing that can be done to prevent them. However, the truth is that these “cyber attacks” are not as unavoidable as most people think, and can easily be prevented with the right know-how. [...]
Whenever you buy a laptop lock you expect it to do just that, lock your laptop in place to make sure it doesn’t get stolen. And if you are going through the trouble of actually buying and using the lock, it’s pretty safe to assume that whatever information is on that laptop is pretty important to you and worth locking up. [...]
In the global war on terror, governments are looking for any and every way to take down terrorist networks and interrupt their communications. In the most recent one of these attacks/communication interruptions, an unknown group of hackers launched a cyber attack on al-Qaida’s main website, temporarily taking away their main protected mode of communication, leaving them with the option of potentially exposing their identities or not communicating at all. [...]
Over the past few months there has been much heated discussion over the government’s ability to track whomever they wish without a warrant, or if this is a major impunity on personal privacy. The debate is set to be settled this October, with the Supreme Court issuing a landmark ruling on the topic. [...]
A recent IT security survey shows that a shocking 90% of businesses have been hacked at least once in the last year. The study was carried out by Ponemon Research and polled 583 U.S. companies from a wide variety of businesses, both private and government, and ranging from small businesses with under 500 employees all the way to enterprises with more than 75,000 employees. [...]
With so much of our society relying on the Internet to get through the day, we can easily see how much chaos and brain-ache a virus or cyber attack can cause. For example, a cyber attack aimed at an individual can not only wreak havoc on their social and personal life, but it can also bankrupt them financially as their bank accounts can be hacked and debt piled up under their name. As for large companies, those that are attacked by cyber criminals can not only lose millions of dollars due to downtime, but they can also have their most important trade secrets stolen and shared with their top competitors. [...]
