Kim Dotcom points out Cisco “backdoor” for law enforcement

It would appear that Kim Dotcom does not trust United States-made electronics. He suggests this week that the world should “never trust US tech”, using #NSA to point out a … Continue reading

Galaxy S5 print-scanning spoof: PayPal responds

Earlier today the folks at SRLabs showed a demonstration of how using a bit of wood glue and some interesting printing techniques, they were able to trick the Samsung Galaxy … Continue reading

Google Terms of Service updated with email scanning notice

In light of a recent legal spat, Google has updated its Terms of Service to notify Gmail users of automatic email analysis. The purpose is for targeting advertisements to the … Continue reading

NSA details Heartbleed “mitigations” in new report

Amidst the Heartbleed bug hoopla this month was a claim the NSA knew about and actively exploited the vulnerability, something the agency soon denied. Apparently in line with that claim, … Continue reading

Here’s how much of your Facebook life the government wants

The second wave of Facebook’s sharing of Government Request data comes this week in short form. Facebook is one of a collection of groups to have begun showing off what … Continue reading

Apple unaffected by Heartbleed, adds to sites patched list

This week the folks at Apple have added to the stacks of sites making clear that they were either unaffected by the Heartbleed bug or have been patched successfully. Apple … Continue reading

Your Heartbleed bug fix in three steps

This week there’s little question that the internet security world has been tossed down a flight of stairs. With Heartbleed, a relatively major bit of a mistake was made in … Continue reading

Heartbleed bug coder: it was a mistake

There should have been little doubt that once the Heartbleed bug was realized, one of the first things the public was going to do was go on a witch hunt … Continue reading

Heartbleed bug: vulnerable and patched sites chime in

When you think about the scope of the Heartbleed bug, you have to consider that it was (and is) allowing hackers to see data – any data – stored on … Continue reading

Yahoo shares encryption progress, encrypted Messenger promised soon

In light of recent data collection scandals, Yahoo has been girding up its loins and strengthening the security of its services. Now the company is reporting what it has so … Continue reading