Tag Archives: Data Privacy

NSS Labs Publishes Data Center Intrusion Prevention System Test (NSS Labs)

NSS Labs has released its Data Center Intrusion Prevention System (DCIPS) Security Value Map (SVM) and Comparative Report series, evaluating the six leading DCIPS solutions for sec... More

When Should Hacking Be Legal? (The Atlantic)

When Aaron Swartz, a prominent programmer and digital activist, was arrested in 2011, he was halfway through a fellowship at Harvard’s Center for Ethics. Police took him in after... More

Microsoft Execs: Tough Times Demand Tough Cybersecurity Efforts

Data security breaches have become a significant issue for companies large and small, and the problem stands to only grow as more devices and applications are being used inside and... More

Why Brexit Could Cause Data Privacy Headaches for U.S. Companies (Network World)

The impact of the United Kingdom vote to withdraw from the European Union could have far-reaching consequences for international companies, which may need to rethink their data man... More

Study: Half of Live-Streaming Ads are Malicious

Next time you look to live-stream sports, a concert or pretty much anything online, you better proceed with caution: according to a giant study of web sites offering free live-stre... More

How Attackers can Hijack Your Facebook Account (Help Net Security)

Positive Technologies researchers have demonstrated that knowing a user’s phone number and how to exploit a vulnerability in the SS7 network is enough to hijack that user’s Fac... More

Privacy Activists Cheer Passage of Email Privacy Act, Brace for Senate Battle (ThreatPost)

In a vote of 419-0 on Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Email Privacy Act that would require the government to obtain a warrant in order to access digital com... More