UPDATE: This is bill is apparently worse than I thought. The Register says that a petition calling for the bill to be withdrawn has gathered 43,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. Other comments include that the bill is so poorly written that it would outlaw the NSA’s encryption, unless they add a backdoor to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One of the downsides of collecting data is that you may have to disclose it. In Uber’s case, it collects a lot of data, so regulators and law enforcement can ask for that data. In this case, even though the release of all this data is not a breach, it still could be a cause […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If the US is anything like Europe, you can expect that “Card Not Present” or CNP fraud will increase significantly in 2016. We will have to wait and see, but some things are likely. Chip and signature – the alternative to chip and PIN that most US banks and almost no international banks chose – […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In the last weeks of the year, Congress did what Congress does and took a controversial bill, CISA, which experts say expands government spying on citizens in the name of protecting them, and stuck it inside a must pass bill – in this case the omnibus spending bill – at the last minute. Since Congress […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Senate, on Tuesday, passed their version of CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. The House passed their own version of it months ago. The stated purpose of the act is to allow private companies to share “threat” information with the government and have immunity from being sued by their users for doing this. Because […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In the world of a connected home (or any other building), when you sell it or buy it, you need to consider the security and privacy implications. Does the former owner still have access to the security cameras? HVAC? Alarm system? Are the smart devices not so smart anymore? Have they EVER been patched? Are […]
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