For technologists
Why you may soon need to carry two smartphones
October 10, 2011
Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder and CEO of Moscow, Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, has made Kaspersky antivirus software a well-regarded product in Russia, Europe and North America. Kaspersky believes, as do several other technologists, that some day in the not too distance future many employees will routinely carry and make use of two sets of computing devices — one for company use, the other for personal use. He explains why …More
Stolen digital certificates exacerbate erosion of trust
September 29, 2011
Cybercriminals are not just forging digital certificates, the keys to what you can trust on the Internet. They are also stealing valid digital certificates issued to legit companies and using them to do bad things on the Web.
Hackers this summer have pioneered ways to forge the digital certificates intended to assure the authenticity of Web pages where you type sensitive data into forms, as highlighted by the recent …More
Lessons learned from LulzSec’s 50-day hacking spree
June 28, 2011
By Byron Acohido, 28June2011
The direct and indirect ramifications of LulzSec’s unprecedented hacktivist rampage will take some time to fully play out.
However, it seems clear that consumers, corporations and governments will likely experience troublesome collateral damage for some time to come.
The Australian government, for instance, is advising citizens to change and vary their Facebook, PayPal, Xbox Live and other online account logins because scammers have begun using …More
Silence about iPhone, Android location tracking demonstrates arrogance
April 25, 2011
Google and Apple are taking the Tiger Woods approach to crisis communications.
The tech giants continue to say very little about a roiling controversy over recent disclosures that iPhones and Android smartphones keep precise track of each user’s whereabouts every day.
“It’s arrogance demonstrated with a very loud megaphone,” says Michael Robinson, senior vice president of Levick Strategic Communications. “They’re saying, ‘Who are you to question us?’”
Apple has declined …More
Google’s Android location tracking more invasive than iPhone’s tracker
April 25, 2011
Do you completely trust Apple and Google to use location-tracking data they continually collect strictly in desirable ways?
If not, are you willing to disable GPS and Wireless on your iPhone or Android phone?
At the moment, those are two central questions spinning out of the revelations last week that Apple iPhones and Google Android phones keep precise track of each user’s whereabouts every day.
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Rep. …More
Apple asked to disclose intent of iPad, iPhone location logging feature
April 21, 2011
If you are using an Apple iPad or iPhone purchased within the past 12 months, and you care about your personal privacy and security, you should keep a close eye on this.
Two researchers, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden, earlier this week revealed their discovery of the location logging feature, which is integrated into iPads and iPhones that use i0S 3.2, which Apple rolled out in April …More
Egypt’s protesters bypass Internet blockade
January 31, 2011
Prior to Egypt blockading Internet access, protestor groups already had a backup communications plan in place. Over the weekend and continuing today, mobilization of street protests have continued. Instead of Facebook postings, Twitter micro-posts and SMS text messages, couriers scooted on foot, motorbikes and other vehicles to homes of neighborhood leaders in charge of co-ordinating protests.
“They’re using old-fashioned word of mouth,” says Neil Hicks, policy advisor of the …More
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