The weak points in data transfer are rarely the encryption algorithms. They are the places where encryption is missing or quietly bypassed: an FTP login sent in ...
Data Security
How to Keep Your Data More Secure
Hackers have long been the bane of companies and individuals everywhere. I could write a book series about all the cybersecurity breaches that have taken place ...
Latest Facebook security snafu means we should all go change our passwords
Facebook issued an important statement about account security from their Newsroom yesterday. It turns out that the company discovered back in January that ...
Marriott breach now involves passport numbers
The age of data breaches is upon us in full force. One month ago, Marriott released a statement confirming a large-scale data breach. This leak affected ...
Massive data leak leaves Germany bewildered
This is undeniably the age of harrowing data leaks. The latest leak has affected several high-profile politicians from Germany and left the country reeling. The ...
Hijackers are spreading IS propaganda using dormant Twitter accounts
Hackers are exploiting a decade-old loophole in Twitter accounts. Before July, Twitter did not require e-mail verification of their accounts. This meant anyone ...
A summary of Facebook’s disastrous 2018
2018 brought challenges and hurdles even for the best of us. However, for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was an especially strenuous year. But in a recent ...
North Korean hackers hacked personal data of 997 defectors
Hackers from North Korea have stolen data from roughly 997 defectors. The defectors belonged to North Korea as well. It seems the hackers wanted to confirm ...
NASA got hacked, says hackers stole employee information
After Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) disclosed that it got hacked, earlier this ...
Google Shuts down Google+ due to massive data breach
After 50 million Facebook profiles hacked a few weeks ago, the tech giant Google got hit by a software glitch within Google+ which allows access to third-party ...