Author Archives: Conner Forrest

In a recent blog post, the social media company clarified the acceptable use of its public APIs, pushing back against tweets being used to track protesters and activists. Continue reading Tweets aren’t tools for surveillance: Twitter pushes back against law enforcement→

The New York district attorney recently released a report calling for smartphone manufacturers to create operating systems that allow them to more easily access user data. Continue reading Apple encryption war continues: NY DA requests 400 iPhones be unlocked→

IBM and the Ponemon Institute’s 2016 Cyber Resilient Organization study found that cyber resilience among enterprise organizations is dropping. Continue reading 66% of organizations won’t recover after cyberattack, study says→

A new bill, recently passed by both parliamentary houses, requires UK ISPs to store user internet history for up to a year, and to decrypt data as needed for police investigations. Continue reading Privacy issues abound as UK passes controversial ‘snoopers’ charter’→

Dell recently unveiled its Dell Data Protection | Secure Lifecycle product, which protects data at-rest and in-transit, both inside and outside of the corporate network. Continue reading New security solution from Dell aims to protect data across entire lifecycle→

Security firm Kryptowire recently discovered a backdoor in some budget Android phones that secretly sends information like text messages, location data, and call logs to a server in China. Continue reading Android backdoor is secretly sending user data and texts to China, and no one knows why→