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Chrome turns the screw ever tighter in Google’s encryption crusade

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

HTTPS is slowly becoming the rule rather than the exception Continue reading Chrome turns the screw ever tighter in Google’s encryption crusade→

Posted in Cryptography, Google, Google Chrome, https, incognito, Not secure label, privacy, Web Browsers

Email fraudsters foiled by a smiley

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

Kiss that $90K goodbye, untalented imposters! Continue reading Email fraudsters foiled by a smiley→

Posted in 2 factor authentication, Annie Giles, email fraud, email hacking, Fraud, Graeme Giles, Hacking, Kathryn Walker, Law & order, Marlborough Vintners, passwords

How a Twitter troll was slain

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

After two months tracking down the troll, what does Foxlin think of Twitter support? “Twitter support was a bot” Continue reading How a Twitter troll was slain→

Posted in National Center for Women in Information Technology, NCWIT, trollery, trolls, twitter, Xyla Foxlin

How forgetting to renew a domain name cost $3m

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

If only they’d hit auto-renew Continue reading How forgetting to renew a domain name cost $3m→

Posted in domain name, domains, emergency call, fcc, fine, Law & order, service outage, Sorenson Communications, VRS | Tagged registrar

Government demands for Apple and Google data keep on climbing

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

Law enforcement agencies and governments haven’t lost their taste for data from the two tech titans’ devices, users and accounts. Continue reading Government demands for Apple and Google data keep on climbing→

Posted in apple, DOJ, ECPA, Google, Law & order, NSL, NSLs, privacy, surveillance, transparency report, Transparency reports

FBI’s secret iPhone hacking tool must stay under wraps, court rules

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

That’s it, case closed: the media companies that filed a Freedom of Information Act request can’t appeal Continue reading FBI’s secret iPhone hacking tool must stay under wraps, court rules→

Posted in #nobackdoors, apple, backdoor, fbi, foia, Government security, iPhone, Law & order, privacy, San Bernardino, Security threats

Equifax mea-culpas with free credit “locks” forever

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

They’ll be easy to lock and unlock… and they don’t exist yet Continue reading Equifax mea-culpas with free credit “locks” forever→

Posted in credit freezes, Equifax, Equifax breach, free credit locks, Paulino do Rego Barros Jr.

iPhone X Face ID baffled by kids, twins, siblings, doppelgängers

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

Get the lowdown on Apple’s newly released Face ID Security Overview Continue reading iPhone X Face ID baffled by kids, twins, siblings, doppelgängers→

Posted in apple, biometric security, Face ID, iPhone, iPhone X, privacy, Security threats

iPhone X Face ID baffled by kids, twins, siblings, doppelgängers

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

Get the lowdown on Apple’s newly released Face ID Security Overview Continue reading iPhone X Face ID baffled by kids, twins, siblings, doppelgängers→

Posted in apple, biometric security, Face ID, iPhone, iPhone X, privacy, Security threats

Android unlock patterns are too easy to guess, stop using them

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Lisa Vaas

Shoulder surfing beats a 6 point unlock pattern most of the time Continue reading Android unlock patterns are too easy to guess, stop using them→

Posted in Android, Android Pattern lock, Mobile, passcodes, passwords, Pattern Lock, pins, shoulder surfing

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