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Taylor Armerding, Synopsys Software Integrity Group senior strategist, gives you the scoop on application security and insecurity in this week’s Security Mashup. What’s in this week’s Security Mashup, you ask? Facing off with Google, … Continue reading Facing off with Google, Snap out of it, and Password protection
Any effort to overhaul the cyber security of connected medical devices is likely to take considerable time and energy. Given that many of them are made to last decades, securing them while they’re in use can make turning an ocean liner look posit… Continue reading How to help your medical devices meet the UL (and FDA) standard
Google’s famous “Don’t be evil” motto got a corollary this week at Black Hat from Parisa Tabriz, director of engineering for the company’s Project Zero: “Do things better.” “We have a responsibility to do… Continue reading Project Zero director exhorts Black Hat audience to do security better
We keep hearing that privacy is dead. But there is a good chance that a lot of us still aren’t aware of just how dead. So this week Synopsys presented codenomi-con, in connection with the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, offering reminders abou… Continue reading Codenomi-con speakers agree: Bringing back privacy requires citizen action
If you’re a member of the US “intelligence community” Thursday was a great day for homeland security. Less so if you’re a privacy advocate. Continue reading House votes for six more years of warrantless surveillance
The technical description of the “Fruitfly” malware is spyware – but perhaps the term creepware would be more appropriate. Continue reading Man charged with spying on thousands of Mac users for 13 years
FBI director Christopher Wray is still fighting for encryption back door Continue reading FBI director says ‘unbreakable encryption is a public safety issue’
Your chances of being searched at a US border crossing are now at an all-time high. But the chances that border agents will be pulling data from your devices declined this past week – at least by a little. Continue reading US tightens rules on border search
If you’re among the 140 million users who enjoy streaming music from Spotify, you might want to make sure you have a strong password. Continue reading Is your Spotify password up to scratch?
Turns out that those sensors in your smartphone that do all kinds of cool, magical things like give you directions, find your friends, let your Uber or Lyft driver find you, and a host of other conveniences have a not-so-cool downside. Continue reading Sensor data can be used to guess your PIN, unlock your phone