How digital wallets work, and best practices to use them safely

With the adoption of digital wallets and the increasing embedding of consumer digital payments into daily life, ensuring security measures is essential. According to a McKinsey report, digital payments are now mainstream and continually evolving, bring… Continue reading How digital wallets work, and best practices to use them safely

Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag

Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geo-locate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally — including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems — and found they could use this data to monitor the destruction of Gaza, as well as the movements and in many cases identities of Russian and Ukrainian troops. Continue reading Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag

IEEE 802.11az provides security enhancements, solves longstanding problems

In this Help Net Security interview, Jonathan Segev, IEEE 802.11 Task Group (TG) Chair of next-generation positioning (TGaz) at IEEE, discusses IEEE 802.11az. The new standard will enable accuracy to less than 0.1 meters, which is a significant improve… Continue reading IEEE 802.11az provides security enhancements, solves longstanding problems

Growing hacking threat to satellite systems compels global push to secure outer space

An international group of experts are working to build the next generation of secure-by-design space systems.

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Which technologies will be the most important in 2022?

IEEE released the results of a survey of global technology leaders from the U.S., U.K., China, India and Brazil. The study, which included 350 CTOs, CIOs and IT directors, covers the most important technologies in 2022, industries most impacted by tech… Continue reading Which technologies will be the most important in 2022?

Tara Wisniewski joins (ISC)² as EVP of advocacy, global markets and member engagement

(ISC)² announced the appointment of Tara Wisniewski to executive vice president, advocacy, global markets and member engagement. In this role, Wisniewski is responsible for leading and driving the growth of the (ISC)² global advocacy program, charting … Continue reading Tara Wisniewski joins (ISC)² as EVP of advocacy, global markets and member engagement