‘Virtual Cyber Carnival’ Kicks off Cybersecurity Awareness Month
A new initiative will run throughout the month of October, invites the general public to play cybersecurity games (and win fabulous prizes). […]
3 Ways Data Breaches Accelerate the Fraud Supply Chain
The battle’s just beginning as bad actors glean more personal information from victims and use that data to launch larger attacks. ——– […]
Announcing the launch of the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative
Posted by Kylie McRoberts, Program Manager and Alec Guertin, Security Engineer Google’s Android Security & Privacy team has launched the Android Partner […]
Serious Security: Phishing without links – when phishers bring along their own web pages
How do you “check the URL before you click” if the web page you’re visiting is already on your own computer? ——– […]
Friday Squid Blogging: After Squidnight
Review of a squid-related children’s book. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in […]
COVID-19 and Acedia
Note: This isn’t my usual essay topic. Still, I want to put it on my blog. Six months into the pandemic with […]
Researchers Adapt AI With Aim to Identify Anonymous Authors
At Black Hat Asia, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity researchers use neural networks to attempt to identify authors, but accuracy is still wanting. […]
Biometric Data Collection Demands Scrutiny of Privacy Law
An IT lawyer digs into the implications of collecting biometric data, why it can’t be anonymized, and what nations are doing about […]
‘Father of Identity Theft’ Sentenced to 207 Months
James Jackson was convicted of mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, and theft of mail last year. ——– Free High […]
Emotet Spoofs DNC in New Attack Campaign
Thousands of Emotet emails contain a message body pulled directly from the Democratic National Committee website, researchers report. ——– Free High Security […]