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Pot, meet kettle: Spyware maker compromised, denies everything
This post was originally published on June 1, 2015. Sometimes the irony is just too much. First reported by Krebs on Security, spyware-as-service provider mSpy was hacked two weeks ago but denied ever...
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Internet.org: Too good to be true?
Mark Zuckerberg never sleeps. With Facebook now topping 1.44 billion active users worldwide, the founder of the social network could rest on his laurels. Instead, he and other Facebook executives hav...
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Great white north goes pro-spy with Bill C-51
Canadians aren't regarded as masters of intrigue and secrecy. While the country's intelligence service, CSIS, is decently funded and provides a measure of protection to citizens, it's got nothing on t...
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Protecting your digital rights: Who is Access?
Digital freedoms are under attack worldwide. In countries like France and Turkey, governments are pushing for greater access to citizens' data without their consent, ostensibly to improve “security...
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The Equation Group, hard drives and the Death Star of malware
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new cyber-espionage toolset that possesses more than a passing resemblance to similar kits used by US intelligence agencies. In a report released last Mo...
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Is ransomware the greatest highway robber of the 21st century?
The days of a Dick Turpin type of character pulling you over on the side of the road and demanding your valuables in return for sparing your life are thankfully long gone but highway robbery has never...
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NSA tapping into North Korea
This post was originally published on February 3, 2015. Do you remember the recent hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment? If so, you’ll likely also recall that speculation as to who was behind the att...
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The KooZoo camera app: It's a jungle out there
This post was originally published on January 28, 2015. What if you could turn smartphones or iPods into a streaming cameras, then get a look at what other people doing the same thing were streaming w...
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Want to watch “The Interview”? Watch out!
By all accounts, “The Interview” isn't that great a film. Rotten Tomatoes has just 61 percent of moviegoers and 52 percent of critics giving the film a favorable review, yet the action-comedy piec...
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Top 10 security breaches of 2014
That's right folks, it's time. Time for a roundup of the year's worst IT security breaches and how they've impacted the tech market at large. And away we go, with: 1) University of Maryland Let's sta...
