The IEEE comes under fire after a data security breach reveals user login credentials had been publicly available and stored in plain text for at least a month.
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Facebook has decided to disable its facial recognition feature for European users until it designs a more satisfactory method of gaining their consent.
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Hackers have started directly targeting individual bank employees to serve as their unwitting accomplices in financial data breaches.
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Many organizations are on the lookout for external threats from hackers, but recent research has highlighted the importance of mitigating internal risks as well.
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The number of threats targeting mobile devices has been increasing significantly, and more security safeguards are needed according to a recent report from the United States Government Accountability Office.
Read MoreThe International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has predicted that, in just eight years, there will be in upwards of 25 billion devices connected to the internet, which was announced in its annual The State of Broadband report. As a point of reference, the iPhone 5 broke the 5 million unit threshold in three days. To sell…
Read MoreBy Greg Boyle As more people start to use online and mobile services that help them connect with friends and make new ones, the underbelly of society are actively targeting naïve, innocent and trusting members of our community. Another tragic and frightening example has emerged of someone being groomed and befriended online, only to be…
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Healthcare data breaches have highlighted the importance for hospitals to improve their security practices with regard to patient information.
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Following the September 16 discovery of a zero-day exploit in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser, the company has quickly released a patch to fix the vulnerability.
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