Fujitsu’s working on technology that can assign security countermeasures based on a user’s psychological profile and risk tendencies – warning them ahead of time, before an attack can be carried out successfully.
Daily Archives: January 23, 2015
Anonymous journalist Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months in jail
Barrett Brown has been sentenced to 63 months in prison on charges related to the Stratfor hack.
How the Obamacare website healthcare.gov leaks private data
HealthCare.gov, the US insurance exchange website that is a central component of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act), is sending personal information on users to third parties including Facebook, Google, and web analytics companies.
Fake Facebook account case settled with DEA who admits no wrongdoing
The Feds have agreed to pay $134,000 to settle a case over having taken a phony Facebook profile out to lure suspects. Nothing in the ruling prohibits future use of such deceptive tactics. 
School rule-breakers to hand over Facebook and Twitter passwords
US school students in the state of Illinois may be forced to give up their social media passwords if they’re suspected of cyberbullying or of otherwise breaking school rules.
Silk Road 2.0 deputy arrested after 6-month attack on Tor
Brian Richard Farrell, aka ” DoctorClu”, was arrested last week. A search warrant shows that the drug market’s kingpins were unmasked after a 6-month assault on Tor. 
Adobe issues emergency fix for Flash zero-day
Crooks are reportedly using a new Flash vulnerability called CVE-2015-0310. Adobe has a fix already, so grab it while it’s hot!