Even Google can make data leakage mistakes, as network security expert group Talos recently noticed. Just one tiny little Yes/No setting that went wrong…
Daily Archives: March 16, 2015
Yahoo slices your password out of login process, shows off end-to-end encryption
The result of snipping out passwords: one-factor authentication. Just make sure not to lose that phone!
Facebook clarifies what you can and cannot post on the site
Facebook has issued detailed new guidance on what it counts as “unacceptable content”, such as some nudity, hate speech and graphic videos.
TeslaCrypt ransomware attacks gamers – “all your files are belong to us!”
TeslaCrypt is a new ransomware that goes above and beyond CryptoLocker in the types of files it seeks out to hold for ransom, including those related to video games. SophosLabs dug in to find out what TeslaCrypt has in store for gamers, and everyone else. 
Full rules for protecting net neutrality released by FCC
The commission will decide what’s acceptable on a case-by-case basis. Let the legal battles begin! 
Bank tests heartbeat-encoded wristbands for online authentication
Halifax is trialing the use of a wristband to store our ECGs, given that our hearts are random number generators unique to every individual. 