Julian Assange of the whistle-blowing site, WikiLeaks, says that Sony Pictures’ data should be publicly available due to its links with “geo-political conflict”.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Could a hacker *really* bring down a plane from a mobile phone in seat 12C?
A recent document about Air Traffic Control from the US Government Accountability Office has caused quite a stir. Could a passenger get the plane to do a barrel roll without even turning off the in-flight movie?
UN asks if robots should be allowed to kill humans
As military software becomes more mature and more powerful it is increasingly trusted to act autonomously, but there is one crucial decision that we’ve not yet ceded; the decision to end human lives.
Target’s settlement with MasterCard costs retailer $19 million
Target says it reached a $19 million settlement with MasterCard to cover some of the damages to financial institutions after its December 2013 data breach. How much more is this breach going to cost?
Tampering with US voting machine as easy as ‘abcde’, says Virginia report
All it would take to compromise it is to sit in the parking lot with a laptop, some free tools, and a dropper full of tech smarts.
Practical IT: What you need to know about email encryption
When email was invented over 40 years ago, no one thought about how to ensure the integrity of messages. Here’s what you need to know about securing email with the right kind of encryption.
Lost your Android? Now you can Google it!
Just do a Google search on “Find My Phone,” and presto! It will show up on a Google map. Then, you can get it to ring its head off.
Get into RSA 2015 for free, hear eye-opening talks!
The annual RSA Conference in San Francisco is next week, starting on Monday 20 April 2015. Get a free expo pass on us…
US lawmaker who’s pushing anti-swatting bill gets swatted
“Some sick, evil person thought it would be funny to send the police to my house on one of these false reports,” he said.
EU accuses Google of abusing search dominance, opens Android investigation
The European Commission has accused Google of abusing its status as the 800-lb. search gorilla and has launched a separate investigation into its Android mobile operating system. 