We took to the exhibition floor at Infosec 2015 to ask 10 visitors: “What concerns you the most in computer security?” We got 11 answers…and here they are.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Twin brothers accused of leading phishing gang busted by Russian police
The twins had purchased an armored door for their apartment, and they set up text message alerts to warn their associates to destroy evidence once the police showed up. It wasn’t enough to keep the cops out, or themselves out of jail.
Skype can no longer be crashed with these eight characters
Bad week for messaging apps, with Skype choking on http://: and iOS on… well, it hasn’t been fixed, so let’s just say “some characters!”
Obama signs USA Freedom Act into law, clipping NSA’s powers
Patriot Act provisions snap back to life, but spying will be a tad more inconvenient for the NSA, and there’ll be a bit more transparency.
We won twice at the 2015 European Blogger Awards!
To everyone who voted for us in this year’s European Security Blogger Awards, thank you so much. We were nominated in two categories, and we won in both of them.
Violent Facebook threats conviction thrown out by US Supreme Court
It’s not enough that ordinary people would find murderous rants threatening, the court said. Rather, courts have to consider frame of mind.
Ex-NBA All Star Chris Gatling accused of being ID theft kingpin
Talk about a slam dunk: they arrested him while he was meeting with his probation officer.
SSCC 201 – The Infosec edition [PODCAST]
This week, we’re at Infosec in the impressive Olympia Grand in London, England, so this episode was recorded right at the exhibition…
Android M will give app users a lot better control over their data privacy
Android’s next version will finally give users the same type of control over app permissions as iOS.
Facebook moves to encrypt the emails it sends users
The new feature lets users add OpenPGP public encryption keys to their profiles that can be used to encrypt notifications Facebook sends to users’ email accounts. 