The hodgepodge of US state and federal laws about phone search, some of which say the law needs a warrant and some of which say they don’t, just got a bit messier.
Tag Archives: Data loss
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.
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. 
Facebook tests new “Security Check” tool to fend off account hijacking
“Security Checkup” doesn’t reinvent the wheel: it just drags Facebook’s login protection tools out of the drop-down menu closet and puts them right under our noses.
SSCC 200 – If you can’t trust the IRS, whom can you trust? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the latest security news in our weekly podcast. It’s entertaining and educational – news you can use!
We don’t cover stupid, says cyber insurer that’s fighting a payout
After 2 months of patient data exposed for anyone to see, Cottage Health System’s insurance policy should have come as a relief. It didn’t.
Hackers compromise 100,000 IRS tax accounts with pre-stolen data
The Internal Revenue Service has confirmed that attackers accessed 100,000 taxpayers’ accounts using personal data stolen elsewhere.
Phones’ accelerometers allow you to be tracked on the metro
No GPS or cell towers triangulation necessary. All it takes is learning the world’s unique metro routes, then listening as phones jiggle along. 
You STILL support encryption designed to be crackable in 1995? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Watch this week’s “60 Second Security” – the one-minute news roundup video with attitude!
Adult FriendFinder hacked, users’ intimate details exposed on Dark Web
Adult FriendFinder, a website billed as a way for people to “find friends, sex, flings and hookups,” has had a serious data breach. Now millions of people who thought they were using a discrete service to find casual sex have had their private information exposed online.