When asked how Have I Been Pwned? got its start, Troy Hunt goes back to the massive Adobe data breach of 2013, which impacted at least 38 million users. There was one particular detail about that hack that grabbed his attention – his own data was liste…
The annual SXSW conference takes place this week, and, thanks to the pandemic, nobody need fly to Texas to attend. The entire event is digital: SXSW Online 2021. This year, in addition to the film festival, music festival, and creative exhibition, the …
I grew up in the early years of the internet and got excited about whatever the next big thing was. Online journaling? Awesome! AOL Instant Messenger? Cool! Facebook? Sign me up! But, like so many people my age, I cared more about not revealing my full…
“The time for talk is over – at Code First Girls, we are on a mission to help women rewrite their future. Through the power of community, change can and will happen.”
So reads the About section on the Code First Girls website. Short and sweet, i…
A hacking collective facetiously calling itself “Advanced Persistent Threat 69420” has breached the video archives and live feeds of security software company Verkada Inc., gaining access to 150,000 active surveillance cameras and every video archived …
No matter the size of your company, having a server within your operations can help you store and organize data, work collaboratively, and back up your important documents. However, the size of your business could impact the type of server you use. Rea…
The not-so-dirty secret about web browsers is that browser extensions can be a major security weakness. We last wrote about this issue with malicious extensions in December. But the problem with extensions deserves further treatment, especially as they…
When the Covid-19 pandemic began, every business that could pivot to remote work to continue operations did so. Even industries such as education, healthcare, and manufacturing found ways to shift their traditionally on-premises workforces to a work-fr…
Eufy is a company that does a bunch of different smart devices. They’ve got household appliances like robovacs, security devices like video doorbells, and — in my house — they have a smart scale.
Data privacy legislation is a difficult topic to get your head around. There can be multiple dimensions, sector-specific rules, and various national and, in some cases (such as in the US), local laws enacted to cover a multitude of issues.