In the past week, we have seen the takedown of a social network by its largest technology partners. I refer to Parler, of course. The events weren’t entirely a surprise, but their velocity and totality were unusual.
It’s been almost a year since we started staying home because of the pandemic. It’s upended not just our everyday lives, but also our professional ones. As we hunker down to work at home, we lower our risk of exposure to coronavirus, but are we also in…
A researcher named Ahmed Hassan has found what could be considered a security problem for users of the messenger app Telegram.
One of the things not lacking in the information security community is the dozens of cybersecurity industry certifications that are available to burnish your qualifications. These include vendor-driven certifications from leading security companies lik…
After the Covid-19 outbreak, several groups got going on developing various smartphone tracking apps, as I wrote about last April. Since that post appeared, we have followed up with this news update on their flaws.
As the number of people getting vaccinated against Covid-19 rises, it’s time to review the ways that people can prove they have been inoculated when they want to cross international borders.
Plato once sagely observed, “A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
That advice resonates today, even as we deepen our reliance on number crunching — in the form of the u…
When we hear the word “spy,” we usually think of Cold War era, cloak-and-dagger spies. But in the digital age when we say someone is “spying” on you, we’re talking about online. And someone is almost certainly spying on you.
The book You Can Stop Stupid by Ira Winkler and Dr. Tracy Celaya Brown can be a useful roadmap to figuring out how you can stop accidental losses and malicious attacks.
Our phones have become an extension of our bodies, storing everything from our most personal memories to our banking information to which restaurants we love. They’re essential, personal— and highly steal-able. They’re also at risk of cyberattacks, whi…