Why you should read the Oculus Terms of Service
Last Monday, the long-awaited Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets started being delivered to their buyers. Hopefully, the latter have read the Terms of Service that come with …
Consumers living in smart homes are willing to sell personal data
A majority of respondents worldwide might be willing to share their personal data collected from their smart home with companies in exchange for money, and 70 percent agree …
Security and privacy issues in QQ Browser put millions of users at risk
Citizen Lab researchers identified security and privacy issues in QQ Browser, a mobile browser produced by China-based Tencent, which may put millions of users of the …
Facebook testing new features to prevent user harassment
Facebook is testing three new features that should help prevent or at least minimize harassment of users on its platform. The first will alert users if someone tries to …
Privacy by Design: What it is and where to build it
People tend to think about privacy in terms of the individual, but it is also critically important for the proper functioning of any business organization. This is being made …
McAfee uses web beacons that can be used to track and serve advertising to users
A test of seven OEM laptops running Windows has shown consistent privacy and security issues, including an interesting revelation that the McAfee Antivirus running on six of …
Companies still lack adequate data privacy tools
93 percent of IT professionals agree that customer data privacy concerns are a critical issue at the C-level. Yet, only 9 percent percent believe current privacy and consent …
Insight into critical data remains limited
SANS surveyed 829 IT professionals with endpoints located around the globe to explore how IT professionals monitor, assess, protect and investigate their endpoints. A majority …
How a digital pathology solution secures patient data
Dutch tech company Philips recently announced that its digital pathology solutions have been certified for compliance with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security …
The next step in the battle for consumer privacy?
A recent survey of 2,000 US individuals by Hide My Ass VPN showed some unnerving data: 63 percent of them have experienced online security issues, but only a little more than …
New ways to fingerprint Tor Browser users discovered
Users who want to remain anonymous online often opt for using the Tor Browser, which hides their real IP address, but there are techniques that (more or less) malicious actors …
RSA Conference 2016: The infosec glass house?
A couple of years late to the party, but I finally made it to San Francisco with a real sense of excitement to attend what was described to me as the “Super Bowl of the …
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