Home Depot security was anything but, say former employees
Bit by bit, information about the Home Depot security breach is coming to light, and the picture it paints is extremely unflattering for the retailer. The latest insight comes …
Every budget is now an IT budget
IT is more and more a key component of all business initiatives and is becoming an important part of those budgets, according to Gartner, Inc. CIOs must work with business …
Users trust mobile service providers more than employers
Privacy from employers is the top concern for employees being asked to use their own devices for work purposes, according to AdaptiveMobile. The research found that while over …
Week in review: Microsoft axes Trustworthy Computing Group, Apple’s new privacy policy, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, reviews and articles: (IN)SECURE Magazine issue 43 released (IN)SECURE Magazine is a …
Microsoft kills off its Trustworthy Computing Group
Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group is headed for the axe, and its responsibilities will be taken over either by the company’s Cloud & Enterprise Division …
Google will display Android devs’ physical address
Developers/publishers of paid Android apps and apps that feature in-app purchases will, by the start of next month, be required to add a physical contact address to their …
Security pros don’t know the number of cloud apps in their networks
In what could be called a tale of perception versus reality, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released the results of a new survey that found a significant difference between …
Apple drops the “warrant canary” from transparency report
In the wake of the change of Apple’s Privacy Policy, and the encryption technology used in iOS 8 that makes it “not technically feasible” for Apple to …
Simply Secure aims to make security technology usable
Just two days after they joined a collaboration that will focus on making open source “easier for everyone,” Google and Dropbox have announced that they will be …
Home Depot completes malware elimination in all U.S. stores
Home Depot confirmed that the malware used in its recent breach has been eliminated from its U.S. and Canadian networks. They completed a major payment security project that …
With iOS 8, Apple won’t be able to unlock phones for the police
With the release of iOS 8, Apple has also updated its Privacy Policy. “The changes were made predominantly to cover new features in iOS 8, or to provide additional …
iOS 8 fixes bucketload of severe security bugs
Apple has released the latest version of its mobile OS on Wednesday, and in it has fixed over 50 vulnerabilities, many of which are very serious: Two vulnerabilities allowed a …