Posts Tagged ‘security’
Speaking today on IoT Security
With the recent launch of Amazon Key the visibility around Smart Homes and IoT Security is an even hotter topic. Insecure IoT devices are helping to create some of the largest botnet networks we have ever seen. These networks are being used to spread malware and create a huge platform for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks which take down…
Read MoreDEF CON: a Glimpse into the Largest IT Security Convention!
The largest, oldest, and most well-known convention for all things IT Security is DEF CON, which is currently being held in Las Vegas, Nevada! DEF CON began in 1993 as the first hacking convention. It was originally brainstormed as a going-away party for Platinum Net, which was an old hacking network once based in Canada.…
Read MoreCybersecurity in the New Administration
2016 has been a year, to say the least. With the loss of legends like David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman and Mohammad Alli, and of course a tumultuous presidential election leaving much of the nation divided, we’re just about ready to put this year to bed. However, we still have the better half of December…
Read MoreBlurring the Lines
Are our constructed identities on social media feeding on others insecurities? Social Media’s Distortion of reality and the effect it’s having on you and your privacy.
Read MoreTarget to pay $20M to MasterCard over hack
One of 2013’s most publicized security breaches was the renowned Target hack. Now two years later, the multibillion dollar giant is reported to pay as much as $20 million to banks issuing MasterCard over costs from the incident.
Read MoreTiro Security founder to present at Content Protection Summit
In the last year, and specifically the last couple of weeks, a few high profile events have thrust content protection into the spotlight. Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) and Content Delivery Security Association (CDSA) will produce the fifth annual Content Protection Summit at the W Hotel in Hollywood, California on Dec. 9.
Read MoreOne month until the ‘Reset the Net’ movement to fight NSA surveillance
Privacy advocates have decided it is time for Internet users to take more serious measures to resist surveillance from National Security Agency and other alleged spy groups. The movement for users and developers to deploy newer and better security and privacy tools was introduced by Fight for the Future and has support from over 30 groups including Reddit, Imgur, Free Press, Libertarian Party and Demand Progress. June 5, the one year anniversary of the first news stories on Edward Snowden’s leaks about NSA surveillance, is the date ‘Reset the Net’ will initiate.
Read MoreCisco to give away $300K in ‘Internet of Things’ security contest
Cisco has announced the start of the “Internet of Things Grand Security Challenge” in which programmers can create apps to help solve security issues around web-connected ‘things.’
Read MoreVisitors beware: you can and likely will get hacked at the Sochi Olympics
An addition to the problems surrounding the Sochi Olympics—NBC has discovered that Games’ participants and spectators will most likely get hacked instantly upon arrival to Russia.
Read MoreParticipants, including marketer OWASP, back out of RSA conference
Speakers and organizations have begun to back out of next month’s annual RSA security conference amid reports of RSA’s shady new deal with the NSA.
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