David Omand, the former head of British spy agency GCHQ, has made an extraordinary threat. Speaking earlier this week, he said that if companies such as Apple and Google don’t abandon… Read more »
At a conference in Hamberg Germany this weekend, biometrics researcher Jan Krisller demonstrated how he spoofed a politician’s fingerprint using photos taken by a “standard photo camera.” Krissler speculated that politicians might even… Read more »
The software tool that was used to exfiltrate many of the photos that comprised the infamous iCloud celebrity nude dump of 2014 has received a big update. Elcomsoft Phone Breaker now… Read more »
From how we now understand the celebrity nude selfie hacks to have taken place, we can start to take away certain lessons about our own vulnerability — and think about how… Read more »
Days after China removed foreign security vendors from its procurement lists for government departments, it has reportedly done the same with Apple(s aapl) products. According to anonymous sources quoted by Bloomberg,… Read more »
Google is facing trial by media in the UK where leading news outlets are making absurd arguments over its positions about a controversy involving browser cookies. Read more »
Politicians from Germany’s two biggest parties are currently negotiating what their grand coalition will look like, and they’ve reportedly decided on at least one thing: they need encrypted phones. According to… Read more »
The security of Apple’s Developer Center website was breached on Thursday and three days later, Apple explains why it continues to be offline. Read more »
Cyber threats are now a critical issue affecting the national security of nation countries worldwide. At the same time, the IT world is witnessing a wave of new innovation, and there… Read more »