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Dropbox CEO defends Rice despite ‘Drop Dropbox’ privacy backlash
Dropbox intended to make headlines after introducing Carousel, Dropbox for Business, and the Mailbox app expansion on Wednesday. But the cloud storage company probably …
NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years
The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now …
By turning security into a data problem, we can turn the tables on the bad guys
Big data and predictive technologies – sometimes called artificial intelligence (AI) – are changing the world. Everyone from Google to your supermarket and hospital …
Court Says FTC Can Go After Companies Who Get Hacked For Their Weak Security Practices
Almost exactly a decade ago (man, time flies…), we first discussed the question of whether or not it should be against the law to …
USTR Warns That EU-Only Cloud To Avoid NSA Surveillance May Violate Trade Agreements
The USTR seems to have a worrying need to blame other countries. Alongside the infamous Special 301 Report which puts a selection of nations …
Americans Distrust Tech Companies
Many Americans are more wary about exposing their personal information to tech companies following revelations about their cooperation with government surveillance. It’s not that …
Microsoft XP’s massive cybersecurity problem
Microsoft will cut off support to its 12-year-old operating system Windows XP at about 1 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, leaving more than a …
Massive Security Bug In OpenSSL Could Affect A Huge Chunk Of The Internet
I saw a t-shirt one time. “I’m a bomb disposal technician,” it read. “If you see me running, try to keep up.” The same …
How to protect yourself from the ‘Heartbleed’ bug
A major new security vulnerability dubbed Heartbleed was disclosed Monday night with severe implications for the entire Web. The bug can scrape a server’s …
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