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Target settles with banks for $39 million after epic data breach
US retailer Target is back in the headlines again over its 2013 breach. This week, Target has settled on an agreement to pay up …
Anonymous accuses Silicon Valley firm of helping ISIS by protecting their websites from cyber attacks
A Silicon Valley firm is helping ISIS bolster speeding up and improving their online security, Anonymous have claimed. The hacktivists, who have targeted the …
Five strategies for reclaiming our personal privacy online
When Tim Wu published his influential book Master Switch in 2010, he powerfully argued that all communications markets began with a period of creative …
In wake of Paris attacks, legislation aims to extend NSA program
A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation that would delay the end of the bulk collection of phone metadata by the National Security Agency …
Comcast resets nearly 200,000 passwords after customer list goes on sale
Over the weekend, a reader (@flanvel) directed Salted Hash to a post on a Dark Web marketplace selling a number of questionable, if not …
Tor Project warns: Academics accused of helping FBI de-anonymize Internet users
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon are being accused of helping the FBI exploit a vulnerability that allowed investigators to gather information on users of Tor, …
NSA says how often, not when, it discloses software flaws
The U.S. National Security Agency, seeking to rebut accusations that it hoards information about vulnerabilities in computer software, thereby leaving U.S. companies open to …
007 Tips for keeping your business as secure as MI6
As James Bond has shown, even a sophisticated MI6 operative with a nearly limitless budget and an array of hi-tech gadgets has to take …
It’s Way Too Easy to Hack the Hospital
In the fall of 2013, Billy Rios flew from his home in California to Rochester, Minn., for an assignment at the Mayo Clinic, the …
UK unveils powers to spy on Web use, raising privacy fears
Britain unveiled plans on Wednesday for sweeping new surveillance powers, including the right to find out which websites people visit, measures ministers say are …
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