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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 …
New ransomware program Chimera threatens to leak user files
Ransomware creators have taken their extortion one step further: in addition to encrypting people’s private files and asking for money before releasing a key, …
The FCC says it can’t force Google and Facebook to stop tracking their users
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it will not seek to impose a requirement on Google, Facebook and other Internet companies that would …
Encyrption ban banished from draft UK surveillance bill
A threatened ban on encryption has been banished from a draft bill on surveillance powers in the U.K. — but the government plans to …
CISA won’t do much to turn threat intelligence into action
With the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) the feds are trying to make it more attractive to share threat intelligence, but it won’t do …
Open Source: Britain’s MI5 to Be Given Major New Powers to Spy Online
The UK government has proposed a new bill which gives the police and intelligence agencies special powers to get access to individuals’ communications data. …
All CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware victims can now recover their files for free
If your computer was infected with the CoinVault or Bitcryptor ransomware programs you’re in luck — at least compared to other ransomware victims. Chances …
Surveillance bill triggers alarm over sweeping powers for spies
The total redrafting of UK surveillance laws was under growing challenge on Wednesday night after an initially broad political welcome gave way to alarm …
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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