Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police, even with search warrants
Apple said Wednesday night that it is making it impossible for the company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police …
Kroll Ontrack Develops Way to Recover Data Stuck in Bricked iDevices
Consumers who use Apple’s newest mobile devices, including iPhones and iPads, can recover data such as lost photos and videos that go missing during …
Dropbox Fights New Data Grab
On Thursday, approximately 1,500 pages of court documents were released, which showed how federal officials had forced American technology companies to partake in the …
Researchers in China work on facial recognition payment app
Researchers with the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) are reportedly working to launch a mobile payment app that makes use of facial recognition technology …
IBM Brings Bare Metal Intel TXT Security to Cloud
IBM today announced that it is bringing Intel’s Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) to its Softlayer cloud service. Intel’s TXT is a trust mechanism that …
U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data
The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand over …
Firefox 32 includes public key pinning, fixes critical vulnerabilities
Six security advisories – three of which are deemed critical – were addressed in the Tuesday release of Firefox 32, which also comes with …
Parent payout: Google settles in-app purchase suit for $19M
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday said Google has agreed to pay $19 million to consumers to settle a case about children — unbeknownst …
APPLE DOESN’T TAKE CUSTOMER SECURITY SERIOUSLY – 5 IRRESPONSIBLE AND SHOCKING LAPSES
I’m the furthest thing in the world from a technology or security expert, but what I have learned in recent years is that a …
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