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I was eating lunch with the chief of security at a social network a few years ago. As we sat in his company’s sunny courtyard, young...

SIM Swapping is in the news again, reminding us the US has let this madness continue while other countries took strong steps to stop it....

FaceApp is enjoying another viral moment fueled by celebrity selfies, while sparking dire warnings from security and privacy experts. Now...

Along with the rest of the USA Freedom Act, the Call Detail Records (CDR) program is set to expire on 12/15/2019. This is the infamous...

After a whistle blower leaked the news to journalist Brian Krebs, who announced it on his blog, Facebook officially admitted that it has...

Smelling blood, American adversaries began circling like sharks during the 35-day partial government shutdown.

NIST’s Random Bit Beacon is a Game Changer The US government just unveiled a machine that can generate truly random 1s and 0s. They plan...

A senior official in the Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit ( FinCEN ) was just arrested for leaking thousands of Suspicious...

Chinese cyber exploits are back in the news with a bombshell story claiming China planted tiny “spy chips” inside Made in China servers...

The ACLU conducted a controversial experiment last week with Amazon’s popular face matching software Rekognition. They ran photos of...

Cyber security is played for high stakes in a world of shadowy threats. Although it’s seldom discussed openly, this dark game can take a...

It’s time to give your Windows PC a security spring cleaning! I’m sure you’re doing all the basics, like updating Windows and running...

You probably know Cambridge researchers got access to 50 million Facebook user profiles, then gave the data to a private political...

One outrageous thing we learned about the Equifax breach (among many) is that three corporate executives sold company stock after the...

Net Neutrality's demise may open the door to overdue cybersecurity improvements. Before you send me hate mail, let me reiterate my...

Hurricanes get names (Harvey, Irma, Jose, Maria…) assigned alphabetically by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Service (NOAA). ...

Apple’s new iPhone X hit stores November 3rd. Its most talked about feature is Face ID. Instead of touching your finger to the phone to...

Facebook sits at the eye of a perfect storm this week. Congress forced them to reveal the extent of Russian ads and fake news during the...

“The battle is over. We lost.” This gloomy proclamation was made by a world-famous security expert at a professional association chapter...

Dear Equifax, In the aftermath of the most serious consumer data theft in US history, steps you take to restore the trust of consumers,...