Super High Res Image Satellite is Launched
Companies with satellite maps, such as Google and Microsoft, are about to gain the ability to have an even clearer vision of Earth. A satellite capable of taking the highest legal resolution images,...
View ArticleSnowden makes more claims against NSA
Edward Snowden, who doesn’t really need an introduction anymore, is making new claims regarding the NSA. Back in November 2012, Syria, in the midst of civil war, suddenly lost all internet connection....
View ArticleAnonymous and Police disagree on the name of the Ferguson shooter
Members of the worldwide hacktivist group, Anonymous, have made it their mission to uncover the name of the Ferguson, Missouri law enforcement officer involved in a shooting, and they have achieved...
View ArticleRobin Williams “Suicide Note” Dupes Facebookers
If you’re anything like me, you spent most of last week clicking on every Robin Williams link you could get your hands on. Jimmy Fallon’s impression of Robin Williams is pretty incredible, and if you...
View ArticleCommunity Health Systems Hit by Data Breach. 4.5 Million Affected
Community Health Systems, Inc. has confirmed that its computer network was the target of an external, criminal cyber attack between April and June of this year that has affected the data of...
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Want to track your spouse? Go to Google!!
Privacy may be the buzzword of 2014, ladies and gentlemen. In fact, I’m calling it. It is official: Privacy IS the buzzword of 2014. If you have a smartphone, have location services enabled(or you’re...
View ArticleDelaware to allow digital assets to be placed in your will
When you die, the hope is that you have a will that passes on your things. However, it has long been the situation that your digital accounts are lost. Unless, of course, you leave a lengthy list of...
View ArticleEasily Hackable Traffic Lights are the Tip of the Iceberg
Have you ever talked with someone who has just left their first Defcon? I happen to know a guy who walked out of his first Defcon, went home and tried to take his wife’s phone away from her. He then...
View ArticleUPS Data Breach Entirely Preventable
51 UPS Stores have confirmed that they were hit by a data breach. Over 100,000 customers that used UPS between January and August have been affected. A spokesperson for UPS says that the data stolen...
View ArticleSamsung Pays $2.3 Million in False Claims Act Case
The American branch of Korean owned company, Samsung, will be paying a $2.3 million dollar fine for deceiving the US government in regards to where some of their products were manufactured. These shady...
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Sony Playstation hit by DDoS attack, and SOE President’s plane threatened
For anyone trying to hop online and play Playstation games or watch any kind of online content, like Netflix, this past weekend was a bit frustrating. Sony Corporation’s Playstation network was taken...
View ArticleSmartphone Apps Hacked with 92% Success Rate
In a paper to be presented at Friday’s USENIX Security Symposium, Researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of California, Riverside, intend to release their findings on the fact...
View ArticleNSA has its own Surveillance Google
The United States National Security Agency, more popularly referred to as the NSA, has built it’s own kind of search engine. It’s an information-sharing database that allows not only the NSA, but...
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Popular sites found to be riddled with Malvertising
You’ve heard of jazzercising, and celebrity name mash ups like Brangelina, but how about malvertising? The amalgamation of malware and advertising is exactly what it sounds like, and several high...
View ArticleCelebrity Nude Photos Data Breach: Is it Preventable?
We all heard about the major data breach this weekend involving female celebrity nude photos. In fact, that’s all we heard about yesterday: Jennifer Lawrence’s nude pics. It was all about JLaw, which...
View ArticleHome Depot reports “Unusual Activity” related to Customer Data
Home Depot announced today that they are working in conjunction with law enforcement to investigate what they’re calling “unusual activity”. While they have not confirmed that they have been hit by a...
View ArticleApple Denies iCloud/FindMyiPhone were Responsible for Celebrity Photo leak
Apple has confirmed that the leaked nude photos of several celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Jenny McCarthy, Rihanna, Kate Upton, and Kirsten Dunst were not due to a flaw in either its iCloud or...
View ArticleBest Practices For Protecting Your Company from Data Breaches
Home Depot, Target, Michaels, UPS, Albertsons…the list of recently breached organizations goes on and on. Nobody wants be on this list! So, how do you protect yourself? The first step to recovery is...
View ArticleGoodwill investigation concludes: 330 stores affected by data breach
Back in July, Goodwill announced that federal investigators were looking in to a possible data breach at their stores. The investigation has concluded that it is likely that 330 stores, around 10% of...
View ArticleApple to Add Security Alerts to iCloud
Last week the world was rattled by the massive exposure of private photos belonging to celebrities. At the center of the privacy storm was Apple’s iCloud, which reportedly had been found to be...
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