Secure contact tracing needs more transparent development
Experts worry that without proper planning, today's decisions about developing contact tracing apps could have unforeseen consequences in the years to come.
Phishers target oil and gas industry amid Covid-19 downturn
While a massive flood of attacks has yet to hit the oil and gas industry, cybersecurity experts say this could be the calm before the storm.
Hydroxychloroquine misinformation makes way for political disinformation
Besides putting people’s lives at risk, Trump’s promotion of anti-malarials for Covid-19 patients could pave the way for a coordinated disinformation campaign to take root, experts say.
Ebola-hacking lessons for coronavirus fighters (Q&A)
Hacker Emerson Tan helped stop Ebola’s deadly spread in Sierra Leone. The response to Covid-19 threats have been lackluster, he says, but there’s still time to learn from the past.
How to make your Zoom meetings more secure
Coronavirus has brought on a Zoom boom, making the videoconferencing software a more attractive hacking target. As the company plugs holes, we can adjust our meeting settings.
CanSecWest, the last tech conference standing in the face of the coronavirus
What if someone threw a hacker conference, and nobody showed up?As I boarded a United flight at SFO on March 17, the first d... Read More...
Pandemic discourages regulators from enforcing GDPR
As resources are diverted to fighting the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Europe's enthusiasm for protecting consumer rights under the General... Read More...
Employer data goes AWOL under Covid-19 lockdowns
Two new reports suggest a massive gap between how organizations have prepared their cybersecurity defenses and the reality of their efficacy.
Facebook fails to curb coronavirus misinformation
As Facebook furloughs its human content moderators, coronavirus misinformation surges on the social media platform. Experts say it could be doing more to stop it.
To protect a political campaign, re-read the Mueller Report
Three things campaigns should learn from Mueller investigation, says Chime’s head of application and infrastructure security: Protect accounts with two-factor authentication, use “least privilege,” and beware of Mimikatz.
Kr00k Wi-Fi flaw exposes a billion devices to hackers
A newly-revealed vulnerability dubbed Kr00k affects more than one billion devices with Broadcom Wi-Fi chips. It's been patched for some but not all of them, and could let hackers steal Wi-Fi passwords and read your data.
Android’s facial-recognition future could rely on skin detection
Trinamix can tell the difference between a living human, a deceased one, a photograph, and a mask—and it could be coming to your next smartphone.
Why stopping stalkerware confounds cybersecurity experts
Stopping stalkerware isn’t easy, say cybersecurity experts, because it challenges legal and social ideas of what malware is.