Tag: Cybersecurity
The Equifax hack proved China is trying to steal your stuff — and America’s political dysfunction is letting them take it
OPINION: If our political system weren't so broken, companies like Equifax might actually have security in place to prevent a Chinese military hack.
Leaked documents reportedly show the CIA secretly bought an encryption company and used it to spy on clients — while turning a profit
The CIA secretly listened in on communications by spies, diplomats, military officials, calling it "the intelligence coup of the century."
New data security startup Open Raven just launched out of stealth to tackle the next big security challenge: helping companies find where their data a...
Open Raven was founded by two security veterans who have worked at companies like Microsoft and Tenable. Here's how it plans to prevent data breaches.
These email apps are scraping information from your inbox and selling the data for a profit
The apps are primarily interested in tracking receipts and shipping emails that show people's consumer behavior.
US says China’s military was behind 2017 Equifax hack that left personal information of 145 million Americans exposed
The Equifax breach, one of the largest hacks in history, led to a congressional inquiry and the resignation of CEO Richard Smith.
This rogue hacker digs up unreleased features on Instagram, Facebook, and Spotify — and she often finds out about them before other employees at...
Jane Manchun Wong reverse-engineers popular apps to find new features before companies announce them.
All it takes to fool facial recognition at airports and border crossings is a printed mask, researchers found
Researchers said they fooled facial-recognition tech across three continents but were unable to fool some software, including Apple's Face ID.
Clearview AI, the controversial company building a searchable database of peoples’ faces, is reportedly planning a ‘rapid international ex...
A facial-recognition startup that sells Google and Facebook images to police may be looking to build surveillance tools for foreign governments, too.
A vulnerability lets hackers gain entry to people’s computers using Philips Hue smart bulbs. Here’s how to protect against it.
Philips Hue has listed the risk as "high" severity and is urging users to update their devices immediately.
Silicon Valley startups backed by Bill Gates and Andreessen Horowitz are using the US-Mexico border to test new surveillance technology
The rise in border surveillance experiments reflects companies' efforts to capitalize on an increase in federal funds flowing to the border.