Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2015
The Singapore-based company AdNear is using a fleet of commercial drones to determine users’ location and deliver hyper-targeted ads. Drones that spy on unaware people, a nightmare come true, apparently nothing new considering that it is a common practice of law enforcement and Intelligence agency. The bad news is that also a few advertising companies are also […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2015
Internet users that want to create a new account on Twitter through the Tor network must now provide a phone number to verify their identity. A few days ago, Twitter announced plans to begin tracking users via their mobile phone number, a measure that the company consider necessary in order to fight the trolls. Following the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2015
FREAK, a new major security flaw that left users of Apple and Google devices exposed to MITM attack while visiting supposedly secure Websites. IT industry is facing with a new major security SSL/TLS vulnerability that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited millions of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2015
A GAO report to FAA reveals that the systems adopted in the Aviation industry are still affected by weaknesses that could be exploited by hackers. A report published by Government Accounting Office (GAO) in January urges the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to adopt a formal process to “Address Weaknesses in Air Traffic Control Systems.” The FAA has taken steps […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2015
DARPA is working on Cognitive Fingerprints authentication process to validate the user identity through the use of software based biometrics. Security plays a crucial role in today’s world. Whether it is a multi-billion organization or a single person with a computer, security is important for all. One of the pillars for cyber security is the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2015
Cybercriminals are targeting call centers operators in Apple Pay fraud to circumvent the checks implemented by Apple, banks and card issuers. The security expert Cherian Abraham revealed a spike in the fraud on Apple’s mobile payment platform, Apple Pay. The criminals are trying new techniques to compromise the Apple security chain. While the Apple devices and software are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2015
A cyber resilience approach: the need to become cyber resilient is very essential because eliminating risks completely is impossible. Hacking emerged as a geeky, tech-oriented culture that was a little mischievous, but ultimately was about programming and finding faults or bugs in the code. It has evolved over time to become a criminal activity. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2015
A recent report about the privacy policy of Facebook has shed light to potential problems and disagreements with legal concerns in the EU. There is a recent report from Belgium focusing on the revised terms of use that have to do with Facebook. Due to its enormous popularity even apart from the fact that it’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2015
Cloud Security Alliance revealed that shadow cloud service used by employees and unmanaged by IT can pose a major security problem for organizations. Last month, Cloud Security Alliance found out that shadow cloud service used by employees and unmanaged by IT can pose a major security problem for organizations. Based on the survey, mostly half […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2015
Twitter announced that it is starting to track phone numbers of users as a measure to prevent abuses like the creation of new bogus accounts. A few weeks ago, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo explained the difficulties the company is facing to prevent the abuse of its platform. Costolo revealed to be embarrassed for the company’s […]
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