by ray | Aug 5, 2015 | Security
So many hacks, so few days in the week to write alarming stories about every one. Every weekend, WIRED Security rounds up the security vulnerabilities and privacy updates that didn’t quite rise to our level for in-depth reporting this week, but deserve your attention...
by ray | Aug 5, 2015 | Security
FEW NEWS EVENTS can unleash more schadenfreude within the security community than watching a notorious firm of hackers-for-hire become a hack target themselves. In the case of the freshly disemboweled Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team, the company may also serve...
by ray | Aug 1, 2015 | Security
FEW NEWS EVENTS can unleash more schadenfreude within the security community than watching a notorious firm of hackers-for-hire become a hack target themselves. In the case of the freshly disemboweled Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team, the company may also serve...
by ray | Jul 29, 2015 | Android, Security
Android phones can get infected by merely receiving a picture via text message, according to research published Monday. This is likely the biggest smartphone flaw ever discovered. It affects an estimated 950 million phones worldwide — about 95% of the Androids...
by ray | Jul 21, 2015 | Security
Businesses today are aware of the huge responsibility that comes with protecting customer data. When that data becomes compromised, it puts a business’s entire reputation at risk. Since launching my startup Due I’ve had to learn what it’s like to...
by ray | Jul 14, 2015 | Security
To put it mildly, Adobe’s Flash plugin has fallen from grace in recent years. BlackBerry, Google and other companies once thought it was crucial to the web, but you’ll now find many of these outfits going out of their way to avoid and contain Flash in the...