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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 18:36:19 +0000
Putting an unreleased series on the Pirate Bay unless Netflix pays up? Good luck with that. The post That Orange Is the New Black Leak Was Never Going to Pay Off appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 18:12:37 +0000
As attacks increase and hackers realize the profit that stolen data from POS systems could bring, cybercriminals are creating more advanced malware to support their nefarious exploits.
Credit to Author: Matt Hamblen| Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 10:35:00 -0700
May 4 is coming up and has been designated as World Password Day to remind enterprise workers and consumers everywhere to use strong, updated passwords to protect cybersecurity.
The date was picked to align with one of the silliest puns yet: “May the Fourth Be with You” — also known as Star Wars Day. (Get it?) Well, maybe when Thursday, May 4 rolls around, it will still be a reminder for end-users to choose a stronger password and redouble security steps.
Security firm BullGuard cited recent studies showing that 90% of all passwords are vulnerable to attack in seconds. Also, 10,000 common passwords like “qwerty” or “12345678” allow access to 98% of all accounts, BullGuard said. Amazingly, 21% of online users rely on passwords that are 10 years old, the company said.
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Credit to Author: Jamie Eckle| Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 03:30:00 -0700
Jeffrey Scolaro, an attorney at Daley Mohan Groble PC in Chicago and a member of Legal Services Link, answers questions about employment contracts.
Are employment contracts for IT workers negotiable, or are they one-size-fits-all? The axiom that “everything is negotiable” should be where all IT professionals begin their assessment of proposed employment contracts. However, the IT industry in particular can be especially rigid in its collective enforcement of employment agreements.
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Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 07:01:00 -0700
The U.S. National Security Agency will no longer sift through emails, texts and other internet communications that mention targets of surveillance.
The change, which the NSA announced on Friday, stops a controversial tactic that critics said violated U.S. citizens’ privacy rights.
The practice involved flagging communications where a foreign surveillance target was mentioned, even if that target wasn’t involved in the conversation. Friday’s announcement means the NSA will stop collecting this data.
“Instead, this surveillance will now be limited to only those communications that are directly ‘to’ or ‘from’ a foreign intelligence target,” the NSA said in a statement.
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:00:40 +0000
Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: Yeah, About That Carrier Steaming Toward North Korea appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Niiler| Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 11:00:03 +0000
Last year, the US finished last in Locked Shields, NATO’s cyber war games. This year, it had its eye on redemption. The post The US Takes On the World in NATO’s Cyber War Games appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 21:45:28 +0000
The NSA won’t collect the emails of US citizens just because they mention a foreign target. That’s a big deal. The post A Big Change in NSA Spying Marks a Win for American Privacy appeared first on WIRED.
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