Recent Exploits Bode Ill for the Future
Every week new intrusive exploits by hackers are found across the Internet. Some unsuspecting new institutional victim is revealed to have been penetrated. Lately most have involved major commercial corporations which had personal data stolen, like the recent assault...
Anthem Hack: Don’t Panic, Be Vigilant – Update
UPDATE: As of Friday the thirteenth, there have been few new developments save for much sound and fury. Anthem has announced that members and former members data going back 11 years to 2004 is at risk. And they are offering free credit monitoring and identity theft...
Home Comcast Xfinity Routers As Public WiFi Hotspots
ISP giant Comcast has quietly implemented a plan to turn its home Wifi routers into public hotspots. On the surface, it seems like a good idea, as it would allow their customers to get online easily over a much larger area, no longer confined to the environs of coffee...
Ransomware: Another Reason for Back-Ups
Among the many kinds of wicked online traps that users must beware, one of the most vicious kinds is called "ransomware". This is a generic term for a type of malicious software that encrypts all or the most useful of the victim's files, making it impossible to open...
What Does Apple’s New Privacy Policy Mean?
Apple's CEO Tim Cook has recently been touting the company's new privacy policy. In a letter to customers, he said that while the company collected user data, that was not the basis of their business model. In an obvious swipe at Google, he claimed: Our business model...
Dangers of Public Wi-Fi
[Note: This is derived from articles originally published in the July and August editions of the SWCP Portal, our monthly newsletter. Due to the importance of the security information they contained, we're republishing them here for everyone.] Ars Technica tech news...