Meitu Goes Viral Despite Security Concerns
Meitu is a beautifying photo app from a Chinese company. Recently, it has gone viral. It is popular every where. However, Meitu asks for a lot of app permissions, and is collecting masses of...
Category: Security
Congressional report sides with Apple on encryption debate
According to a new congressional report that the U.S. is better off supporting strong encryption that trying to weaken it. Also, the report stands at odds with the FBI’s push to install backdoors into...
How Wi-Fi Can Track You Around the World
Most people take it for granted that wherever we are, we will have a Wi-Fi connection close-by. So it’s natural to leave your phone’s Wi-Fi turned on, especially if you want to save your...
DNC hacker calls on brethren to monitor US election
On Friday, Guccifer 2.0 warned that Democrats might try to rig the vote next Tuesday as the hacker who claims to have breached the Democratic National Committee isn’t done trying to influence this year’s...
Mozilla asks FBI for details on potential Firefox vulnerability before it is revealed to any other party
Mozilla has asked a court that it should be provided information on a vulnerability in the Tor browser ahead of it being provided to a defendant in a lawsuit, as the browser is based...
Lawmakers discuss large data breaches at US bank insurance agency
During the last seven months, seven departing employees at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have left with personal banking information on thumb drives and other removable media, agency officials told a congressional subcommittee...
Some Family Safety Tools To Ensure Your Kids Safe Online
According to a report by Internet Matters, 96% of parents believe it is their responsibility to keep their children safe online, with 63% having internet security software installed. If you are reading this article...
UK court refuses to force alleged British hacker to decrypt his data
The U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA) failed in its attempt to use what critics described as a legal backdoor to force a suspected hacker to provide the decryption key for data on multiple devices....
MarkLogic 9 aims to make sure your data safe when it’s at rest
The database landscape is much more diverse than it once was, thanks in large part to big data, and on Tuesday, one of today’s newer contenders unveiled an upcoming release featuring a major boost...
Privacy advocates ask protections for US residents in foreign surveillance law
Congress should limit the ability of the FBI and other agencies to search for information about U.S. residents in a database of foreign terrorism communications collected by the National Security Agency, privacy advocates say....
