Europe wants privacy regulators to act against Google’s location tracking
Consumer agencies in the Netherlands, Poland and five other European Union countries asked privacy regulators on 27 November to take action against…
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A dynamic camouflaging approach to prevent intellectual property theft
In recent years, hardware-centric security threats have emerged at different stages of the integrated circuit (IC) supply chain. This has enabled the…
Chinese ‘gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk
Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: “gait recognition” software that uses people’s body shapes and how they walk to…
How unsecured medical record systems and medical devices put patient lives at risk
A team of physicians and computer scientists at the University of California has shown that it is easy to modify medical test results remotely by…
Researchers discover security flaws in widely used data storage devices
Researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands have discovered that widely used data storage devices with self-encrypting drives do not provide…
UK cops won’t go after researcher who reported security issue to York city officials
North Yorkshire Police said today they’re not pursuing a criminal case against the researcher who found a vulnerability in a mobile app developed…
IBM will use blockchain to prevent counterfeiting of Seagate’s hard drives
Seagate Technology and IBM have teamed up to use blockchain technology to reduce the counterfeiting of hard disk drives. Blockchain is the…
Russia plans to tighten data protection, draws up draft legislation to stop leaks
Nov 25, 2018 09:28 AM IST Russia has drawn up draft legislation aimed at stopping leaks of personal information from state agencies, a step that…
Here’s how much Ghana has lost to cybercrime as at August 2018
A Deputy Finance Minister Kwaku Kwarteng has revealed that Ghana has lost $97m as of August 2018 to cybercrime. Speaking at the Ghana Club 100…
Hacker backdoors popular JavaScript library to steal Bitcoin funds
A hacker has gained (legitimate) access to a popular JavaScript library and has injected malicious code that steals Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash funds…