If in recent years the prospect of facial recognition technology as a privacy intrusion tool remained for long a hypothesis, this time around with corporate push by major tech firms including Facebook and Google, the horrible truth is almost upon us.
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Kaspersky joins force with Facebook to combat malware and phishing campaigns
In an effort to keep malicious actors and phishing campaigns in Facebook at bay, Russia-based Kaspersky is joining forces with the social networking giant. The ultimate goal is to scan Facebook free of all forms of malicious activities that continue to spread and plague users.
Veracode Report Slams Developers for Crypto Implementation Failures
While the most common cause of data breaches affecting the public and private sector is often the shortcomings on the part of an end user, developers also have a share of liability for what brings about this cyber incident.
Why Government Agencies Fall Behind Cybersecurity?
There is a growing stigma concerning the U.S. government’s lack of robust data infrastructure to ward off cyber attacks, especially as the news of a hacking on the Office of Personnel Management is still fresh.
Polish Airline Cyber Attack Could be the Start of Its Kind
At least that’s the prediction of security researchers in aviation following the cyber attack on Polish airline LOT that led to the cancellation of nearly a dozen flights.
Did Samsung just block Windows updates from its laptops?
A Microsoft support engineer has revealed this week that Samsung has allegedly immobilized the Windows Update function on its laptop computer products, meaning any fixes to security holes and enhancements to software tools are now practically out of reach from Samsung users.
