Unpatched Firewalls leave US Power Grid Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
Unpatched Firewalls leave US Power Grid Vulnerable to CyberattacksA cyber-security incident that impacted a US power grid entity earlier this year was not as dangerous as initially thought, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) said last week. In...
Tesla Autopilot Feature Raises Issues
Tesla Autopilot Feature Raises Issues Yet another Tesla driver has apparently fallen asleep behind the wheel while his car cruised down the freeway. The latest video comes from the Boston area, where a local man caught a video of a Tesla driver and his...
HIPAA Can’t Protect Privacy In Medical Apps
HIPAA Can't Protect Privacy In Medical Apps Americans may soon be able to get their medical records through smartphone apps as easily as they order takeout food from Seamless or catch a ride from Lyft. But prominent medical organizations are warning that...
No More Hiding -Google’s Tactics Under Scrutiny
No More Hiding -Google's Tactics Under ScrutinyOn Monday, 50 attorneys general from US states and territories signed onto an antitrust investigation into Google, placing even more pressure on the major tech firm that is already facing intense scrutiny over its market...
Security Demands Up With 5G
Security Demands Up With 5GZhou Hongyi, co-founder of Chinese internet security provider Qihoo 360 Technology, expects the rollout of 5G mobile services and expansion of the industrial internet to open up more opportunities for the company in the world’s second...
Are you ready? — Apple’s Product Announcement
Are you ready? -- Apple's Product AnnouncementApple’s big hardware event for 2019 has wrapped, and, as expected, it brought a bounty of exciting announcements. Of course, the iPhone 11 happened — and, yes, a version is really called the iPhone 11 Pro Max — but there...
Do You Own A Car That Spies On You?
Do You Own A Car That Spies On You?The secret sensors, fitted to all new and used motors sold by the firm’s dealers, pinpoint the vehicle’s exact location. The firm sold more than 170,000 new cars in Britain alone last year. Mercedes will not say how long it has used...
Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third Party Vendors
Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third-Party VendorsIt seems that every day there's another news headline about how companies are using consumer data. Facebook was in the news again recently when the FTC slapped it with a $5 billion fine based on investigations...
Security Protections Badly Needed On Routers
Security Protections Badly Needed On RoutersNew testing by Consumer Reports shows important differences in how routers from popular brands handle digital security. Some of the 29 routers we examined this spring and summer build in important safeguards, such as...
Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard Disks
Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard DisksIn the olden days, when you wanted to replace your hard drive with a bigger one, you’d run a “secure erase” on it to completely remove any personal data. This would write zeros to the entire disk,...