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Does Canada Secretly Spy on Airport Travelers?
Documents released by Snowden confirm that the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), a Canadian spy agency, apparently has been using airport WiFi networks to track travelers.
Author: Jared Howe
Nearly Half of South Korea Has Their Credit Cards Stolen
Recently, a single security contractor at the Korean Credit Bureau, a risk management and fraud detection service, was able to download and steal consumer records of over 20 million people, from three of South Korea’s major credit card companies. That’s nearly half the population of South Korea!
AT&T, Verizon, and Credo to Publish Transparency Reports
With pressure mounting from civil liberties groups, public interest advocates and shareholders, AT&T, Verizon, and Credo will now publish annual transparency reports highlighting the government’s request for data collection and the impact it has on the population.
Federal Workers Are Not Protecting Their Mobile Devices
More than 40 percent of government employees are putting themselves and their agencies at risk with their mobile device habits, according to Cisco and the Mobile Work Exchange’s report “The 2014 Mobilometer Tracker: Mobility, Security, and the Pressure In Between.” As part of the study, an assessment tool called the Secure Mobilometer was developed to understand mobile (in)security and vulnerabilities. The tool provided insight into the mobile device habits of government agency employees. The results show one singular truth: government employees and agencies need to take significant steps to secure confidential data.
UK Government to Make Citizens ‘Streetwise’ About Online Security
The UK government has recently released a new Cyber Streetwise website which aims to change the way consumers and small businesses view online safety by providing the skills and knowledge needed to address cyber security.
Is Your Car an Unsecured Public Hotspot?
Today, automobiles are outfitted with high-end wireless systems and gadgets, making car lovers and everyday consumers swoon. At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, car technology was at the forefront, but the most important component to any new technology is security, and this piece seemed to be missing from the thrilling reveal at CES. These gadgets are just another way in which cybercriminals can gain access to your personal information.
Idea Mensch Interviews Our CEO, Kent Lawson
Recently, PRIVATE WiFi’s CEO, Kent Lawson, sat down with Idea Mensch for an interview. Idea Mensch is an online magazine where entrepreneurs speak to other entrepreneurs about how and why they are successful. Read on for excerpts of his interview.
PRIVATE WiFi Announces the Complete VPN Solution For All Your Laptop and Mobile Devices
The Company Rolls Out Its One-of-A-Kind Suite of Personal VPN Solutions and Pay-As-You-Go Customized Pricing Options for Where Ever, Whenever Data Protection Against Hackers and Identity Thieves
Hackers Steal Millions of Wealth Managers’ Money Using Public WiFi Hotspots
As bad as it would be to lose your personal information, what if it came at a price tag of millions of dollars? According to a recent article in the Financial Times, this is exactly what has been happening in London over the last few months.
LifeLock and the ITRC: Identity Theft is Increasing Even as Other Crime Decreases
LifeLock, Inc. and the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) have collaborated on a white paper in response to two reports that are leaving Americans in the dark about identity theft trends.
Challenging the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the FBI’s notion that non-violent crimes are decreasing, Lifelock and the ITRC report that when identity theft is included in non-violent crime statistics, this type of crime is not declining; rather, it is steadily, and ominously, rising.
The New Big Brother: The NSA’s Hacking Unit
A recent report in Der Spiegel indicates that the NSA has been able to access supposedly protected information from top foreign leaders and U.S. citizens. The agency’s hacking unit, which comprises more than 2,000 people, is called the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) and is considered to be the intelligence agency’s secret weapon. Read on to find out more about the TAO unit and how the scope of the NSA’s powers is just one more reason to be concerned about the erosion of privacy in our new digital age.
How Hackers Used Malware to Steal 40 Million Credit Card Numbers from Target
How did hackers steal 40 million credit card numbers from Target customers? How much money are the cards selling for on the black market? And what’s the best way to prevent your computer from getting infected with malware — and avoid becoming an identity theft victim?
Keep reading to learn the answers to those questions, as well as how to make it harder for cybercriminals to get their hands on your private data.
