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Android full disk encryption can be brute-forced on Qualcomm-based devices

Android smartphone makers can help law enforcement break full-disk encryption on Qualcomm-based devices

Jul 4, 2016 4 mins

Automotive cybersecurity; what we don’t hack will probably be used to kill us

First we saw a Jeep Cherokee hacked, then the hackers explained how they did it, a book on hacking cars was published, the FBI issued a PSA, and Michigan plans to pass car hacking laws. Automotive cybersecurity is a serious issue, people!

Jul 2, 2016 6 mins

Security

New Satana ransomware encrypts user files and master boot record

It's the second ransomware threat after Petya that leaves computers unable to boot into the OS

Jul 1, 2016 3 mins

Security

Firmware exploit can defeat new Windows security features on Lenovo ThinkPads

The exploit targets a zero-day discovered in the UEFI firmware of ThinkPads

Jul 1, 2016 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business Windows

Cato Networks offers a new model for network security as a service

With the traditional network perimeter all but gone, Cato Networks has built a new perimeter in the cloud, offering network security as a service across all enterprise entities

Jul 1, 2016 7 mins

Cloud Security Network Security Security

DARPA unified space-sensor networks help keep orbiting junk from slamming into something important

DARPA’s OrbitOutlook program brings seven previously separate space sensor networks together to form the largest network of space situational awareness networks ever assembled

Jul 1, 2016 5 mins

Government Internet Small and Medium Business

Hillary Clinton’s tech agenda draws cheers from IT industry

Presumptive Democratic nominee calls for investments in STEM education, cybersecurity and job training, pledging to make an open Internet a cornerstone of her administration's diplomacy.

Jul 1, 2016 5 mins

Cybercrime IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

Big Brother is listening as well as watching

Audio surveillance on mass transit systems is all about passenger safety, according to officials. But civil liberties advocates call it a ‘gross violation of privacy.’ And they recently won the debate in New Jersey, where the program on some light-ra

Jul 1, 2016 7 mins

Security

Brown University offers Ivy League CISO creds

New master’s program offers broad set of business-related topics

Jul 1, 2016 3 mins

IT Skills and Training Security

Hackers are coming for your healthcare records — here’s why

1 in 13 patients will have their records stolen after a healthcare provider data breach

Jul 1, 2016 9 mins

Cybercrime Security