The Federal Trade Commission(FTC) released its annual report for 2017 comprising its privacy and data security work. The FTC has authority to enforce a variety of sector specific laws, including the CAN-SPAM Act, the Children's On...
According to areport recently released by Ponemon Institute, and sponsored by IBM and Arxan, around 80% of Internet of Things (IoT) applications and 71% of mobile applications are not tested for vulnerabilities, raising security c...
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) issued a report on blockchain technology and security. The agency analised the security benefits, challenges and good practices in a technology of distributed ...
According to a new legislation, Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications reserves the right to block 'ill-intended and toxic' information. According to a 2013 government resolution, this kind of content includes 'anti-...
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU)has announced that the .radio new generic top level domain name (gTLD) is ready to be launched, following a 4-year long preparatory process. Approved by ICANN as a community TLD, .radio will, a...
The IGF 2016 First Open Consultations and the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Meeting are scheduled for 4-6 April in Geneva, Switzerland. The next Open Consultations and face-to-face meeting of the MAG are scheduled for ...
The Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) received over 39 000 reports of criminal activity from individuals and organisations in 2015, according toZDNet. Most of the reported cybercrime activities throughout 2015...
After the cyber-attack that led to a power outage in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region in late December last year, a new attack (said to originate from a server in Russia) was identified last week by Ukrainian authorities, this tim...
The EU is examining whether the use of big data by large Internet companies, such as Google and Facebook, breaches antitrust rules. In an interview with Wall Street Journal, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestage...
The increase in remote work initiatives has created new opportunities for MSSPs. Organizations are now relying on service providers more than ever to help manage security across their expanding telework environments. But in o...
Amazon The new year means new deals, and Amazon's leading the charge with$150 off their brand new QLED Fire TV. The deal onlyapplies to the65-inch model , but the real way Amazon sweetened the deal is that no Prime Mem...
Image: Apple Apple users now have another smart speaker to choose from when browsing Apple's HomePod offering. Therevamped HomePod looks exactly like the original HomePod that was released in 2018, but underneath that ...