Study shows that mobile application security is not a given, as thousands of the most popular apps within the boundaries of the official app stores contain common vulnerabilities. Read More
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Scott Ikeda is a technology futurist and writer for more than 15 years. He travels extensively throughout Asia and writes about the impact of technology on the communities he visits. Over the last 5 years, Scott has grown increasingly focused on the future landscape of big data, surveillance, cybersecurity and the right to privacy.
Biden administration executive order looks to make immediate improvement to the nation's cyber defenses, with the headline item being new reporting requirements for federal government vendors that experience cybersecurity breaches. Read More
AXA France, regional division of European insurance giant AXA Group and France's largest general insurer, has announced that it will no longer reimburse ransomware payments for customers within the country. Read More
More stringent data collection rules went into effect in China at the beginning of May. The government continued to show that it is serious about its regulatory stance by sweeping up 33 mobile apps. Read More
When the first reports of the Colonial fuel pipeline attack appeared, it was natural to assume the worst but an investigation by the FBI has fingered a ransomware-as-a-service operator rather than a known state-backed group. Read More
A "Ransomware Task Force" initiative led by the U.S. Department of Justice is including a broad coalition of big tech firms, as well as Europol and the UK National Crime Agency, in an effort to put an end to ransomware payments. Read More
The Instagram ads varied by user but revealed things such as their location, job title, marital status, interests and even search terms they may have used in a bid to highlight Facebook’s data collection. Read More
Apple sells itself to consumers on security and privacy, and one of the building blocks of that ecosystem is its App Store policies. Should Epic's antitrust lawsuit succeed, the "walled garden" may be breached. Read More
A new report from cybersecurity firm Sophos indicates that ransomware recovery costs have shot up in the past year, with the average case approaching $2 million in total expenses. Read More
EU officials are considering wide-ranging regulation that would include heavy restrictions on a range of "high risk" AI applications; a leaked document also indicates that a facial recognition ban is being proposed. Read More
