DICOM medical records systems that are commonly used to store sensitive images were found to expose billion of medical records just by scanning the server IP addresses and known ports. 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.
An alarming number of pre-installed Android apps are not included in Google Play which open the smartphone and tablet users to data exploitation by their device manufacturer. Read More
In a malware attack on Bapco, hackers gained access to the network and loaded the data wiper into the central anti-virus software, from where it was distributed to all machines. Read More
Facebook’s ban of deepfake videos appears to be a focus on the wrong threat as the technology has not shown to be advanced or user-friendly enough to create damaging "fake news”. Read More
New report shows government agencies are regularly using cloud extraction tools as surveillance technology to analyze and extract private data from major cloud services. Read More
Recently discovered TikTok's security flaws make it possible to spoof the source of SMS messages, alter people's feeds and accounts, and also access sensitive personal information via API calls. Read More
Apple has introduced significant changes to the security and privacy features in iOS 13 which could cause users to ignore important prompts and use unsafe workarounds to get rid of them. Read More
A new law was included in 2020 budget bill which requires any U.S. company providing cyber capabilities to first notify the State Department and obtain permission before selling to foreign governments. Read More
Impact of cyber attacks on RavnAir has forced at least a dozen flights out of the air on a busy travel weekend in December and it seems that there may be more delayed and canceled flights into February. Read More
Travelex experienced a malware attack which forced the company to take its website offline and suspend some services for at least two days, creating problems for travelers and business partners. Read More
