• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-01-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Sick of memorizing passwords? A Turing Award winner came up with this algorithmic trick

Passwords are a bane of life on the Internet, but one Turing Award winner has an algorithmic approach that he thinks can make them not only easier to manage but also more secure.
The average user has some 20 passwords today, and […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-01-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Bought a brand-new phone? It could still have malware

A new phone is supposed to be a clean slate. But alarmingly, that’s not always the case.Security company G Data has identified more than 20 mobile phones that have malware installed despite being marketed as new, according to a research […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-01-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Bought a brand-new phone? It could still have malware

A new phone is supposed to be a clean slate. But alarmingly, that’s not always the case.Security company G Data has identified more than 20 mobile phones that have malware installed despite being marketed as new, according to a research […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-01-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Former Secret Service agent admits $820K Silk Road theft

A former Secret Service agent admitted Monday to stealing US$820,000 worth of bitcoins from Silk Road vendors during the investigation of the online contraband market.Shaun W. Bridges, 32, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the […]