• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-19-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Security software that uses ‘code hooking’ opens the door to hackers

Some of the intrusive techniques used by security, performance, virtualization and other types of programs to monitor third-party processes have introduced vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit.
Researchers from data exfiltration prevention company enSilo found six common security issues affecting over 15 products […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-19-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Telcos should only retain metadata to fight serious crime, EU judge says

Governments may order telcos to retain customer data, but only to fight serious crime, a top European Union judge has advised.Lobby groups European Digital Rights (EDRi) and Privacy International welcomed the recommendation, saying it adds to a growing body of […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-19-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Telcos should only retain metadata to fight serious crime, EU judge says

Governments may order telcos to retain customer data, but only to fight serious crime, a top European Union judge has advised.Lobby groups European Digital Rights (EDRi) and Privacy International welcomed the recommendation, saying it adds to a growing body of […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-19-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Why ransomware criminals need great customer service

Ransomware developers have customers, however unwilling they may be. Thus, these criminals also have customer service. But is it effective? F-Secure, a company that specializes in security and anti-malware products for consumers and corporations, decided to evaluate the “help desks,” […]