March 15, 2017 Scientists create 'lip password' that IDs users by their lips' movements A team of researchers in Hong Kong have created the 'lip password', a method of biometric authentication that verifies a person's identity by analyzing their lips' movements and texture. The researchers have already patented the method.
March 13, 2017 The scent of cybersecurity: Kaspersky Lab launches perfume Can hackers smell fear? Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab is raising awareness of the digital threats facing users ... by launching a perfume.
March 12, 2017 Tech Q&A: Dealing with Facebook blowhards Want to know how to deal with Facebook blowhards, keep your browsing private and shoot better Instagram pictures? Then read this column.
March 10, 2017 UN pushes for cyber surveillance treaty, but controversy may arise As cybersecurity threats around the globe rise, the United Nations is pushing to come up with an international treaty to protect people's data from government surveillance.
March 9, 2017 How the WikiLeaks CIA dump could help hackers and foreign governments Even with chunks of source code redacted, the WikiLeaks CIA dump could still prove invaluable to hackers and foreign governments, warn security experts.
March 9, 2017 Uber pledges to stop 'greyballing' law enforcement Uber is now reviewing the technology, which deceives authorities in cities where the ride-hailing service is banned.
March 8, 2017 CIA cyber-spying toolkit now in hands of hackers worldwide: WikiLeaks Amid a trove of documents released by WikiLeaks that allegedly contains “the entire hacking capacity of the CIA” is chilling evidence that everyday devices like smart TVs and cell phones have potentially become critical tools in the effort to spy on American citizens.
March 4, 2017 How to do a free background check online You’d be amazed how much public information is tangled up in the web.
March 2, 2017 Another 32 million Yahoo accounts breached Add that to the 1.5 billion accounts that have already been compromised.
March 2, 2017 Yahoo punishes CEO in latest fallout from security breakdown Yahoo is punishing CEO Marissa Mayer and parting ways with its top lawyer for the mishandling of two security breaches that exposed the personal information of more than 1 billion users and already have cost the company $350 million.
