A great segment from 60 minutes Australia on security and privacy hacking on the cell phone network around the world. This segment demonstrates how a simple radio antenna with parts costing around $100 can act as a mobile cellphone tower and intercept all communications. The technology is based upon IMSI Catching. If you want [...]
As initially reported on The Intercept, GCHQ (the UK Governments equivalent of the NSA) and the NSA were able to hack Kaspersky Software's ant-virus software to track users and infiltrate networks. This information comes directly from documents released by Edward Snowden. The hacked software was then used to monitor email and web traffic to obtain [...]
In yet another shameless story about breaching confidentiality, yesterday it was revealed that Google has been downloading audio listeners onto every computer that runs Chrome, and transmits audio data back to Google. Effectively, this means that Google had taken itself the right to listen to every conversation in every room that runs Chrome somewhere, without any [...]
In another example of how your computer is being used for spying, this week it was revealed that a virus spread through a hotel network was able to infect the computers of guests which hijacked microphones and cameras. The Virus, which is embedded in the system kernel to avoid detection, is able to eavesdrop [...]
A sobering message for parents from this latest research from Statista that shows how often teenagers are now online. With 80% of teens online almost constantly or often online we have to be vigilant on ways that we can keep them safe and well educated about how they use the Internet. [...]
Interesting news from the Federal Court today has ruled that bulk phone data collection by the NSA is illegal. Congress now has until May 31 to decide what they will allow before the law expires. It should be an interesting 3 weeks ahead. For now the court will allow the program to continue temporarily [...]
Just when you thought we were closer to adopting individual protection rights France has now entered the surveillance debate and has proposed an extensive surveillance law. This new law is even more extensive than the Patriot Act and provides unlimited data collection at all major points within the country. The proposal would require every [...]
The Wall Street Journal has just published a great article about your children being the weakest security link. We certainly agree with this sentiment. BlackFog was founded on this principle of keeping your family and children secure. The article identifies some key criteria on the types of activities that cause the most trouble. They [...]
As of Saturday April 18, all Twitter users outside of the US are now protected under the EU Data Protection Regulation or Directive. This is an important move by Twitter and helps to provide some level of protection for non-US citizens. This directive includes the "right to be forgotten" clause so that users can [...]
In worrying data spying trends across the globe there is even more reason everyone should be worried about what information is being shared and extracted in our digital world. Apple CEO, Tim Cook recently spoke out about the extent of this sharing. No doubt he has some good insight into what is going on [...]
Anthem, the second largest health insurance company operating under Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Amerigroup and Healthlink suffered a massive data breach.
