June 4, 2018
Egnyte releases one-step GDPR compliance solution
Egnyte has always had the goal of protecting data and files wherever they live, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Today, the company announced a new feature to…
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May 23, 2018
Okta introduces ‘Sign in with Okta’ service
Consider that there are millions of Okta users out there using the service to sign into their company applications with a single set of credentials. Yet getting customers…
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FBI reportedly overestimated inaccessible encrypted phones by thousands
The FBI seems to have been caught fibbing again on the topic of encrypted phones. FBI director Christopher Wray estimated in December that it had almost 7,800 phones…
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Teen monitoring app TeenSafe exposes thousands of passwords
U.K.-based security researcher Robert Wiggins has found two exposed TeenSafe servers, leaking the passwords and information of some users of the monitoring service. TeenSafe is meant to protect…
Read articleMay 17, 2018
LocationSmart didn’t just sell mobile phone locations, it leaked them
What’s worse than companies selling the real-time locations of cell phones wholesale? Failing to take security precautions that prevent people from abusing the service. LocationSmart did both, as…
Read articleMay 15, 2018
Auth0 snags $55M Series D, seeks international expansion
Auth0, a startup based in Seattle, has been helping developers with a set of APIs to build authentication into their applications for the last five years. It’s raised…
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Xage introduces fingerprinting to protect industrial IoT devices
As old-school industries like oil and gas increasingly network entities like oil platforms, they become more vulnerable to hacking attacks that were impossible when they were stand-alone. That…
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iOS will soon disable USB connection if left locked for a week
In a move seemingly designed specifically to frustrate law enforcement, Apple is adding a security feature to iOS that totally disables data being sent over USB if the…
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Twitter has an unlaunched ‘Secret’ encrypted messages feature
Buried inside Twitter’s Android app is a “Secret conversation” option that if launched would allow users to send encrypted direct messages. The feature could make Twitter a better…
Read articleMay 2, 2018
Columbus Collaboratory’s Jeff Schmidt talks about the future of security
In this episode of Technotopia I talk to Jeff Schmidt of the Columbus Collaboratory. He is well-versed in the future of security and our conversation ranged from the…
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