The Iranian hack of the New York dam has been seen as a symptom of the weakness of the infrastructure that is in the United States. Authorities are afraid that public infrastructure such as dams, stadiums, traffic lights and power grids can be accessed by any person from anywhere using anything from a password and … Read more
Israel isn’t ranked too low by Reporters Without Borders. They rank halfway down the list as number 101 out of 180 different countries. In fact, Israel has one of the highest Internet penetration rates in the region with over 74% of people having Internet access. They really don’t censor much content when compared to neighboring nations, … Read more
The bug bounty program that the Defence Department initiated back in March now has a price. The Defence Department said that it was partnering HackerOne, a San Francisco-based company for the upcoming bug bounty challenge, “hack the Pentagon.” The challenge has started, and interested parties now start signing on the initiative’s website. The Defence Department … Read more
Due to recent political problems and foreign occupation in Iraq, the country has been in a chaotic state for quite some time. Before the US had invaded Iraq, there was practically zero freedom online due to the regime led by Saddam Hussein. Once the US invaded the country, things changed drastically online and citizens were … Read more
Some of the country’s most prestigious law firms were hacked last summer, but it’s still unclear as to which data was taken. Investigators are still searching to see if there was confidential data that might have been stolen. Stolen data would probably be used for insider trading. The affected firms include the affluent Cravath Swaine … Read more
The Internet laws in Denmark regarding privacy, freedom of expression, and freedom of information are among the most free and lax in the entire world. They even surpass territories such as the United States and the UK in terms of how forgiving their Internet climate is. In fact, Reporters Without Borders ranked them 7 out … Read more
A data breach happened at Verizon Enterprise Solutions. The violation which involves theft and resale of customer data was discovered by security firm KrebsOnSecurity. Verizon Enterprise Solutions is usually the one which is called when there are breaches in other companies, so this must be a big blow for them. A prominent member of the … Read more
Even though the rise in popularity of mobile devices means that we can access data on the go like never before, many people still find that they do a lot of their web browsing at home. Part of this is due to the fact that people can often type much faster on the laptop or … Read more
Firefox has been a leader in the web browser industry for a number of years now, and it even predates some of the other web browsers that have become popular over the last few years such as Google Chrome. Though it isn’t the most widely used web browser, it is still immensely popular and has … Read more
American online users face a growing new threat to the privacy that they have been fighting so hard for as a new report indicates that phone and cable Internet Service Providers have merged to target users with data-driven personalized advertising. Leading Internet companies are part of the group too, as they extend and expand the … Read more