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Infosecurity Magazine, Digital Edition, Q4, 2019, Volume 16, Issue 4 Take a Look at the Digital Magazine Archive
The Helpful Hack That Started It All
Blog

The Helpful Hack That Started It All

Apple Dropped iCloud Encryption Plans After FBI Complaint: Report
News

Apple Dropped iCloud Encryption Plans After FBI Complaint: Report

News

Microsoft Exposes 250 Million Call Center Records in Privacy Snafu

Microsoft Exposes 250 Million Call Center Records in Privacy Snafu

Data leak was the result of misconfigured Elasticsearch databases

News

Campaigners Threaten ICO with Legal Action for AdTech Failings

Campaigners Threaten ICO with Legal Action for AdTech Failings

Regulator has yet to punish industry for illegal real-time bidding practices

Hong Kong Looks to GDPR as it Strengthens Privacy Laws
News

Hong Kong Looks to GDPR as it Strengthens Privacy Laws

UK Gov Database Leak Exposes 28 Million Children
News

UK Gov Database Leak Exposes 28 Million Children

Mitsubishi Electric Discloses Information Leak
News

Mitsubishi Electric Discloses Information Leak

Travelex Begins Reboot as VPN Bug Persists
News

Travelex Begins Reboot as VPN Bug Persists

News

Equifax Breach Settlement Could Cost Firm Billions

Equifax Breach Settlement Could Cost Firm Billions

Firm will pay at least $1.38bn, but probably much more

Data Breach Site WeLeakInfo Suspended as Feds Swoop
News

Data Breach Site WeLeakInfo Suspended as Feds Swoop

Whitepapers

White Paper

Deceive to Achieve: The Key to Deception-Based Alerts

White Paper

IT Director's Guide to Passwords and Cyber Essentials

White Paper

Know Your Enemy. Know Your Risk

News

China Promises Action on Tech Transfers and IP Protection

China Promises Action on Tech Transfers and IP Protection

Trade deal is ambitious in scope, but will Beijing adhere to it?

Trump Takes on Apple Over FBI's Backdoor Request
News

Trump Takes on Apple Over FBI's Backdoor Request

Data Leaks, Not Hacks, Are the Fastest Way to Sink a Brand
Opinion

Data Leaks, Not Hacks, Are the Fastest Way to Sink a Brand

Managing Customer Identity in the Era of CCPA
Blog

Managing Customer Identity in the Era of CCPA

News

UK Consultancies Leak Data on Thousands of Workers

UK Consultancies Leak Data on Thousands of Workers

Unprotected S3 bucket contained criminal record checks and PII

News

Russian Phishers Hit Firm at Center of Trump Impeachment

Russian Phishers Hit Firm at Center of Trump Impeachment

Experts believe GRU is looking for DNC-style dynamite ahead of US election

App Leaks Thousands of Baby Photos and Videos Online
News

App Leaks Thousands of Baby Photos and Videos Online

Aussie Bushfires Donation Site Hit by Magecart Thieves
News

Aussie Bushfires Donation Site Hit by Magecart Thieves

Hundreds of Millions of Broadcom Modems “Haunted” by New Bug
News

Hundreds of Millions of Broadcom Modems “Haunted” by New Bug

Patients of Hacked US Surgical Company Hit with Ransom Demands
News

Patients of Hacked US Surgical Company Hit with Ransom Demands

Infosec

Leaked Trade Details Reveal More Fluid UK-US Data Exchange Intentions
Infosec Blog

Leaked Trade Details Reveal More Fluid UK-US Data Exchange Intentions

FBI Document-Seeding Tactics Echo Decades-Old Hacker-Hunting Trick
Infosec Blog

FBI Document-Seeding Tactics Echo Decades-Old Hacker-Hunting Trick

Next-Gen Infosec

Payroll: The Next Payment Security Battleground
Next-Gen

Payroll: The Next Payment Security Battleground

Interview: Haylin Abdulkadir, Purdue University Global
Next-Gen

Interview: Haylin Abdulkadir, Purdue University Global