Credit to Author: Emma Grey Ellis| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:10:47 +0000
All but four states in the US now have a revenge porn law on the books. But advocates say precious few get it right.
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Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700
I haven’t looked at today’s tech news too closely just yet, but I have a sneaking suspicion some evil-sounding virtual gremlin or other is probably on the brink of invading my smartphone, stealing my secrets, and setting me up for a lifetime of dread and despair.
He might even be covertly eating all the salty snacks from my kitchen this very second. ALL THE SALTY SNACKS, DAMN IT!
I don’t have to scan the headlines too closely to know there’s a decent chance of all of this happening — because all of this happens practically every other week here in the Android world. A solid few to several times a month, it seems, some hilariously named and made-to-seem-scary new piece of malware (ViperRat! Desert Scorpion! Ooga-Booga-Meanie-Monster!) is making its way onto our phones and into our lives. Or so we’re told, rather convincingly and repeatedly. (All right, so I may have made Ooga-Booga-Meanie-Monster up just now, but c’mon: It’s probably only a matter of time til we see something using that name.)
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:36:00 +0000
Robert Mueller will testify before Congress Wednesday in two separate hearings. You can watch it right here, but first make sure to manage your expectations.
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Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 01:32:47 +0000
Senate Democrats want to remind everyone that US elections are still at risk, and Congress could do more to protect them.
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Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 22:18:27 +0000
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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You have several options to set up alerts in Azure Active Directory to help spot risky user behavior.
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:46:00 -0700
Utah County is the latest government entity to pilot a mobile voting application based on blockchain to allow military absentee voters and their family members living overseas to vote in an upcoming municipal primary election.
The county, which has more than a half million residents, is the third in the U.S. to partner with Tusk Philanthropies on a national effort to expand mobile voting. The pilot is a collaboration between the Utah County Elections Division, Tusk Philanthropies, the National Cybersecurity Center and Boston-based voting app developer Voatz.
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:08:48 +0000
Last week’s US strike of an Iranian drone is the first reported successful use of the Marines’ new energy weapon.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:58:03 +0000
For failing to safeguard Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and more, Equifax will pay up—but not enough, experts say.
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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700
Mozilla plans bake its Lockwise password manager into Firefox 70, the upgrade now set to launch Oct. 22.
At the same time, the browser will also be more tightly integrated with Firefox Monitor, which will provide warnings to users when their saved passwords have been revealed by a data hack.
According to Firefox bug reports and project documentation, Lockwise will automatically record username-and-password pairs, generate complex passwords on demand, identify victimized accounts and instruct users to change any passwords that have leaked.