Only the Public Can Balance on Privacy vs Public Safety
When does the individual’s right to privacy trump the right of society to pursue justice and public safety? Neither right is absolute. That issue underlies the FBI-Apple iPhone decryption scuffle,...
View ArticleConsumer Confidence in Internet Security Is Weakening
An average of 160 cybercrimes per week are launched against companies and the average cost of each attack is in the millions. Almost half of Americans are aware of an attack that impacted them...
View ArticleTime and Security at the Checkout Line
For retail payments there are six protocols in common use – cash, check, credit card swipe and sign, debit card swipe and pin entry, EMV chip and sometimes sign, and mobile payments (using near field...
View ArticleWhen Can We Agree on What Online Security Means?
We repeatedly confront the gulf between law enforcement’s and civilians’ understanding of what online security is and whom it is meant to protect. Well-meaning law enforcement officials and earnest...
View ArticleCyberattacks Keep Coming
Fighting today’s cyber malware is not like the game of “whack a mole.” There used to be something satisfying about whacking the mole back under the game surface. Back then our computers could be...
View ArticleWebsite Operators Held Accountable for Others’ Misdeeds as Well As For Their Own
In the early 1990s, the Internet was like the unbridled Wild West of the 1890s. In the early 1990s, standards of Internet practice were almost nonexistent. You could start almost any kind of business...
View ArticleSpecialized Cyberattacks
At the retail level, hackers can seize a consumer’s identity and financial assets without leaving a trail for law enforcement to follow. Identity theft inflicts an average loss of $5,100 on each of the...
View ArticleThe Evolving Security of Credit Cards
Another breach of consumer credit card information was reported by Hudson’s Bay, the owner of Lord and Taylor and Saks stores. Hudson’s Bay said “it was the victim of a security breach that...
View ArticleVideo Game Security
Video games, especially online video games, can expose players to cyberattacks. The attacks come both from unsafe behaviors by the players and from inadequate security in the servers hosting the...
View ArticleStudy: Addressing Privacy and Security Concerns with Distributed Tech without...
In May 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a warning notifying that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and could collect...
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