By B.N. Frank Whether your community is “Smart” or not, one report recently exposed that less than 25% of cities “conduct privacy impact assessments” when…
By Cindy Cohn People all around the world deserve the right to have a private conversation. Communication privacy is a human right, a civil liberty…
By Tyler Durden As Ed Snowden warned in a tweet when the story broke this weekend, “this leak is going to be the story of…
By B.N. Frank Last week serious warnings were reported about Microsoft’s lingering “PrintNightmare” issue. Fortunately, the company has been working to patch it as well…
By B.N. Frank Does it feel like it’s “same shit different day” with announcements about cyberattacks and cybersecurity vulnerabilities? Last week it was Microsoft’s turn….
By Tyler Durden Iranian state TV on Friday afternoon (local time) reported “unprecedented chaos” at train stations across the country, leading to cancellations, immense delays…
By Whitney Webb With many focusing on the Cyber Polygon exercise, less attention has been paid to the World Economic Forum’s real ambitions in cybersecurity…
By Brandon Smith Over the past few months I have been writing analysis on a planned crisis war game organized by the World Economic Forum…
By B.N. Frank Hackers can cause catastrophic and sometimes even deadly results no matter who or what is targeted – businesses (see 1, 2, 3),…
By City AM A home filled with smart devices could be exposed to thousands of hacking or unknown scanning attacks from around the world in…
By B.N. Frank Privacy and security experts have been warning for many years about risks associated with all Internet of Things (IoT), “Smart”, and wireless…
By Derrick Broze On the eve of the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Polygon simulation of a cyberhack, a number of independent journalists and their supporters…
By B.N. Frank A 2018 survey revealed 66% of Americans did NOT want to live in “Smart Cities” due to privacy and security risks. Worldwide…
By Tyler Durden Hard drive manufacturer Western Digital recommended that My Disk external hard drive owners unplug them from the internet until further notice, after…