All posts by Chris Tribbey
Europol: Europe’s Police Need Data Law Changes to Fight Cybercrime (Reuters)
Law enforcers in Europe need greater powers to retain data for longer in order to catch cybercriminals selling discrete services that police cannot trace under existing regulations... More
I.D. Theft Service Customer Gets 27 Months (Krebs on Security)
A Florida man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for trying to purchase Social Security numbers and other data from an identity theft service that pulled consumer records f... More
Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, Oct. 5, 2014 (Citadel Information Group)
Important Security Updates Apple OS X: Apple has released updates for multiple versions of OS X to fix two highly critical vulnerabilities reported in OS X Lion version 10.7.5, OS... More
The Role of Search Engines in Piracy (CDSA)
By Chris Tribbey It turns out search engines just might play a role in whether consumers choose to steal content or buy it. That’s according to a new study out of Carnegie Mell... More
Cybersecurity Defense Hampered by Lack of ‘White Hat’ Hacker Talent (The Wall Street Journal)
The lack of qualified IT staff schooled in the latest data cybersecurity measures is the biggest challenge vexing chief information and security officers today, panel participants ... More
Ex-NSA Director Alexander Calls for New Cybersecurity Model (Computer World)
Small and medium-size U.S. companies should band together on cybersecurity systems as a way to pool limited resources against increasingly sophisticated attackers, the former direc... More
Shellshock Bug: Is Your Computer One of Millions at Risk from Devastating Bash Security Flaw? (The Mirror)
A security flaw affecting millions of Mac computers, web servers and internet connected devices has emerged, which experts warn could be among the most devastating ever seen. The ... More
Who’s Behind the Bogus $49.95 Charges? (Krebs on Security)
Hardly a week goes by when I don’t hear from a reader wondering about the origins of a bogus credit card charge for $49.95 or some similar amount for a product they never ordered... More
Home Depot’s Former Lead Security Engineer Had a Legacy of Sabotage (Slate)
Information continues to trickle in on the Home Depot data breach, and it's an ugly one. Last week, the company confirmed that its security lapse—the biggest ever for a retailer�... More
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Phyllis Schneck (Steptoe Cyberblog)
Our guest this week is Dr. Phyllis Schneck, the Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NP... More
The Unrepentant Bootlegger (The New York Times)
s. Beshara was one of the founders of a site called NinjaVideo, which at the time was one of the most popular places online to illegally stream and download TV shows and movies. A... More
Private.me’s Dr. Stan Stahl Talks Secure Internet Browsing, Usage; Possible Tor Alternative And The Privacy Culture Shift (iDT)
I got a chance to interview Dr. Stan Stahl, Chief Information Security Officer of Private.me. Right now it’s an anonymous internet search browser, similar to DuckDuckGo in most w... More
Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, Sept. 28, 2014 (Citadel Information Group)
Important Security Updates Apple iOS: Apple has released version 8.0.2 of its iOS for iPhone 4 and later, iPad and iPod touch. The update is available through the devices or throu... More
Five Truths About Cyber Security (CFO)
The average total cost of a data breach is now $3.5 million globally, a 15% rise from last year, according to a 2014 study by the Ponemon Institute. The likelihood of a company hav... More
How Piracy is Reshaping the Music Biz (Tech Central)
While legal sales of recorded music continue to suffer from widespread music piracy, the popularity of live music appears to be enjoying an unprecedented boom. In his recent book ... More
DISH to Deploy NAGRA Next-Gen Content Security Ahead of 4K (Rapid TV News)
U.S. satellite giant DISH Network will be the first customer to deploy NAGRA anyCAST COMMAND, a security technology that targets popular forms of piracy like control word sharing. ... More
BPI Hits Record-Breaking 100 Million Google Takedowns (Torrent Freak)
The BPI has reached a new milestone in its ongoing efforts to have pirated content removed from the Internet. This week the music industry group reported its 100 millionth URL to G... More
Kindle Security Vulnerability Can ‘Compromise’ Amazon Accounts (ZD Net)
A security vulnerability exists in Amazon's Kindle Library, which can be used to "compromise" an entire Amazon.com account, according to the researcher who found the flaw. German ... More
Here’s What Hackers Can Do With Your CRM Data (Forbes)
It is clear why malware writers target such retailers as Home Depot HD and Target. It is obvious, if not pathetic, why hackers break into the cloud to find and publish private nude... More
