With the way technology has allowed us to conduct business, communicate, and put ourselves out there while on-the-go, security has become even more important to protect personal information. With so many different online accounts, it becomes a large task to create unique passwords for each individual place. While there are some password manager solutions, most more »

The state of Washington’s Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked and the personal information of over 1 million people was exposed. The data, including 160,000 social security numbers and 1 million driver’s license numbers, was accessed sometime between last fall and February. So far the actual theft of only 94 social security numbers has more »

Above is a quote from Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report, which basically means that the number of vulnerabilities in an operating system are not the main problem for a mobile device. It’s how often those vulnerabilities are exploited. It clearly makes sense when you think about it, especially when drawing comparisons between Android and more »

Hacking and passwords have been in the news a lot lately. The New York Times had a good story today about hackers attacking the power grid, and of course there was the Evernote hacking over the weekend. If you’re not thinking about password security, you should be. LastPass is a good consumer option. The basic more »

“Just as the Department of Defense is working to open its networks to iOS and Android mobile devices, a new report reveals that Canadian federal workers are being warned about potential security holes on BlackBerry.” According to Canada.com, Public Safety Canada — the federal agency that manages cyber-security within the government — issued a memo back in more »

Tomorrow the company, Red Balloon Security, will present proof that its security software, the “symbiote,” can protect a standard IP office phone from malicious attacks. And this IP phone demo is just the beginning. Eventually, the symbiote could protect virtually any connected device you can think of. The developer, Ang Cui, a Columbia PhD student in computer science, has been more »

Passwords can be a nuisance sometimes. But not with myIDkey; the first fingerprint, voice-search, secure Bluetooth / USB drive that displays passwords and ID on the go as well as works with all smart mobile devices and personal computers. Your finger (or thumb) print is your key to unlock your highly personal data such as passwords, more »

A pair of researchers at Erlangen University in Germany have shown that a trick known as a “cold boot attack” can read data from a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running the latest version of Android, even when the phone is protected by a PIN and has its storage disk encrypted. They call their technique FROST, or more »

The company that made the iTwin Remote File Access and iTwin SecureBox is happy to announce the availability of the iTwin Connect. The iTwin Connect lets users make the public Internet private. One half of the iTwin plugs into a trusted personal or office computer. The other half stays with you until you want to more »

Apricorn, a leader in data security products for business, has announced a biometric USB drive that safeguards your data with secure fingerprint access. The Aegis Bio uses real-time 256-bit AES-XTS hardware encryption and it doesn’t require software setup or admin rights to access the data. The Bio works on any operating system including Mac, PC, and more »