In the previous posts about Trust I outlined how things that are designed to help you with your security can sometimes hinder that very security that you are trying to achieve. Today I will take …

Today I came across a very disturbing story by Mike Masnick at techdirt. Mike reports about a class action suit by some students who claim the school was monitoring them through the webcam from laptops …

Today I came across a series of articles that claims that most solutions that encrypt voice communications on mobile phones are not up to par and can easily be intercepted. My first reaction was that …

This week the BBC reported that someone has disclosed contact details for 170,000 of Shell’s employees world wide. The disclosure comes with a note claiming it is being disclosed by former employees who can’t stand …

Recently I wrote an article about how Trust can be a security risk in one’s environment; today I will expand on that further. On the 4th of January H-Online  reported a story where security firm …

In the modern age vulnerabilities are discovered in one of two ways; organizations, researcher, testers and white hats test applications for vulnerabilities due to their line of work or simply to build a reputation. Once …

I’ve previously discussed how important it is to pay attention to the medium you’re using; transferring data via satellite for example puts you at great risk as you’re spreading your data on a wide geographical range, …

Steganography is the art of concealing messages into something innocuous in such a way that it is extremely difficult for someone to suspect, let alone find, a hidden message. The etymology of the word “steganography” …

Some time ago I was reading about the Counterfeit banknote detector pen.  This pen basically writes in yellow on genuine money but in black or grey on fake money. So I thought, great but doesn’t …

Cloud storage solutions allow users to access their files from virtually anywhere as long as an internet connection is available.
The files are stored by the solution providers.  Usually the files stored in the cloud can …