Tag Archives: security and privacy

The U.S. Kaspersky Ban Sets an Ugly Precedent

Whether the ban is justified is less important in the grand scheme of things than what it does to the borderless nature of the cybersecurity industry and the tech industry as a whole. Continue reading

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Equifax Says Unpatched Apache Struts Vulnerability Behind Massive Security Breach

Equifax officials said today that its massive security breach was possible via unpatched web application server vulnerability Apache Struts CVE-2017-5638. Continue reading

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Equifax Facing First State Suit After Massive Data Breach

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey put her state on track to be the first to sue Equifax Inc. over a massive data breach. Continue reading

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Equifax Says Cyberattack May Have Hit 143 Million Customers

Intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers, Equifax said in a statement. Continue reading

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Spying on Worker Emails Gets New Hurdle in EU Court Ruling

Prying into workers’ emails just became a bit harder following a European Court of Human Rights ruling. Continue reading

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