anonymityThe Convoluted Art of Making Private and Anonymous Phone Calls
A New York artist made an exhibition out of making a single private and anonymous cell phone call outside the scope of government spying. Here’s how he did it.
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adviceFraudsters hacked Skype and tricked victim’s friends to send them $5000
Editorial note: Sergey Dolya, the author of this post is one of the most popular Russian bloggers. This story has happened recently with one of his friends. As it turned
androidFour promising IT security trends of MWC 2015
MWC often gladdens our heart with lots of visitors and participants who care much about security and that is quite natural taking into account that the event is held by
#BionicManDiary Entry 002 — The one where the chip started to toss and turn at night
During my first two weeks of the biochip experience I had time to mull over a lot of things. The deluge of questions from the community pushed this process further:
Protect Your Kids From Cyberbullying
Do you know what your child is doing when s/he holding smartphone or tablet in his/her hands? Maybe everything is fine and s/he is just watching movies or playing game.
AdwareSearching for Mobile’s Third OS: Cyanogen, Superfish and Everything
The latest privacy-related kerfuffle, involving Lenovo, who thought it was a great idea to pre-install some very nasty adware with gaping security holes, was like a blast from the past.
breachTwo Billion Owned SIM Cards is a Real-Life Nightmare
The latest in a long line of whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s National Security Agency revelations may be among the most shocking: that the NSA and its British counterpart, GCHQ, allegedly compromised
#BionicManDiary, entry 001: the story of how a chip was implanted into my body
I woke up to find a Band-Aid on my hand. It was covering a small wound between the thumb and the index finger. That was when I had a WTF moment.
Superfish: adware preinstalled on Lenovo laptops
On February 19th of 2015, it came out that Lenovo’s laptops had been shipped with an adware Superfish preinstalled. There are two major problems with this issue. The first one is
Bank cards: hidden risks
Frequently we (and many, many others) write about different skimming techniques and other ways of compromising bank cards. Today, we’ll talk about the less apparent dangers that run the risk of
Samsung Smart TV Listens While You Watch. Get Used to It.
A couple of weeks ago someone posted the following quote from Samsung’s Smart TV terms of service on Reddit: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or
fraudBugs and Scams and WhatsApp Web
The popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp released WhatsApp Web late last month. The service will allow users to run WhatsApp on their favorite Web browser — so long as their
Big Brotherhood: who tracks us on the Web
Once a user looks up a laptop or a slow cooker online, advertisements from online stores will begin to appear as if from the horn of abundance. This is exactly
2014’s Top Private Data Leaks
Every year millions of people become victims of a data breach. For the majority, the results are the same: hackers sell users’ data on underground websites and companies have to rush
David Cameron against Encryption
“British Prime Minister David Cameron to ban encrypted messengers” — headlines like this one are all over the news at the moment, and with good reason. Opinions vary from “Let’s protect
CES 2015CES 2015: four scary key tech trends
CES 2015 was a superb event in terms of new stuff per square foot, which has been referred to numerous times by tech website reporters. As for me, a person
8 cybersecurity promises you should give yourself for the new year
To some extent your connected PC or mobile device is a lonely warrior lost in unknown territory and this situation repeats each time you are online. In many cases your
From Ransomware to Anonymous Browsing: Ten 2014 Tech Trends
If December means predicting the new year in the security world, then it also means recapping the year that’s about to end. And that’s just what Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research
The dangers of the smart future
Technology is progressing at a frightening pace and is now part and parcel of our everyday lives. However, despite all the breakthroughs, everything is not as it seems. People are no longer
11 Insecure Mobile and Internet Messaging Apps
Last week we looked at the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s secure messaging scorecard and made a list of nine mobile and Internet messaging services that scored well on privacy and security. Today, we’re
The Nine Most Secure and Private Internet and Mobile Messaging Services
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently graded a slew of mobile and Internet messaging services based on security and privacy. Here we detail the top scorers.