Privacy in China December 31, 2017March 12, 2018Privacy Tech Team Around the world, governments approach privacy from a number of different angles, from the patchwork model of US laws, to the more comprehensive
Bitcoin: The Engine That Drives Ransomware December 27, 2017March 12, 2018Privacy Tech Team In the latest round of ransomware attacks, a version of malware called either WannaCry or WanaCrypt0r has been spreading around the globe at
Ransomware to Go December 24, 2017March 12, 2018Privacy Tech Team By now, most people have heard about ransomware – the malware that encrypts your computer files, leaving them unreadable, with a message demanding
Privacy at the Library December 20, 2017March 12, 2018Privacy Tech Team The right to privacy and intellectual freedom can often be seen as two sides of the same coin. Nowhere is this truer in
Fancy Bear Strikes Again December 16, 2017March 12, 2018Privacy Tech Team In an eerie echo to the breaches related to the 2016 US presidential election, the election campaign of presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in
Source The FBI vs. Encryption December 12, 2017March 12, 2018Privacy Tech Team In keeping with recent tradition, FBI director James Comey is again in the news, arguing that the FBI is hampered in investigations by
Facebook and the Lure of Phishing December 8, 2017March 12, 2018Privacy Tech Team From political intrigue during the election, to millions of dollars in tax fraud, to public embarrassment, phishing turns out to be an all-purpose
Source: Google SHAttered December 4, 2017March 12, 2018Privacy Tech Team For years, the SHA-1 algorithm served as one of the encryption backbones of the internet. It was used in a number of applications,