This article first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid The Federal Trade Commission’s final report on digital privacy contains some very welcome recommendations. The recently released report, title “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change,” looks at challenges consumers face in “today’s world of…
FTC’s Digital Privacy Report Has Welcome Recommendations
This article first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid The Federal Trade Commission’s final report on digital privacy contains some very welcome recommendations. The recently released report, title “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change,” looks at challenges consumers face in “today’s world of…
Fake YouTube site targeted Syrian activists, digital watchdog EFF says
A fake YouTube site purporting to show videos supporting the opposition in Syria has been taken down after it tried to infect visitors with malicious software, according to digital watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The EFF is “deeply concerned about this pattern of pro-government malware targeting online activists in authoritarian…
Digital Forensics Leader AccessData Cites Industry Report Underscoring Dramatic Rise in Forensics Service Demand
On the heels of an industry report detailing a nearly 14% annualized increase in demand for digital forensics services over the past five years, AccessData Group, one of the largest computer forensic technology companies in the U.S., today affirmed the unprecedented growth in digital forensics as a key component of…
What’s next for the Digital Economy Act?
Last week, British internet service providers BT and TalkTalk lost their court appeal against the Digital Economy Act, meaning that they will have to send warning letters to customers suspected of illegal file-sharing. Following a failed appeal against the Act last year, in which four out of five grounds for…
49 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
This has been quite a week in digital culture. Between Apple's revealing of the new iPad and the beginning of the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, Mashable has a multitude of new digital media resources for you. Don't worry if you've fallen behind — here's our weekly features…
RSA: Trust in our Digital World is in Jeopardy
RSA chief warns that risk is a way of life and that the time has come to embrace a Big Data approach to security. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
While most recent American Internet safety conferences focus on digital citizenship issues such as preventing cyber …
I’m writing from Moscow, where I spoke at Russia’s Safer Internet Day conference last week. Safer Internet Day, which originated in Europe, is celebrated in much of the world, though there are relatively few events in the United States. While most recent American Internet safety conferences focus on digital citizenship…
Trustwave issued digital certificate allowing SSL spying
Digital certificate authority Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted the Mozilla community to debate whether the CA’s root certificate should be removed from Firefox. The certificate issued by…
Trustwave admits issuing ‘man-in-the-middle’ digital certificate
Mozilla debates punishment for the issuing of a subordinate root certificate that let company snoop on SSL-encrypted traffic Digital Certificate Authority (CA) Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted…