We Read Apple’s 65 Page Filing Calling Bulls**t On The Justice Department, So You Don’t Have To
Apple didn’t need to reply until tomorrow, but has now released its Motion to Vacate the magistrate judge’s order from last week, compelling Apple to create a new operating system that undermines a couple of key security features, so that…
Why Hasn’t The NSA Broken Apple’s Encryption?
The question Apple is asking the FBI: If you want to hack into our iPhone so bad, why don’t you just have the U.S. National Security Agency do it? That’s what a strongly worded legal brief filed Thursday amounts to….
The Government’s Decades-Long Battle Over Encryption
The FBI wants to crack open a mass shooter’s iPhone, and Apple has refused to cooperate. It’s a story for the 21st century, but the roots go back a whole generation earlier, to the 1990s when the FBI and other…
How To Protect Yourself On Public WiFi
The easiest way to get yourself hacked is to sit down at a coffee shop, open your computer and log onto the internet. The very notion of a public WiFi network means anyone, including hackers, can almost instantly access all…
Bitcoin at a crossroads: The Canadians who may have saved the virtual currency – or ruined it
At 3:30 a.m. in a hotel conference room in Hong Kong last Sunday, a group of people involved in Bitcoin did something they haven’t done in a while: Come to an agreement. Samson Mow, the B.C.-born chief operating officer of…
Baltimore hackers say they reveal potentially deadly cybersecurity weaknesses at area hospitals
BALTIMORE—Area hospitals are riddled with cybersecurity flaws that could allow attackers to hack into medical devices and harm patients, a team of Baltimore-based researchers has concluded after a two-year investigation. Hackers at Independent Security Evaluators say they broke into one…
Security Versus Privacy in the Online Age [analysis]
Investigations into recent terrorist attacks, such as those in Paris and Jakarta, led to reports of extremist groups using encrypted cell phone apps, such as Telegram, to avoid government surveillance. This has fuelled further calls from government officials and security…
Checking Vital Signs of European Banks
European banks are once again facing fears of a meltdown. While current risks require careful scrutiny, a thorough checkup suggests that relatively healthy lenders can be found in the market today. It’s been a rough start to the year for…
‘Outbeared’: Top Economist Warns Recession May Be Closer Than We Think
A leading economist warns market events which caused big downward swings in global stocks this year could be signaling a coming recession sooner than he anticipated. Jim Reid, macroeconomic strategist at Deutsche Bank, says cheap oil and weakness across the…
Royal Bank Of Scotland Reports $2.8B Loss
Britain’s largest state-owned lender Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) reported its eighth straight year of annual loss on Friday. The bank, hit by restructuring and litigation costs for past misconduct, reported a pretax loss of 1.98 billion pounds ($2.78 billion)…