In brief: A report studying compromised networks from the firm Vectra finds a big jump in “lateral movement,” as hackers delve deeper into hacked organizations.
Tag: data privacy
Internet of Tattoos? NIST Workshop Plumbs Body Art Algorithms
In-brief: One in five adults in the U.S. sport body art, making tattoos a useful tool for identifying both criminals and their victims. A NIST workshop explored ways to use AI to better identify and catalog tatts.
The Abject Failure of Federal InfoSec
In-brief: OPM and IRS are just the latest incidents to expose the dire state of federal information security practice. The question is: why?
SCOTUS FISA Ruling A Tool To Disenfranchise Data Theft Victims?
In-brief: a 2013 ruling by the Supreme Court that limited the right of Amnesty International to sue the government for damages caused by the actions of the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court is being used by Home Depot to question consumers’ right to sue for damages related to a massive theft of credit cards from that company in 2014.
Will IoT Spell The End of Freemium?
In-brief: will growing fatigue over data collection by marketing firms and the advent of IoT spell the end of the “freemium” business model? The answer is: maybe, yes.
