If you are using the same password across websites, you are at risk

Nov 10

If you are using the same password across websites, you are at risk

Do you use the same password across different websites? Do you know if you do so your passwords may be stolen by the website you signed up with. So, is there a solution? The best solution of course is to use a different password at at each website you signed up with. But for most mere mortals that is not a practical option. I will tell you what I do. I use a password...

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Are you sure you have anonymized your data?

Nov 01

Are you sure you have anonymized your data?

In our work as security professionals a lot of time we encounter decisions about what data to reveal or hide due to privacy concerns. I am sure when Netflix decided to release its data as a part of the challenge to come up with a better recommendation algorithm, it thought that it had sanitized the data enough. But, it seems that Arvind Narayanan and Vitaly...

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