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Conversational spearphishing? Global cyber-investigations? What is this world coming to?
That’s what we wanted to know after reading an in-depth report entitled “Cyber Security in Japan,” produced by the Center for International Public Policy Studies. Private WiFi corresponded with Senior Fellow Ryusuke Masuoka, PhD, one of the study’s authors. Click to find out more views on differences between the United States and Japan when it comes to handling cybercrime. Read More
Remember the uproar over SOPA a few months ago? Don’t look now, but there’s another bill currently being debated in the House of Representatives that some people are calling the next SOPA.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the cyber-security legislation Friday, despite claims from privacy groups and technology experts. Read More
Recently, Roger Grimes at InfoWorld published a fascinating article about how lucrative and safe it is for cybercriminals to commit identity theft on the Internet.
If you’re an ordinary criminal who likes to rob banks, you’re taking a big risk for a relatively minor reward.
The FBI reported that in 2010, U.S. bank robbers committed 5,628 bank jobs which netted $43 million. So the average bank robbery took in a little more than $7500. And 22% of the time, the criminals were caught and the money was returned.
In Queensland, Australia, local police identified a large number of homes and businesses without secure WiFi connections and plan on distributing information in mailboxes about how they can better secure their routers. Read More
The National Security Agency has issued a new “best practices” data sheet for keeping home networks, laptops, and mobile devices secure. Read More
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You may remember an article I wrote last summer about “hack-in-a-box” tools that allowed novices to buy an off-the-shelf product that allowed them to hack wifi networks by simply flipping a switch.
One of the products I talked about is called WiFi Pineapple. As I wrote in last year’s post, WiFi Pineapple has only one purpose: to hack into unsecured wifi communications. They even admit it on their website: Read More
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The more ubiquitous cameras become, the less we’re aware they’re even there, according to a new article from GQ.
The web cameras “stare out at us blankly from our phones and laptops, our Xboxes and iPads, a billion eyes and ears just waiting to be turned on. But what if they were switched on–by someone else–when you least expected it? How would you feel, how would you behave, if the devices that surround your life were suddenly turned against you?” Read More
A reader recently asked me why he should pay for a personal VPN when there are “free” options elsewhere. You certainly get what you pay for, and the short answer is that PRIVATE WiFi has no advertising. We don’t sell, rent, or lease user information. Our singular focus is on providing a quality VPN experience for normal, everyday people. In addition, because we are in the service business and not advertising, we offer extensive customer service.
Read the entire response for more information on why PRIVATE WiFi beats any and all personal VPN competitors. Read More
Should consumers or companies be blamed for online privacy concerns? Is one side at fault, or is it both, or neither?
Those are just some of the questions being raised on this website, which notes the following: Read More
Google has launched its “Good to Know” advertising campaign to help educate consumers about how to protect themselves online. Read More
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