Safeguarding your company’s confidential information, in many cases, calls for having your employees create and properly manage a series of passwords. Not only should they choose complex credentials, but they should also vary among themselves. And they definitely should not be saved in easily accessible places, like a text document. Password managers come in handy […]

The latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, Android Nougat, has quite a few security improvements over older versions and, in fact, its arrival on the market is more than necessary. Not for nothing,  Android has managed to win the dubious honor of being the product with the most security vulnerabilities discovered in 2016. According to […]

A lot of things can go wrong on your holidays, like losing luggage or missing a flight, forgetting your travel documents or getting sick at the worst possible time. But have you ever been locked out of your hotel room because of a cyberattack? That’s just what happened to guests at a luxury hotel in […]

Since the 1st of January, the iPhones in your mobile device fleet are even more secure. Or, at least, they should be based on Apple’s most recent requirements for developers. With the beginning of the new year, all apps that haven’t incorporated the App Transport Security (ATS) function will be unable to offer updates through the […]

They’re not human, but they sure seem like they are when we chat with them. Chatbots will become virtual butlers of many companies thanks to their ability to process natural language. Companies like Facebook are promoting their use. For the last few months, Facebook has allowed third parties to create bots for its Messenger app. […]

How to prevent phishing and keep thieves away from your money Phishing – a hacking technique using fraudulent emails to trick people into handing over their bank account details – continues to be a major threat to personal security. Because these techniques are so successful, criminal continually refine them, making it harder than ever to […]

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Jeff Sessions’ remarks widely seen as a reference to backdoors, despite industry’s opposition to them Source: Sophos