Deloitte, Others Test use of Blockchain for Consumer Payments
SETL, a London-based fintech, Deloitte and Metro Bank said Tuesday they have tested a blockchain-based payment system. SETL provided a contactless smartcard enabled blockchain...
Virtru is Like a Spell Check for Security: We Take Privacy Very Seriously –...
John Ackerly is the cofounder, CEO of Virtru Corporation. He spent the earlier part of his career working as the lead policy adviser on...
AT&T, Comcast and Verizon Say They Won’t Sell Customers’ Browsing Data
AT&T, Comcast and Verizon released statements on Friday to the effect that they will not sell the individual internet browsing data of their customers....
US-CERT Weighs in on Phishing Campaign Targeting Google Docs Users
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) said Thursday it is aware of the phishing campaign affecting Google Docs users.
The campaign used spoofed...
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Ban Calls During Flights
Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) last week introduced bipartisan legislation directing the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to...
FTC Fines Online Marketers More Than $2.5 Million Over Fake ‘Free’ and ‘Risk-Free’ Trials
A group of online marketers will pay more than $2.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers with “free” and...
Uber’s PR Crisis Deepens With Revelations it Paid Hackers to Destroy Evidence of Breach...
A data breach in 2016 affected approximately 50 million riders and 7 million drivers on the Uber platform.
The breach exposed the names, phone numbers...
Top Tech Companies Pledge to Resist Government Efforts to Launch Cyberattacks on Citizens
34 global technology and security companies on Tuesday signed what they called a Cybersecurity Tech Accord aimed at defending “all customers everywhere from malicious...
Smart TV Tracking: Legislators Blast Privacy Policies, Call for FTC Probe
Democratic senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, are requesting that the Federal Trade...
Super Micro Denies Allegations Chinese Hacked Chips: To Review Hardware
Super Micro Computer Inc on Monday stated in a letter to customers it will review its hardware for any proof of installation of malicious...