Facebook pays contractors to transcribe users’ audio chats Facebook has claimed that it has paid external human contractors to listen to recordings of users without their knowledge. 317 0 Read More
Capital One: Hackers steal 100 million Americans’ data A hacker who obtained the names, addresses, phone numbers and birth dates of Capital One customers in the US and Canada has been arrested by the FBI. 312 0 Read More
IoT malware attacks are up 55%, according to SonicWall IoT malware attacks are up 55%, according to SonicWall’s Cyber Threat report, which collects data from over a million security sensors in over 200 countries. 314 0 Read More
Data: the worst breaches and how to stop them With the proliferation of organisations relying on the storage and use of vast amounts of customer data, we’ve never been more at risk of having our details bared to the world. 388 2 Read More
Will AI start a revolution in cloud and data storage? AI requires data: lots of data. The way we store that data in future may change, as cloud and edge computing develops. What does the future for AI data storage? 463 1 Read More
This is how social networks use your data Those free social networks you use are not entirely free. You’re paying for them, just not with money. Data is the currency, and they’re collecting a lot of it. 266 1 Read More
Toronto-based “Google smart city” asks questions of IoT security With self-driving taxis and snow-melting pavements, Toronto’s waterfront was set to be the most technologically advanced smart city in the world. 429 0 Read More