Despite being given the worst rating possible by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and having nearly 100,000 private photos stolen, surveys show that the majority of college students wouldn’t change how they used Snapchat. In fact, 58% of students still trusted Snapchat with their photos despite the apparent lack of security. For more info on this story, click here:: College kids still using Snapchat despite ‘The Snappening,’ says report
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Open Source Security Tools to Consider
Many major companies such as Netflix, Google, and Facebook have offered up in-house security tools that are open for community use. Netflix’s Security Monkey monitors and provides analysis for Amazon Web Services configurations. Etsy’s engineering team built an anomaly detection system dubbed Skyline. To learn more about these and other security tools to consider, read the full article here:: 10 Cool Security Tools Open-Sourced By the Internet’s Biggest Innovators
The Possible Cybercrime Economy
Cybercrime is an ongoing fight and issue today. Many businesses and corporations have spent millions on ways to protect their information from becoming compromised. However, there are some scenarios that we won’t be ready for if cybercrime becomes more organized.
First, since cybercriminals often use compromised computers to carry out their crimes, what’s to stop them from recruiting people who would willingly allow their computer to be the hackers’ host in exchange for a cut of their profits? Also, what if cybercriminal activity becomes more of a SaaS black market service to have social networks mapped out and personal info extracted? These issues must be seriously considered before cybercrime gets more organized and more networked or else it’ll be too late.
For a full article on this issue, click here:: Welcome to My Cyber Security Nightmare
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Stay Private, Keep Private – Tor and Tails Updates Available
Private browsers Tor and Tails have recently provided updates in order to securely browse the internet privately. Tor’s newest update disables SSL3 to prevent POODLE attacks and provides new transports to defeat Chinese firewalls. Tails 1.2 offers Debian-based Linux distribution to further preserve a user’s anonymity. You can read more and find downloadable links to the updates here.
Before Taking a Lick at Android Lollipop 5.0…
There are some things to know about the new Android Lollipop that was just released recently. The Lollipop has been described by Google as the “largest Android release yet,†kicking things off with more than 5,000 new APIs. To learn more about the Lollipop’s security improvements, smart lock, and battery life improvements, click here.