Congress v online Privacy
US lawmakers have outraged the online community this week, after another attempt to pass the "law Cyber Intelligence sharing and protection" many derided (CISPA) Law practically destroy the concept of online privacy in the US, with companies and government agencies allowed to share their citizens and employees' personal information -. it appears Congress has managed to provide a law to protect privacy, while also destroying privacy
Needless to say, the American civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched an anti-CISPA campaign, with the legal advice of the group noting that "suddenly, the privacy laws are no longer valid."
UK reveals the cost of cybercrime
The UK economy is apparently losing up to £ 27 billion a year through cybercrime, with private sector organizations experience around 44 million attacks in 2011 alone. The figures were from the National Audit Office, which perhaps dubiously also managed to declare that the cyber security efforts in the UK were "already bearing fruit." Cyber security has become a major challenge for the UK economy, with the Internet now contributing an impressive 8% to national GDP.
Despite this, politicians have missed their usual zeal forcing the issue with their impressive named "Cyber Security Strategy" not defined for implementation until 2015.
password1 still strong
to the dismay of teachers IT and security experts as well, new research by global security company Trustwave found that the security of password passes to the general public is still very low, with "password1" still a popular choice. The problem, experts say, is a lack of education on the importance of staff security password. However, a misanthrope expert was quick to say that "if someone is said to have a password a hundred times, they still will not do it."
The word perfect pass was something that has eluded the majority of Internet users for many years, and it is worth changing your password regularly to try to keep the remote hackers. the people avant-garde Google is already working on a solution to the password problem, with the company looking at a "physical token" as a replacement.
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