27 Mar 2014 // Dan Yelin
Cerberus’ Anti-Theft app is the type of thing most people install to safeguard their phone in the event it gets stolen. It allows you to track your phone’s location, record audio, and other nifty things to help get it back. But what happens when people steal from the company you turn to when people steal from you?
26 Mar 2014 // Andrew Stroup
Followed by the well-noted Starbucks mobile app security SNAFU (and Delta, Facebook, Match.com, and eHarmony), Walmart has followed suit with their iOS mobile app that exposes users’ passwords, account names and [email][2] addresses, as well as many geolocation details and list of recently viewed/scanned products. Walmart is the largest company in the US by revenue and has a very large and experienced IT staff, so what went wrong?
25 Mar 2014 // Dan Yelin
The rise of cyber-attacks on companies has been on the rise over the past couple of years. Initially, the attacks were more prevalent with tech-centric companies like Evernote, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, but as more traditional companies (e.g. Target) have moved to the internet to provide their customers with additional market reach, they’ve also been targeted by cyber-attacks, often leading to disastrous outcomes for either the company, their customers or both.
25 Mar 2014 // Dan Yelin
The interim privacy commissioner of Canada, Chantal Bernier, released information regarding an incident where a portable hard drive containing over half a million Canadian student’s loan records went missing.
18 Mar 2014 // commonkey
We just released a big update, which includes a new UI design, admin permissions, and a new billing structure. We’ve moved the dashboard to app.commonkey.com and we’ve updated a few security items. Check out the details below!
