http://www.geek.com/news/comcast-says-privacy-is-a-premium-feature-you-should-pay-for-1664668/ Some ISPs seem to want to spy users for profit from collected information – if you want to opt out from that they think you should pay extra. →
http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/does-dropping-malicious-usb-sticks-really-work-yes-worryingly-well/ Yes, worrying well… according to this research. →
http://dfgr-ltd.com/cybersecurity-faces-critical-skill-gap/ There is lack of skilled people that can keep our networks safe. →
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/new-attack-steals-ssns-e-mail-addresses-and-more-from-https-pages/ New attack against HTTPS. →
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/47179/hacking/hacking-ss7-protocol.html This article shows how to abuse SS7 to hack SMS authentication. →
http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/lens/2015/08/12/kodaks-first-digital-moment/?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0&referer=http://m.facebook.com/ Article on first digital camera made by Kodak in 1975. It saved low resolution images to magnetic tape. It was considered to be the starting point of digital photography. →
http://fortune.com/2016/08/02/telegram-hackers-iran/ The use of SMS verification seems to be the weak link here. The SMS messages are not secure enough. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/breakthrough-in-silicene-production-promises-a-future-of-silicenebased-electronics?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook Silicene is an interesting silicon based material that has many properties similar to graphene. →
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/02/battery-status-indicators-tracking-online New web APIs give new unexpected ways to track users… →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-hackers-can-make-virtually-any-person-click-on-a-dangerous-link/ Humans are a weak link in security that can’t be properly fixed with training. →