Karl Thomas

Independent Correspondent



148 articles by Karl Thomas

Privacy

T-Mobile received the most US data requisition requests

T-Mobile received the most US data requisition requests

Privacy

T-Mobile received the most US data requisition requests

Telco T-Mobile’s US arm received more data requests than its larger peers in 2014.

Karl Thomas07 Jul 20151 min. read


Open SSL mystery bug to be fixed Thursday July 9

Open SSL mystery bug to be fixed Thursday July 9

Open SSL mystery bug to be fixed Thursday July 9

A new version of Open SSL is set to be released imminently, patching a single ‘high severity’ vulnerability.

Karl Thomas07 Jul 20151 min. read


Outdated Bitcoin mining software loses miners thousands

Outdated Bitcoin mining software loses miners thousands

Outdated Bitcoin mining software loses miners thousands

Bitcoin has issued an urgent warning that very recent transactions could be invalid, due to a glitch with older mining software that could cause Bitcoins to be double-spent.

Karl Thomas06 Jul 20151 min. read


Mastercard trials selfies as password replacement

Mastercard trials selfies as password replacement

Mastercard trials selfies as password replacement

A new app could see Mastercard accepting selfies instead of passwords to make purchases online.

Karl Thomas03 Jul 20151 min. read


Cybercrime

PCI Council updates encryption standards

PCI Council updates encryption standards

Cybercrime

PCI Council updates encryption standards

A key update to the PCI standard has been issued by the PCI standards body, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).

Karl Thomas02 Jul 20151 min. read


Privacy

Eastern England councils in slew of data breach errors

Eastern England councils in slew of data breach errors

Privacy

Eastern England councils in slew of data breach errors

A series of more than 160 data breaches have struck local authorities in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire over the past year, according to new reports.

Karl Thomas01 Jul 20151 min. read


Cybercrime

US suspends background checks system after flaw found

US suspends background checks system after flaw found

Cybercrime

US suspends background checks system after flaw found

An entire US department program is to be suspended in order to fix vulnerabilities discovered during a security audit.

Karl Thomas30 Jun 20151 min. read


Less Technical

ICANN policy changes trigger privacy concerns

ICANN policy changes trigger privacy concerns

Less Technical

ICANN policy changes trigger privacy concerns

Internet name authority ICANN has unsettled privacy advocates after a new working group document flagged changes to the way domain proxy services can operate.

Karl Thomas29 Jun 20151 min. read


Cisco warns of default SSH key in several products

Cisco warns of default SSH key in several products

Cisco warns of default SSH key in several products

Cisco security engineers have disclosed that there is a single default ‘maintenance’ SSH key hardcoded into several families of Cisco security appliances.

Karl Thomas26 Jun 20151 min. read