Too busy working all week to keep up with the most interesting stories coming out of the technology and security industries? Below are our recommendations for a roundup of the top stories happening now that you need to know.
1. Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
The Senate just voted to roll back your online privacy protections. Many of these rules will roll back the way the FCC can track and profit off of your ever move online. Read more…
2. Hackers holding 300 million iCloud account details to ransom raise their price to $700,000, despite assurances from Apple
Hackers behind a criminal attack planned against iCloud and iPhone users say they are still preparing to breach the accounts of up to 750 million users. Read more…
3. C.I.A. Developed Tools to Spy on Mac Computers, WikiLeaks Disclosure Shows
This week it came out from WikiLeaks’ most recent dump of classified government documents that the C.I.A. developed tools to spy on Mac computers by injecting software into the chips that control the computers’ fundamental operations. Read more…
4. Banks and Tech Firms Battle Over Something Akin to Gold: Your Data
Technology startups and big banks are at opposing ends on how to protect customer data, yet neither is talking about the increasingly standard protection method of encryption, as they engage in a tug-of-war over the data because of its value. Read more…
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