Gather around the server script kiddies for I have a scary tale of woe. What makes this story all the more scary is that it is true. Years ago, late at night I was startled awake by the buzzing and alarms of my cell phone, as a series of SMS

Security usually doesn’t make it to the top of the list in terms of priorities for startups. Between focusing on developing and launching products, acquiring customers and raising funding, security can easily slip by the wayside as something that “we can fix later”. However, in our new age of information

Apple’s Dev Center went down on Thursday causing issues for developers around the world. The system remained down for three days and is still currently unavailable. Many developers began suspecting a security incident after many received unauthorized password change emails on their accounts. An hour ago developers finally received a

We have been hearing a lot about metadata the last few months thanks to the revealing of NSA surveillance tactics and partnerships. Many have stated “it’s only metadata.” however there is a lot more to metadata than many think. I will use an example of a case I was involved in

It is being reported that LivingSocial has had a substantial data breach affecting 50 million customers. The known scope of the data compromised at this time includes names, email address, birth dates and encrypted passwords (whew!). In an email to employees management made it clear that no credit card information