In the continuing saga of the Open Wireless Movement, the EFF will release firmware at HOPE X in order to help people share a little slice of bandwidth on their home Wi-Fi network without sacrificing privacy or security; freely sharing open Wi-Fi will supposedly put people at no legal risk since an IP is not a person. While it sounds like a happy world to live in – free Wi-Fi everywhere – how many legal battles will have to be fought and won before open wireless networks are so ubiquitous that it’s no longer “reasonable” for law enforcement to automatically investigate an IP address captured during a crime? 

iCloud is pimped as a place to store any type of file and access it later from any device, but remember to log out of iCloud Control Panel or the newest edition of a forensic tool can access iCloud data without needing a password or an Apple ID. 

While one security expert argues that there's nothing to be done if an intelligence agency is set on accessing your cloud data, instead 'be big boys about it' and basically get over it, another expert urges you to add your voice to the Digital Freedom Manifesto to help stop mass surveillance.

It's not enough to blame video games on mass shootings and other violence; the game Watch Dogs was credited for teaching kids to hack for voyeurism and then named in a  Center for Internet Security cyber alert  as the inspiration for hacking electronic road signs and compromising other computer systems.

The cost of cybercrime, according to a new study, is about $400 billion with a $200 billion bloat padded on each side so the global figures range from $375 to $575 billion.

Security researchers say it's only a matter of time before organized crime will master a new class of botnets on smart homes and smart buildings. Remote attacks on automated systems might target an entire region of hospitals, set off fire alarms in airports, could take aim at server room climate control to destroy servers, hold the elderly for ransom in an automated building, or covertly target a trader in a "smart" building like a stock exchange.

The U.S. Justice Department announced that an international law enforcement operation, Operation Tovar, seized control of the Gameover Zeus botnet which also distributed the ransomware CryptoLocker. It's a big white hat win and the alleged evil mastermind,  Evgeniy Bogachev, has been added to the FBI  Cyber’s Most Wanted list. Do not delay, scan your PC now to make sure you are not infected.

DARPA is best known for inventing the Internet, but this arm of the Pentagon is working on system that will beat any and all attackers.

China strikes back after cyber-espionage charges, publishing a report about the 'ugly face' of 'unscrupulous' U.S. spying. After saying no to Windows 8, the Chinese government now wants IBM servers out of domestic banks and replaced with local brands that have no backdoor.

We have surveillance coming out the ying yang as we are tracked via websites, our purchases, our cell phones, digital footprints, license plates when driving, and more. Now the government's biosurveillance plan will make tracking the health records of Americans a matter of national security.