Wayne Rash

The links between cyber-warfare and terrorism are well-established. Terrorist organizations such as ISIS have been attacking targets they perceive as unfriendly nearly since their inception. Now, researchers at Cytegic report that they have discovered a link between terrorist attacks, such as the deadly attacks on the Brussels airport and metro system on March 22, and […]

The Tor Project, which maintains the open source secure browser and networking software, published a blog March 21 saying it supported Apple’s resistance to demands from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice for encryption back doors to its mobile devices and data services. Kate Kraus, director of communications and public […]

When I bought a car back in February, one of the things I hadn’t realized until I sat down to read the owner’s manuals was that I was now in possession of a connected car. As I went through the section about the entertainment system and the emergency help system, I realized that, among other […]

According to a number of press reports, Apple is in the process of revamping its iCloud storage service to increase security by divesting itself of the task of keeping users’ encryption keys. Currently Apple keeps the keys to access iCloud accounts, which means, among other things, that Apple can provide information to authorities when presented […]

While it’s no secret that Microsoft is trying to move its customers to Windows 10 as quickly as possible, I hadn’t realized that the move had become an imperative. That realization came while I was attending a presentation by the Lynchburg (Va.) Amateur Radio Club on how to build a software-defined radio and heard a […]

The FCC has dropped another shoe in its ongoing effort to regulate Internet service providers as if they were phone companies. The series of changes, which grew out of the FCC’s assertion of the power to declare that ISPs now fall under Title II of the Communications Act, are currently coming in quick succession as […]

Hanging on the wall of the National Press Club’s Truman Lounge is a testament to the fallibility of polling. It’s the famous photo of a triumphant President Harry S. Truman waving a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the banner headline, “Dewey Defeats Truman” two days after the 1948 election. It was perhaps the first […]

The first try at creating ransomware for the Macintosh was a bust, according to a spokesperson at Apple who told eWEEK that the company acted to invalidate the developer certificate tied to the malware to protect users from installing it. The malware was initially found by researchers at Palo Alto Networks, who alerted Apple and […]

When Apple announces its new iPad on March 21, the result won’t be the long anticipated iPad Air 3. Instead, if all of those widely spread rumors are correct, which they frequently are, what will actually appear is a smaller version of the iPad Pro. That’s because when you look at Apple’s past product introductions, […]

Under normal circumstances here in Washington, the process of listening to Congressional hearings is not high on the list of most folks’ favorite things. The hearings go on forever, and rarely include any actual information. This was not the case in Tuesday’s hearings before the House Judiciary Committee when it began shaking the truth out […]

The European Commission issued a draft adequacy decision to EU members as a first step to ensuring that transatlantic data flows continue unabated. The move follows an EU court ruling that determined the U.S. was not adequately protecting the privacy of EU citizens’ personal data. The court case stemmed in part from classified documents leaked […]

I sat in front of the fire in my fireplace, and opened the heavy leather parcel I’d removed from my car. I’d purchased the car only the day before, and while I knew there were some technology improvements over the vehicle I’d gotten rid of, I wasn’t quite prepared for just how much things have […]