Cyber Security Articles & News

WATCH: Kevin Mitnick’s Art of Invisibility Book Review by Cybersecurity Expert

Video:  CyberSecurity Expert, Scott Schober, reviews Kevin Mitnick's latest book entitled The Art of Invisibility

Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CCTV America, Canadian TV News, Al Jazeera America, Arise TV as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR.

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WATCH: Why it can take hundreds of dollars to protect yourself online

VIDEO: CBS News

Former hacker Kevin Mitnick showed us what steps it takes to shop online without giving up any personal information. But the price of privacy doesn't come cheap.

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WATCH: How to shop online without being tracked by big tech companies

Is it possible to shop online without allowing any major tech company to track the purchase back to you? There are a few ways, but with hidden trackers on most websites -- and with companies making billions off our information -- trying to hide is easier said than done. CBS News correspondent Tony Dokoupil put it to the test with Kevin Mitnick.

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8 reasons why smartphones are privacy nightmare

Our phones have truly become the new personal computer for many of us – in addition to being our primary means of communication we can watch movies, play games and now even enjoy virtual reality experiences on our handsets. But while smartphones are the epitome of modern convenience, the dirty little secret is that these omnipresent devices, which we have with us 24/7, and keep switched on for most of that time, are also a serious threat to our privacy. Here’s why…

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BOOK REVIEW: Be prepared (Afrikaans)

The Art of Invisibility

by Kevin Mitnick

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

USA

A former hacker delivers a gloomy report about our privacy at a time when technology giants suck all information about you. Some simple precautions may be useful.

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Cybersecurity books arm readers in the war against hackers

The Editors at Cybersecurity Ventures read “The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age” by Adam Segal last year and featured it here. The groundbreaking book about cyberwarfare is as relevant today and when it was published — and recommended summer reading for anyone who hasn’t gotten to it yet.

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BOOK REVIEW: Big Brother is watching

The Art of Invisibility: The World’s Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data by Kevin Mitnick, Little, Brown and Company, US $28.00, Pp 320, February 2017, ISBN 978-0316380508

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LISTEN: Advice For May Gardening In Kansas City, And The Social Science Of Hacking

After figuring out a teacher's password with a program he created in high school, Kevin Mitnick knew hacking was his calling. But there's more to hacking than simply understanding computers, says Mitnick. It's about understanding people.

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Abuse, theft, exposure: What’s in store for your web history

We've lost more than personal privacy now that ISPs can now collect and sell our browsing data

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LISTEN - The Most Famous Hacker Gives Tips For Cyber-Security

Kevin Mitnick is the world's most famous hacker and a leading cyber security expert.  Today he'll reveal how vulnerable you might be to a security hack, and he'll share some fairly simple steps you can take to protect yourself.  

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