AVG has announced the launch of its latest mobile application, AVG Vault. The free app uses advanced encryption to secure personal digital items, such as credit card details, official documents, pictures and private notes. AVG Vault allows users to sync this encrypted personal data between their devices via cloud services. Data from lost devices can be restored on a replacement device. AVG Vault harnesses the Advanced Encryption Standard established by the US National Institution of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide users with greater security for the storage of sensitive data on mobile devices. Whether at home, in the office, on vacation or on the road, AVG Vault helps ensure your personal items are with you and secured. Additional security features of AVG Vault include Idle Time Lock, which allows the users to set the app to lock after a set period of time sitting idle, and Attempted Access Notification, which locks the device and takes a photo of the user if anyone enters an incorrect pin several times.
AVG Vault is now available for Android and iOS devices.
Teenager Busted For CRA Heartbleed Hack
Posted in Commentary with tags Security Canada on April 16, 2014 by itnerdGood news….. Sort of.
A 19 year old was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the hack using the heartbleed bug that resulted in 900 social insurance numbers being stolen from the Canada Revenue Agency. Here’s what The Globe And Mail said:
In a statement Wednesday, the RCMP’s national division said it has arrested Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, 19, of London, Ont., and charged him with one count of unauthorized use of a computer and one count of mischief in relation to data.
“The RCMP treated this breach of security as a high priority case and mobilized the necessary resources to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. Investigators from National Division, along with our counterparts in ‘O’ Division, have been working tirelessly over the last four days analyzing data, following leads, conducting interviews, obtaining and executing legal authorizations and liaising with our partners,” assistant commissioner Gilles Michaud said.
A computer was seized at the suspect’s residence. Mr. Solis is a second-year student at the University of Western Ontario. In 2012, he graduated from a London high school, Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary.
It’s good that they caught (or at least appear to have caught as these charges have not been tested in court) this hacker. But Canadians still need some answers. Such as how this happened and what the CRA is going to do to make sure that this never happens again. It’s a safe bet that while this guy did use the heartbleed bug to get in, he did other things that led to him both stealing this data and leading to his arrest. Thus Canadians need to know that those failings have been addressed.
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