Twitter revised its privacy policy over the weekend, changing where it handles the account information of users outside the U.S. and clarifying some points.
Loek Essers | 20 Apr | Read more
Victims of the CoinVault ransomware might be able to decrypt their files with a free tool released by Kaspersky Lab together with the Dutch police.
Loek Essers | 14 Apr | Read more
China is deploying a tool that can be used to launch huge distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to enforce censorship. Researchers have dubbed it "the Great Cannon."
Loek Essers | 11 Apr | Read more
The hacked French-language TV network TV5Monde might have made it easier for hackers to compromise its systems and social media accounts. One of its employees was interviewed about the hack on TV -- in front of a wall of posters that appeared to contain usernames and passwords for the channel's social media accounts.
Loek Essers | 10 Apr | Read more
The U.K. government's mass surveillance practices will be challenged at the European Court of Human Rights.
Loek Essers | 10 Apr | Read more
For the first time, a country in Western Europe has reported that malware attacks were used by hackers to steal €1.23 million (US$1.32 million) from ATMs. One major problem is the continued use of Windows XP in ATMs, making them more vulnerable to attacks, a report on ATM fraud said.
Loek Essers | 10 Apr | Read more
A German data protection authority has ordered Google to change how it handles users' private data in the country by the end of the year.
Loek Essers | 09 Apr | Read more
Facebook tracks everyone who visits its site, including people who don't have an account, and even continues to track users and non-users who have opted out of targeted ads, researchers at two Belgian universities have found.
Loek Essers | 01 Apr | Read more
The U.K. Court of Appeal won't block a privacy lawsuit that alleges Google tracked Safari users without authorization, so the three plaintiffs can continue their legal fight against the search company.
Loek Essers | 28 Mar | Read more
Dutch telecom providers have to delete data that had been retained under the now-scrapped data retention law, unless it is needed for business purposes.
Loek Essers | 25 Mar | Read more
U.S. companies' ability to process personal information from European Union citizens will be challenged in the European Union's highest court on Tuesday.
Loek Essers | 24 Mar | Read more
Norwegian browser developer Opera Software has bought virtual private network service SurfEasy to help its users protect their privacy when accessing the Web from smartphones, tablets and computers.
Loek Essers | 19 Mar | Read more
A legal filing by the U.K. government has raised fears that the country's intelligence service GCHQ is misusing its powers to hack telecommunications companies in other countries.
Loek Essers | 18 Mar | Read more
Data protection and mass surveillance are high on the agenda for talks between members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and their U.S. counterparts in Washington, D.C., this week.
Loek Essers | 17 Mar | Read more
Requests from governments for people's Facebook account data were overall on the rise in the second half of 2014, though they declined in the U.S. and Germany.
Loek Essers | 16 Mar | Read more