The voluntary blocking of online child abuse material being implemented by ISPs Telstra and Optus is not attempting to address hardened offenders but instead looking to limit the availability of material to “curious individuals”, according to the Internet Industry Association (IIA).
Chloe Herrick |
28 Jun |
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Not only does the U.S. government regularly request users' private data from Google, it does so more often than any other government, the search engine reported Monday. Google announced these details as part of its <a href="http://www.google.com/transparencyreport">Transparency Report</a>, a bi-annual disclosure of what governments worldwide are asking for.
Ed Oswald |
28 Jun |
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Hacking Sony apparently didn't stop George Hotz from landing a job at Facebook.
Brennon Slattery |
27 Jun |
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A blog here, a screen name there, an old social-networking profile or two--the more you use the Web for work and play, the easier it is for others to <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/195659/users_are_their_own_worst_enemy_for_online_privacy.html">dig up dirt on you</a>. And while you may not worry much about a few errant comments or tags, you'd surprised at how complete a portrait someone can paint of you with a few quick Google queries.
Patrick Miller and Ginny Mies |
27 Jun |
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Companies and bloggers that run their own WordPress installations should make sure that they have not downloaded any of three popular plugins that were, for about 24 hours, playing host to <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/topic/43400/malware-cybercrime">malicious code</a>, WordPress creator Auttomatic warned.
Robert Lemos |
25 Jun |
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Is your social network secure? Do you even know where the account security and privacy settings are, or what the default settings are? A recent survey conducted by <a href="http://www.eset.com/us/">ESET</a> illustrates the relative insecurity of social networks--which is alarming given the volume and sensitivity of information that is shared on them.
Tony Bradley |
24 Jun |
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Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent and severe, and the vast majority of businesses have suffered at least one <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032811-mcafee-underground.html">data breach</a> in the past year, a Ponemon Institute survey says.
Tim Greene |
22 Jun |
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Unnoticed in the Tuesday release of Firefox 5 was Mozilla's decision to retire Firefox 4, the browser it shipped just three months ago.
Gregg Keizer |
22 Jun |
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Google has released an experimental extension for its Chrome browser that developers can use to scan their Web applications and flag code that could make them vulnerable to malware attacks.
Juan Carlos Perez |
22 Jun |
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Online storage service Dropbox made an embarrassing error Monday, turning off password authentication for millions of users.
Robert Dutt |
22 Jun |
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Now that Connecticut Attorney General George has joined the brouhaha around Facebook's new facial recognition feature, it's possible the flap could get bigger.
Sharon Gaudin |
18 Jun |
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Once again, Facebook has messed with users' privacy in the name of a new feature.
Jared Newman |
18 Jun |
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Have we finally grown tired of Facebook? According to Inside Facebook, more than five per cent of U.S. users abandoned Facebook in May -- that's about six million people who have stopped "liking" the world's largest social network. Six million people jumping ship sounds like a lot, but when you consider that Facebook is on track to hit 700 million users any day now, it's not such a big deal.
Brennon Slattery |
15 Jun |
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Security vendor Sophos has slammed social networking giant Facebook again for its constantly changing privacy rules, this time because of the introduction of facial recognition.
Hamish Barwick |
10 Jun |
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