Google dealing with privacy bugs in Google+
Google's new social networking site Google+, built to beat Facebook primarily on privacy features, has several privacy bugs the company is working to fix.
Juan Carlos Perez | 07 Jul | Read more
Google's new social networking site Google+, built to beat Facebook primarily on privacy features, has several privacy bugs the company is working to fix.
Juan Carlos Perez | 07 Jul | Read more
The Twitter account of PayPal U.K. was hacked late Tuesday and used to post messages attacking the online payment processing company.
John Ribeiro | 06 Jul | Read more
WikiLeaks' card payment processor is preparing legal action against Visa Europe, MasterCard Europe and other payment intermediaries after its contract to process payments was abruptly terminated following WikiLeaks' release of secret U.S. diplomatic cables last November.
Jeremy Kirk | 05 Jul | Read more
A popular Twitter-like service in China with <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/227714/chinaand8217s_sina_benefits_from_surge_in_microblogging.html">140 million users</a> was hit by a worm earlier this week that resembles past attacks that infected Twitter and MySpace, according to a security analyst.
Michael Kan | 30 Jun | Read more
The user database of Groupon's Indian subsidiary, SoSasta, was published on the Internet and indexed by Google, according to an Australian security consultant.
John Ribeiro | 28 Jun | Read more
A scam that has been making its way around Twitter for some time has resurfaced recently and promises to increase a user's followers, but really gives control of one's account to a questionable third party.
Joan Goodchild | 24 Jun | Read more
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 | Read more
Online storage service Dropbox made an embarrassing error Monday, turning off password authentication for millions of users.
Robert Dutt | 22 Jun | Read more
Online storage service Dropbox accidentally turned off password authentication for its 25 million users for four hours on Monday -- although "much less than 1 percent" of those accounts were accessed during the period, the company said. It is still investigating whether any of those accounts were improperly accessed.
Jeremy Kirk | 21 Jun | Read more
By the end of this year, the world's population is expected to hit 7 billion. That's a huge number, but it pales in comparison to the 60 billion to 100 billion photos Facebook has reportedly stored on its servers.
Bill Snyder | 21 Jun | Read more
Once again, Facebook has messed with users' privacy in the name of a new feature.
Jared Newman | 18 Jun | Read more
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 | Read more
As more people create Facebook profiles (500 million and growing), and sign on to the many social media sites available today, hiring managers are finding they have new opportunities to get background information on job candidates.
Joan Goodchild | 16 Jun | Read more
Facebook, oh Facebook. Will you ever learn?
JR Raphael | 10 Jun | Read more
You know those really unflattering photos on Facebook that you untagged at lightning speed? Now might be a good time to delete them ... or at least check up on one new privacy setting.
Kristin Burnham | 09 Jun | Read more