Bogus Facebook hacking tool dupes users
Symantec has seen another round of a ham-fisted but surprisingly successful attack that targets Facebook users hoping to break into their friends' accounts.
Jeremy Kirk | 01 May | Read more
Symantec has seen another round of a ham-fisted but surprisingly successful attack that targets Facebook users hoping to break into their friends' accounts.
Jeremy Kirk | 01 May | Read more
When's the last time you thought about using different passwords for different websites? Perhaps after a bug called Heartbleed started crawling around them.
Zach Miners | 29 Apr | Read more
Websites that use encryption could be elevated in Google search results sometime in the future, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Zach Miners | 15 Apr | Read more
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday cleared a path for Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp to proceed, though it called on both companies to be mindful of their data collection policies.
Zach Miners | 11 Apr | Read more
Google is boosting Android security safeguards to better detect potentially harmful apps throughout their life cycle.
Zach Miners | 11 Apr | Read more
Facebook is facing a class-action lawsuit in Canada over its alleged interception of private message of users of the social network.
John Ribeiro | 10 Apr | Read more
In an attempt at clarity, Google has amended its terms of service to say that it analyzes private data, including emails, for purposes including the delivery of ads and customized search results.
Zach Miners | 04 Apr | Read more
Yahoo said Wednesday it was encrypting traffic flowing between its data centers, several months after leaked documents revealed the government had been sniffing those links.
Zach Miners | 03 Apr | Read more
Microsoft will no longer go through email messages and other personal data that users of its online services have stored on its servers, a decision taken after being sharply criticized for accessing a person's inbox as part of an internal investigation.
Zach Miners | 29 Mar | Read more
Another major online service is making your login more secure. Yahoo-owned Tumblr announced on Monday that two-factor authentication is finally available for the microblogging site.
While school districts around the country enact "zero-tolerance" policies against bullying, technology is making bullying easier and more seductive for teens, by promising them anonymity.
Taylor Armerding | 24 Mar | Read more
Security protections have been tightened at many of the major online services, as firms like Google and Microsoft pledge to protect their users against unwanted prying eyes. But while many people fret about unwarranted government access to their data, the Internet firms themselves play by their own set of rules.
Zach Miners | 21 Mar | Read more
Wickr, a startup that provides encrypted messaging, is now licensing its security technology to other application vendors.
Zach Miners | 19 Mar | Read more
If you're a Facebook user and you want the best form of encryption to keep hackers and spies out of your posts and chats, you don't have a ton of options now.
Zach Miners | 18 Mar | Read more
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should investigate Facebook's proposed US$19 billion acquisition of mobile messaging app WhatsApp -- and possibly block it -- because of the potential impact on users' privacy, two privacy groups said in a complaint filed Thursday.
Grant Gross | 06 Mar | Read more