Google, YouTube to pay $170m for collecting data on kids for targeted advertising
YouTube banned from using behavioral advertising on kids content, but it’s not watertight.
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The week in security: Warnings on Rio Olympics cybersecurity, YouTube phone takeovers
Cybersecurity researchers tried a new tack by introducing security bugs to teach bug-finding tools how to find software bugs, while Google was working on techniques that might stop quantum computers from being able to crack encryption methods in wide use today.
David Braue | 11 Jul | Read more
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Ashley Madison posts $500k reward for hacker info, police call for hacker help
Avid Life Media (ALM), the parent of hacked dating site Ashley Madison, has offered a CAD $500,000 (AUD $524,764) reward for information leading to the Impact Team hackers.
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Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM vehicles
A security researcher has posted a video on YouTube demonstrating how a device he made can intercept wireless communications to locate, unlock and remotely start GM vehicles that use the OnStar RemoteLink mobile app.
Lucas Mearian | 31 Jul | Read more
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One Ubuntu PC maker is kicking Adobe Flash off its Linux systems
Amid calls to accelerate the death of Adobe Flash Player, at least once PC vendor is taking matters into its own hands.
Jared Newman | 17 Jul | Read more
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How to disable Flash Player: Why now's a better time than ever
Now more than ever, leaving Adobe Flash Player on your system is looking like a dubious proposition.
Jared Newman | 14 Jul | Read more
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The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, May 19
Obama claims @POTUS, tweets...YouTube Kids shows beer ads...Samsung off the hook for some Apple damages...and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 19 May | Read more
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The rise of sextortion: Nude selfies are fun until someone gets blackmailed
You don't have to be a celebrity to get nailed by a nude photo. According to a report by Trend Micro, sextortion--the use of compromising photos or videos to extract money from victims--is on the rise.
Tony Bradley | 08 Apr | Read more
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Complaint alleges YouTube Kids pushes advertising content
The six-week-old YouTube Kids service is a "hyper-commercialized" environment that intermixes advertising and other programming in a way that deceives its target audience, a coalition of privacy and children's advocacy groups said in a complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Grant Gross | 07 Apr | Read more
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Turkey blocks Twitter, YouTube over hostage photo
A Turkish court blocked access to numerous sites including Twitter and YouTube on Monday, over their hosting of images of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by militants last week.
Zach Miners | 07 Apr | Read more
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FTSE 100 firms swamped by Facebook and Twitter imposters, study finds
Firms lack tools to detect bogus accounts
John E Dunn | 04 Mar | Read more
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The week in security: Obama promotes breach sharing, hackers do same
Big-name security tools aren't catching anywhere near all of the malware they are presented with, according to the latest lab testing results from Enex Labs, which found during testing in the second half of 2014 that as many as 100 percent of tested malware was making it through the defences of eight popular security tools. The results were corroborated by a FireEye study that found traditional security defences simply are not stopping security breaches.
David Braue | 19 Jan | Read more
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US Central Command says it will review its cyber security after hackers claiming to have links to ISIS hijacked two of its social media accounts.
US Central Command (Centcom) has dismissed the acts, which saw its YouTube and Twitter accounts briefly fall into the hands of hackers and used to distribute pro-ISIS messages as “cyber vandalism” and said that none of its military servers were compromised during the incident.
Andrew Colley | 14 Jan | Read more
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ISIS hack reinforces high stakes as world awaits Obama's cybersecurity plans
A high-profile hack by terrorist group ISIS has reinforced the importance of new high-level cybersecurity initiatives that have won support from retail and banking leaders as US president Obama prepares to deliver his annual State of the Union address next week.
David Braue | 13 Jan | Read more
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U.S. military Twitter, YouTube accounts apparently hacked by ISIS
Supporters of the extremist group known as ISIS or the Islamic State apparently took over the Twitter and YouTube accounts on Monday of the U.S. Central Command, a top military security unit.
Zach Miners | 13 Jan | Read more
