Posts Tagged ‘Privacy’
State of Utah outlines mistakes made allowing theft of 780K records
Saturday, May 19th, 2012British hacker jailed for one year for breaking into Facebook account
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Southwark Crown Court has sentenced a 21-year-old British man to a year in prison after he admitted hacking into the Facebook account of a US citizen, and accessing private messages.
Free Sophos Anti-Virus app for your Android
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
To help you better safeguard your Android phone and tablet, Sophos just published Sophos Mobile Security for Android in Google Play. Oh, and it's free! 
Global Payments breach continues to bewilder, accusations abound
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
The fallout from the breach of payment card processor Global Payments continues to widen, yet more information does not bring more clarity. Banks are uncovering more fraud related to the incident, but information about the theft is not being released by Global Payments.
Seeing ads on Wikipedia? You may have malware
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Wikipedia warns its millions of users about how cybercriminals can inject adverts into webpages.
Hidden camera: FBI seizes – and then returns – anonymizing email server [VIDEO]
Monday, May 14th, 2012
The FBI, investigating bomb threats, seized the server of a group, known as May First/People Link (MF/PL), that offers encrypted data services to people fighting oppressive regimes. Four days later, they returned it. What is going on? 
Facebook Open to Comments on Proposed Privacy Policy Changes
Saturday, May 12th, 2012Facebook today announced proposed changes to its privacy policy that may better explain how it uses cookies and how long it retains your data, which is: "as long as necessary." In addition, it wants the option to use your data for advertising on third-party Web sites.
Senator Seeks More Info On DOJ Location Tracking Practices
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is demanding answers to questions about the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) practice of gathering data from wireless providers in order to monitor individuals’ movements using mobile phone location data.
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is demanding answers to questions about the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) practice of gathering data from wireless providers in order to monitor individuals’ movements using mobile phone location data.
Sides Dig in as FBI Warns of "Going Dark" in Online Era
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Privacy and civil liberty advocates argue the FBI has not established the need to amend wiretap law to create online "back doors" to track crime
FTC puts Myspace on the naughty step for selling users’ private information
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Myspace settles charges with The FTC for sharing the private information and web browsing habits of its 25 million users with advertisers. Do you think it's enough of a slap on the wrist?
