Internet
US regulators concluded Friday that British consultancy Cambridge Analytica—at the center of a massive scandal on hijacking of Facebook data—deceived users of the social network about how it collected and handled their ...
Dec 06, 2019
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The Justice Department unsealed charges Thursday against the alleged leader and a top associate of a Russian cybercriminal gang that U.S. and British officials say developed and distributed malware used to steal at least ...
Dec 05, 2019
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Organisations aren't moving quickly enough on cyber security threats linked to the drive toward using personal mobile devices in the workplace, warns a QUT privacy researcher.
Dec 05, 2019
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Phishing scams that infect a computer and potentially allow hackers to invade bank and other accounts are highly preventable—but it takes eternal vigilance on the part of computer users.
Dec 04, 2019
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Security
The email looked legitimate, so Danielle Radin clicked on the link it contained, expecting to have her products included in a holiday gift guide.
Dec 04, 2019
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Security
Do you remember when 40 million was a large number? Forty million dollars in sales, 40 million customers, 40 million Twitter followers, 40 million protesters —all once conveyed something substantial.
Dec 04, 2019
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Some of your text messages may have been left exposed on the internet for the world to see.
Dec 02, 2019
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Two security sleuths last month discovered an enormous amount of data that was left exposed on a server. Data found on the server belonged to around 1.2 billion people.
Nov 25, 2019 weblog
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Americans are increasingly fearful of monitoring of their online and offline activities, both by governments and private companies, a survey showed Friday.
Nov 15, 2019
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Security
Health websites accessed from within Britain are without permission sharing users' sensitive information with online giants, including Google, Amazon and Facebook, the Financial Times reported Wednesday following an investigation.
Nov 13, 2019
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Internet
Leaked documents from a civil suit against Facebook show how the social network aimed to employ user data as a tool for bargaining and to manipulate competitors, NBC News reported on Wednesday.
Nov 07, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smart bulbs are expected to be a popular purchase this holiday season. But could lighting your home open up your personal information to hackers?
Oct 23, 2019
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Software
A widely downloaded Chinese propaganda app that quizzes users on Communist Party heroes and military achievements may be "studying them right back" through data collection and potential security breaches, an internet freedom ...
Oct 17, 2019
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An Alabama medical center says the protected health information of more than 19,000 patients has been exposed through a computer hacking attack.
Oct 04, 2019
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Internet
People may not be as cyber-savvy as they believe they are when it comes to identifying email phishing scams, according to Missouri S&T researchers. But employers may benefit from teaching employees how to spot phishing by ...
Sep 27, 2019
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