Fake Twitter verification profiles trick victims into sharing personal, payment card info
A little over 18,000 Twitter users looking for a way to get their accounts verified have been duped by a single fake account promising to provide the service into visiting a …
Popular VPNs leak data, don’t offer promised privacy and anonymity
Virtual Private Network (VPN) services can be used for circumventing Internet censorship and accessing blocked content, but researchers warn that you shouldn’t believe …
Hackers are exploiting Magento flaw to steal payment card info
Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability in eBay’s Magento platform to steal users’ billing information (including payment card info), warns Sucuri …
Researcher tests Tor exit nodes, finds not all operators can be trusted
While the Tor anonymity network conceals (relatively successfully) a user’s location and Internet activity from anyone who might want to know about it, users should be …
How to find a free, secure proxy service?
There are several reasons one might want to use web proxy services, and depending on that reason, it might not be a very good idea to choose a free one randomly.Vienna-based …
Many popular Android apps fail to encrypt login credentials
Using encryption to protect mobile traffic and especially the exchange of credentials between the user and company servers should be a must in this day and age. Unfortunately, …
EFF delves into privacy practices of Apple, Google, Twitter, and others
Our digital lives are leaving data trails through social networking sites, email providers, Internet service providers, and mobile apps. But which companies fight the hardest …
Reddit announces switch to HTTPS-only
With a short note posted on the site’s developers subreddit, reddit – the so-called “front page of the internet” – has announced that starting with …
Reactions to the LastPass breach
LastPass, the company behind the popular password management service of the same name, has announced that they have suffered a breach, and has urged users to verify their …
LastPass breached, hashed master passwords compromised
LastPass, the company behind the popular password management service of the same name, has announced on Monday that they have suffered a breach, and has urged users to verify …
Stronger data protection rules for Europe
More than 90% of Europeans are concerned about mobile apps collecting their data without their consent. Today, an important step was taken to finalize EU data protection rules …
OPM hack: Vast amounts of extremely sensitive data stolen
The extent of the breach suffered by the US Office of Personnel Management has apparently widened. Reports are coming in that the hackers have not only accessed Social …