Google releases new hub for managing security and privacy settings
Google has released a new privacy tool for users: the My Account centralized hub for managing Google Settings.“Privacy and security are two sides of the same coin: if …
If we want strong encryption, we’ll have to fight for it
As digital rights lawyer and special counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation Marcia Hofmann correctly noted in her keynote at Hack in the Box Amsterdam 2015 on Thursday, …
Reactions to the IRS hack that impacted 100,000 people
Cybercriminals were able to successfully steal tax forms full of personal information of more than 100,000 taxpayers through IRS’ Get Transcript application. This data …
Researchers track Android users by collecting accelerator readings
A group of researchers from Nanjing University, China, have demonstrated that Android users’ movements can be tracked by simply analyzing the data provided by the …
Isle of Man taxpayers’ info leaked due to email error
Email addresses of approximately 5000 customers of the Income Tax Division (ITD) of the Isle of Man – a self-governing British Crown dependency and a tax haven for the …
Android factory reset not enough to keep data secure
If you sell or gift your old Android phone to someone, is it enough to do a factory reset to wipe all your sensitive data? And if your Android gets stolen, how sure are you …
Hacker leaks sensitive info of millions of Adult FriendFinder users
Information of over 3.5 million users of dating site Adult FriendFinder has been stolen and leaked online, and is being used by spammers, scammers and phishers, a Channel 4 …
Newly disclosed Logjam bug might be how the NSA broke VPNs
Another vulnerability courtesy of 1990s-era US export restrictions on cryptography has been discovered, and researchers believe it might be how the NSA managed to regularly …
South Korean minors to be monitored via smartphone spying apps
The Korea Communications Commission, South Korea’s media regulation agency modeled after US’ FCC, has made it mandatory for telecoms and parents to install a …
European Internet users urged to protect themselves against Facebook tracking
In the wake of the revelations about Facebook’s tracking of users who do not own a Facebook account, the Belgian Privacy Commission has issued a set of recommendations …
How Google handles “right to be forgotten” requests
Google has released a new report on its implementation of “right to be forgotten” requests, and has revealed that it has removed 58.7 percent of the URLs it was …
Sensitive customer data leaked following mSpy data breach
mSpy, a company that sells “customized and user-friendly mobile and computer monitoring solutions,” has apparently suffered a data breach.They still haven’t …