Be careful when talking in front of a Samsung SmartTV
Owners of Samsung SmartTVs that use its Voice Recognition feature to control the device should be aware that everything they say in front of their smart television set may end …
GPG development will continue as donations pour in
An article by Julia Angwin on ProPublica has become the catalyst for an avalanche of much needed donations for the survival of Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG), a free email encryption …
Reactions to the extensive Anthem data breach
Anthem, the second-largest health insurer in the United States, has suffered a data breach that may turn out to be the largest health care breach to date, as the compromised …
US health insurer Anthem suffers massive data breach
Anthem, the second-largest health insurer in the United States, has suffered a data breach that may turn out to be the largest health care breach to date, as the compromised …
Canarywatch: Keeping track of warrant canaries
In the post-Snowden world, the term “warrant canary” – indicating a method used by some communications service providers to let their users know that they …
How to protect your identity this tax season
The majority of taxpayers will prioritize protecting their personal information this tax season, yet some safeguards go underused, according to Experian. Taxpayers are filing …
HipChat service users urged to change password after database breach
Australian enterprise software company Atlassian has notified users of its HipChat service that they have suffered a breach, which resulted in the compromise of names, …
Hackers continue breaching, stealing credit card data from parking services
The hackers behind the Target and Home Depot data breaches have struck again, and this time the victims seem to be the customers of Book2Park.com, an online parking …
Raptr hacked, user info and passwords compromised
Gaming social networking site Raptr is the latest victim of hackers. Dennis Fong, the company’s founder and CEO, announced that they have had a break in and that user …
Researchers show how easy it is to de-anonymize shoppers
The fact that anonymising large sets of data is very, very hard should be widely known by now, as a number of researchers have already successfully de-anonymized a variety of …
Reddit released its first transparency report
Reddit, the popular social news site/message board styled “the front page of the internet”, has released its first transparency report. As it turns out, in 2014 …
How people perceive online privacy
A new study by the National Cyber Security Alliance shows that Americans care deeply about their privacy. While a great knowledge gap exists about how information is collected …