Is Microsoft reading your Skype communications?
The question of whether Skype – a Microsoft subsidiary since May 2011 – allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications …
Researcher refuses to help Saudi telco to spy on people
You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users’ mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher such …
U.S. govt secretly obtains AP phone records
A letter received by the Associated Press’ general counsel has revealed that the DOJ has successfully subpoenaed two months’ worth of telephone toll records for …
Hijacking Facebook accounts via expired Hotmail accounts
Three researchers from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, have discovered a simple way to hijack Facebook accounts by just by misusing existing features and responses …
Phishers target eBay customers via live chat support
U.K.-based ISP Netcraft is warning users about phishers impersonating eBay’s live chat support feature in the hopes of getting their hands on eBay users’ login, …
Why wiping decommissioned IT assets should be a must
Last week I’ve written about the ways confidential data can leak outside the organization if the IT security team doesn’t pay attention to printers, shredders, or …
Increase Facebook privacy with Safe Profile
76 percent of consumers are concerned about their privacy when they share their life on social platforms. Facebook’s array of privacy settings, which enable users to …
Many social accounts are still in danger
The recent hacking of the Associated Press’ Twitter account has begged the question, how secure are social media accounts? A study released by IObit reveals that 30% …
Do young people care about privacy?
Everywhere I go, I hear some variation of the claim that “young people today just don’t care about privacy.” This is something that people widely seem to …
Google Glass hacked, could be used for spying
The advent of Google Glass – the Augmented reality, head-mounted display that looks like a pair of glasses (albeit a little more high-tech) and allows users to access …
A primer on Bitcoin risks and threats
Bitcoin is a digital currency whose creation and transfer is based on an open source cryptographic protocol. There are many benefits to using it (no transaction fees, …
FinFisher spy kit’s C&C servers are popping up around the world
Some two months ago, Reporters Without Borders have identified UK-based Gamma International as one of the “enemies of the Internet” due to their FinFisher spyware …