privacy

A simple phishing scam aimed at harvesting users’ Google credentials is hitting inboxes around the world, warns Hoax-Slayer. “Please view the document i uploaded …

There are a lot of people around the world that would like to bypass firewalls set up by their governments, but not everybody can afford to do it. Enter Daiyuu Nobori, a …

In 2012, the total losses resulting from account takeover and new account fraud each rose by approximately 50% over the previous year. These two fraud types impact consumers …

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and socialite Kris Jenner are four additional victims of …

(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 37 has been released today. Table of contents: …

AVG released tips on how consumers can remove their personal data before they recycle or throw away their old smartphones. In an era of frequent and seamless device upgrades, …

In their latest report on online surveillance, Reporters Without Borders have named Bahrain, China, Iran, Syria and Vietnam as “state enemies” of the Internet due …

Online dating service Zoosk is urging some of its users to change their passwords following the leaking of a list of some 29 million passwords that seemingly contains theirs. …

Detailed personal and financial information of a number of U.S. celebrities, politicians and a chief of police has been made public by hackers, TMZ reports. The victims of the …

Webroot’s Dancho Danchev has unearthed a DIY Steam information harvester / mass group inviter tool being offer for sale on a number of cybercrime-friendly underground …

Banks top the list of organizations consumers trust least with their personal data, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers. Mobile phone operators and retailers also fare …

With every new Transparency Report that Google releases biannually since 2009, new information about data requests from government agencies are included. This last report, …