The effect of data breaches on consumers
Commenting on a Ponemon Report showing that 72 per cent of consumers who have been notified of a data breach at a company they had dealt were dissatisfied with the …
Last.fm confirms password leak
And Last.fm makes three. Following the revelations that the data leaked by an unknown individual on a Russian forum contained user passwords for business social network …
The ramifications of the LinkedIn password leak
LinkedIn has finally confirmed that some of the passwords that were leaked yesterday correspond to LinkedIn accounts, and has issued a list of steps that they are taking in …
Mitt Romney’s private email account hacked?
The private Hotmail and Dropbox accounts of Mitt Romney, Massachusetts governor and Republican Party presumptive nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 …
LinkedIn privacy fail
The LinkedIn mobile app for iOS devices has been discovered sending potentially confidential private and business information to the company servers without the users’ …
Most trusted universities for online activity
After analyzing online transactions such as credit applications and e-commerce purchases, iovation found the University of California at San Francisco to be the university …
Consumers confused about data breaches
A business’s ability to protect personal information and communicate the circumstances of a data breach can impact customer loyalty and an organization’s …
iOS app creates different personas on social networks
Have you ever decided not to post an update because you didn’t want your entire social network to be privy to every intimate detail of your life? Of course you have. …
Privacy practices of the Internet’s biggest companies
When you use the Internet, you entrust your thoughts, experiences, locations, and more to companies like Google, Twitter, and Facebook. But what happens when the government …
Gamers increasingly under attack
In this video, Christopher Boyd, Senior Threat Researcher at GFI Software, talks about how scammers increasingly target gamers and gaming databases because of valuable …
IE10 will have “Do Not Track” on by default
As Microsoft released the preview of the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, news that in Windows 8 the browser will be sending a “Do Not Track” signal …
Could security breaches cost lives?
Over a quarter of companies believe that if their sites go down or they suffer a major security breach it could potentially cost customers’ their lives, according to …
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