Comcast resets passwords for 200,000 users after login credentials go on sale
Over the weekend, someone has been peddling a batch of 590,000 email address/password combinations allegedly belonging to Comcast customers. The price set for the lot was 3.23 …
Vizio Smart TVs track your viewing habits, info is sold to third parties
Owners of Smart TVs manufactured by California-based consumer electronics company Vizio should be aware that their viewing habits are being tracked and that information sold …
ProtonMail restores services after epic DDoS attacks
After several days of intense work, Switzerland-based end-to-end encrypted e-mail provider ProtonMail has largely mitigated the DDoS attacks that made it unavailable for hours …
Beware of Apple-themed phishing emails threatening to limit your account
A new email phishing campaign is targeting businesses and consumers who have Apple IDs, trying to get them to enter their Apple login credentials, personal and credit card …
Cox Communications to pay $595,000 for data breach
The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau has entered into a $595,000 settlement with Cox Communications to resolve an investigation into whether the company …
It’s official! People want a more trustworthy Internet
As part of a major research effort, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) unveiled cumulative data from their online survey of more than 100,000 …
Firefox 42 is out, with many privacy and security improvements
Mozilla has released Firefox 42, and with it, a new feature that should increase user privacy online.It’s called Tracking Protection and it’s incorporated into the …
Four ways organizations can prevent PII from becoming black market public record
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is worth 10 times more than credit card information on the black market, making it imperative to have strong policies and safeguards …
Signal for Android finally out, offers end-to-end encrypted calls and messages
Open Whisper Systems (formerly Whisper Systems) has finally released the Android version of its popular free, open source iOS app for end-to-end encrypted voice calls.Signal …
Nearly 2,000 Vodafone UK customers’ accounts compromised, blocked
Customers of another UK telecom have had their information compromised by hackers, as Vodafone has explained that it was “subject to an attempt to access some customers’ …
TalkTalk breach: Third arrest, data already for sale, criminals targeting pensioners
News about the TalkTalk breach and the investigation of it are coming fast and thick. After the arrests of two teens (one in Northern Ireland, the other from Feltham) believed …
US DOJ admits that Stingrays can be used to intercept call and SMS content
After a battling the US Department of Justice in a court for two and a half years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has emerged victorious and has …