Tag: Security

April 18, 2019

Oh My: Facebook stored Instagram passwords in plain text

April 17, 2019

T-Mobile and Comcast partner to fight robocalls

April 16, 2019

Footage of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ leaks on Reddit, Twitter and YouTube

April 11, 2019

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion

March 23, 2019

Data was sent to China by mistake, Nokia clarifies

March 21, 2019

Facebook has admitted to storing ‘hundreds of millions’ of account passwords in plaintext

March 15, 2019

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was a member of hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow

February 22, 2019

How-To: Change your Facebook settings so you can opt-out of platform API sharing

January 18, 2019

Facebook could see a substantial fine from the FTC

October 18, 2018

Guide: Our Recommendations for Best VPN Services

May 2, 2018

Cambridge Analytica permanently closes doors after Facebook scandal

May 1, 2018

Facebook users will be able to see which sites are tracking them

May 1, 2018

Facebook’s F8 opening keynote will go live at 1PM ET

April 27, 2018

For as low as $240, Amazon will install a full smart home security system for you

April 26, 2018

Authorities have taken down the world’s largest DDoS-for-hire service

April 20, 2018

DNC suing Trump campaign, Russia and WikiLeaks over 2016 hack

April 17, 2018

Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO will no longer testify in UK

April 17, 2018

Cambridge Analytica may have used other quizzes to collect Facebook data

April 16, 2018

France creating secure chat app to keep officials’ data within the country

April 16, 2018

UK and UK are warning that Russia has been hacking routers worldwide

April 16, 2018

UK is reportedly preparing for a Russian-backed cyberattack

April 13, 2018

Meet GrayKey, the iPhone cracker that authorities are buying to get inside devices

April 11, 2018

Acting CEO of Cambridge Analytica is stepping down

April 11, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s data was accessed by Cambridge Analytica

April 10, 2018

Here’s how to watch Mark Zuckerberg’s first congressional hearing

April 10, 2018

Cambridge Analytica may have also accessed private Facebook messages

April 10, 2018

Facebook will now reward you for reporting data abuse through bounty program

April 9, 2018

Congress has released Mark Zuckerberg’s statement for Wednesday’s hearing

April 6, 2018

Best Buy customer data may have also been exposed

April 6, 2018

Russia inches closer to banning Telegram

April 5, 2018

Customers payment data may have been exposed from Sears and Delta

April 4, 2018

Google employees are petitioning for CEO to get out of Pentagon AI project

April 3, 2018

Shooting at YouTube headquarters leaves one woman dead and four others injured

April 3, 2018

Panera Bread apparently left millions of customer records exposed online

April 2, 2018

Privacy groups are asking tech companies to sign user data ‘security pledge’

March 29, 2018

New report says Cambridge Analytica has not deleted all the collected data

March 29, 2018

Boeing production plant apparently hit with WannaCry ransomware attack

March 28, 2018

Apple CEO Tim Cook criticizes privacy standards of Facebook

March 28, 2018

Facebook is being sued for collecting call logs and text histories

March 28, 2018

Last weekend, Baltimore’s 911 dispatch system was hacked

March 26, 2018

Malware found inside innocent QR code apps on Android

March 26, 2018

FCC now aiming to block purchases from non-US firms posing ‘security threat’

March 26, 2018

FTC is investigating Facebook’s data security

March 21, 2018

Twitter’s security chief has departed from the company

March 21, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg finally responds on the Cambridge Analytica situation

March 21, 2018

Netflix has opened its public bug bounty program

March 21, 2018

Facebook now faces a lawsuit from user for disclosing data to Cambridge Analytica

March 20, 2018

Orbitz experienced data breach, exposing 880,000 payment cards

March 20, 2018

New York has joined Massachusetts investigation into Facebook’s data usage

March 20, 2018

Telegram has lost appeal over encryption keys in Russia

March 15, 2018

Report from DHS and FBI warns Russia is behind cyberattack on US infrastructure

March 15, 2018

US issues sanctions against Russians for election meddling and cyberattacks

March 14, 2018

Microsoft provides more fixes for Meltdown and Spectre flaws on Windows

March 13, 2018

MoviePass CEO now claims the app never tracked customers

March 12, 2018

Yahoo’s bid to reject data breach lawsuit has been denied

March 9, 2018

Senate to approve bill that would bring free credit freezes to all

March 8, 2018

Efforts to combat Russian meddling aren’t going well, says US general

March 8, 2018

Google makes it easier for you to download all of your Chrome passwords

March 7, 2018

SEC issues strong warning to potential cryptocurrency investors

March 4, 2018

LTE exploits could let intruders conduct serious attacks

March 1, 2018

Equifax apparently finds another 2.4 million people affected by the data breach

March 1, 2018

US carriers are testing a replacement for two-factor authentication

February 21, 2018

A Tinder security flaw granted access to accounts with just a phone number

February 21, 2018

US Attorney General announces a new ‘Cybersecurity Task Force’

February 17, 2018

Apparently Facebook two-factor authentication spam was caused by a bug

January 30, 2018

Verizon follows AT&T’s decision to dropping Huawei smartphones from lineup

January 29, 2018

Intel apparently told Chinese firms of Meltdown flaws before telling the US government

January 29, 2018

White House says they’re not considering any plans for a national 5G network

January 26, 2018

Intel has promised to bring Spectre- and Meltdown-proof chips this year

January 23, 2018

Apple has released Meltdown patches for older versions of macOS

January 19, 2018

OnePlus confirms credit card breach and affects 40,000 customers as a result

January 12, 2018

Visa moves to join other major US credit card companies to get rid of signatures

January 12, 2018

Intel tells customers to hold off in installing Meltdown and Spectre fixes

January 12, 2018

Google provides details on how it protected services like Gmail from Spectre

January 10, 2018

FBI chief Christopher Wray says phone encryption is a ‘major public safety issue’

January 4, 2018

White House has banned personal cell phones use for staff and guests

December 24, 2017

NVIDIA to soon end support for 32-bit operating systems

December 18, 2017

Plant gets shut down after its safety system is targeted by hackers

August 6, 2013

Twitter brings a host of new features to its iOS app

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