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Cybersecurity

Snapchat Hacking Scandal: "The Snappening," Hackers post 100,000 Intercepted Photos Online

Oct 10, 2014 04:34 PM EDT

Snapchat claims that the leaked photos came from third-party websites that promised to allow users the ability to save 'snaps' online.

Hacking iCloud Accounts is Suprisingly Easy

Sep 03, 2014 05:09 PM EDT

The recent hacking of celebrities Kate Upton, Jennifer Lawrence and Rihanna's iCloud accounts has led many technology consumers to asking the question: how secure are the online profiles that millions of users make and contribute to on a daily basis?

Skinny-Dipper Zachary Peak Now Faces Drug Charges after Boasting about Social Media Posts to Officer

Jun 22, 2014 01:13 PM EDT

A discussion about the recent increase in online related crimes

New Model Helps Predict When Cyberattacks May Happen

Jan 14, 2014 09:35 PM EST

Cyberwarfare is a currently expanding battlefield, and one that countries are definitely keen to have the upper hand in. Luckily for defense systems, two University of Michigan scientists have developed a mathematical model that should predict the most optimal time a cyber attack may be launched.

NSA Can Easily Decode One of the World's Most Common Cellphone Encryption Standards

Dec 15, 2013 02:00 AM EST

The National Security Agency can listen in to phone calls made from devices using the most common wireless standard in the world. According to recent reports, a widely used GSM (also known as 2G) wireless encryption standard is easy pickings for the NSA.

CyanogenMod Android Users Will Soon Have Automatic Perfect Forward Secrecy Encryption for All Text Messages

Dec 10, 2013 05:47 PM EST

CyanogenMod is continuing to gain steam as a cult Android firmware provider, and it's about to add another feather to its alternative-Android cap: Fully encrypted text messaging by default.

Anti-Virus Firm AVG Offering Mobile Location Blocking for the Age of Waning Mobile Privacy

Dec 10, 2013 03:06 PM EST

Just last week, Apple unveiled its customer-tracking iBeacon technology in every one of its U.S. Apple Stores. With more retailers expected to start track consumer location data next year, cybersecurity company AVG has introduced an anti-location tracking feature to its Android privacy app.

Microsoft, Spooked By Snoops, Joins the Encryption Crowd

Dec 06, 2013 01:58 AM EST

After continuing revelations about the National Security Agency's snooping programs - some which reportedly did not involve the NSA giving notification to, or obtaining permission from internet technology companies - Microsoft joined the chorus of IT giants locking down their networks with tighter security.

2 Million Compromised Google, Twitter, and Facebook Passwords Found in Pony Botnet Sweep

Dec 05, 2013 12:35 AM EST

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a trove of password information on a server in the Netherlands containing stolen credentials for nearly two million accounts including Twitter, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook.

NSA Leaks: Up To 5 Billion Mobile Device Location Updates Collected Each Day

Dec 04, 2013 11:53 PM EST

The National Security Agency maintains a database that tracks mobile devices like smartphones, according to a new report, using a tracking program that logs up to five billion location data points per day.

Cyber Monday 2013 News: Walmart Brings Huge Savings on HDTV and Other Gadgets, Free Shipping To Rival Amazon Prime

Dec 02, 2013 02:26 PM EST

Walmart is hopping on the growing Cyber Monday trend with some typically low Walmart prices on some top tech products. Here's a look at some of the offers they're including.

Google Privacy Settings Change Breaks Dutch Law, Says Data Protection Authority

Nov 30, 2013 06:29 PM EST

Last year's change to Google's privacy policy may have gone unnoticed by some Google users, but privacy advocates and watchdog groups took notice. Now, a Dutch privacy organization is accusing Google of breaking its country's data protection law with the year and a half-old privacy policy change.

Black Friday, Cyber Monday 2013: Deals, Not Steals - How to Avoid Scams Online This Weekend

Nov 27, 2013 05:09 PM EST

It's a general rule: more money that is going to change hands, the more criminals are lured to the scene to try to surreptitiously get a piece of the action. Never is that more true than during the 2013 online holiday shopping season.

Twitter Adds New Layer of Security To Impede Government Surveillance

Nov 23, 2013 12:53 AM EST

Twitter has upped its security, in the face of revelations about collection of internet traffic by governments. The security change makes Twitter the latest of several internet companies adding the extra layer of encryption to thwart attempts to eavesdrop on its users' communications.

Wireless Companies to Samsung: There's Such A Thing As Too "Secure"

Nov 19, 2013 11:27 PM EST

Sometimes security systems and theft deterrents can be so extreme as to create new dangers. Major wireless carriers in the U.S. believe that's where Samsung's newest proposed anti-theft system is headed.
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