70 bad exit nodes used in attack against Tor-based SIGAINT
Darknet email service SIGAINT, which aims to provide email privacy to journalists, has been targeted by unknown attackers using at least 70 bad exit nodes, the service’s …
One-in-four Americans victimized by information security breaches
One-in-four Americans (25 percent) fell victim to information security breaches in the past year, according to a new survey from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), which …
HSBC Finance Corporation confirms data breach
A breach notification letter sent to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office by the HSBC Finance Corporation has revealed that sensitive mortgage information of …
New Tor version fixes issues that can crash hidden services and clients
Two new versions of the Tor anonymity software have been released on Tuesday, with fixes for two security issues that can be exploited to crash hidden services and clients …
Snapchat blocks third-party apps from accessing its APIs
Snapchat has had its fair share of data breaches and security troubles, the latest of which stemmed from the fact that the app’s internal API has been reverse-engineered …
Consumers would sell personal information for a price
Consumers crave privacy, but do not typically alter actions to protect themselves, according to a global study conducted by the Ponemon Institute. A slight majority of …
Users care about privacy when they know what info is collected about them
A recent study conducted by Carnegie Mellon and Notre Dame University researchers is calling attention to several interesting things. For one, mobile apps collect too much …
Human error lead to leak of world leaders’ personal information
Personal information, passport numbers and visa details of world leaders who attended the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, in November 2014, have been inadvertently leaked …
Data breaches drive identity theft and fraud
Data breaches are affecting consumers nationwide and residents in and around Washington, D.C. are not immune to the consequences. According to a survey by Experian, 57 percent …
Premera breach: Are HIPAA standards too low?
Here’s an interesting twist regarding the Premera data breach revealed last week: the company has been deemed compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and …
Twitch forces users to reset password in wake of breach
Twitch, the popular Amazon-owned game streaming service, has apparently suffered a breach that might have resulted in the compromise of users’ personal information and …
UK consumers committed to mobile privacy
Spurred by high-profile data breaches, Edward Snowden’s revelations, and by the growing awareness that their smartphones hold a lot of sensitive data, most UK users have …
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