privacy

A bug tied to Facebook’s “Report/Block” process can be misused to access uploaded photos of people who have chosen not to share them publicly, says a poster …

Carriers are yet to be affected greatly by the revelations made by researcher Trevor Eckhart. Even though most mobile phone manufacturers have denied installing the Carrier IQ …

IT security staff will be some of the most informed people at the office Christmas party this year. A full 26 per cent of them admit to using their privileged log in rights to …

The imminent reform of the European Data Protection Directive could be ineffective in the short term and place further financial and security burdens upon European businesses …

Bitdefender announced the availability of a new tool that identifies the presence of the controversial mobile network diagnostic tool from Carrier IQ. Dubbed Carrier IQ …

The Carrier IQ issue continues to unravel as phone manufacturers and some carriers fall over each other in the rush to distance themselves from any involvement with it and the …

The recent revelation that most Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones are installed with the Carrier IQ software that logs practically all actions made by the mobile phone …

The frequency of data breaches in healthcare organizations has increased by 32 percent, with hospitals and healthcare providers averaging four data breaches, according to the …

By now, you have already heard about the claims made by 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart that the Carrier IQ software – designed by an eponymous Mountain View company – …

A group of hackers that go by the name of “Teamp0ison” has apparently hacked one (or more) of UN’s servers and dumped over 1000 email addresses, usernames …

The login credentials and email addresses of some 73,000 Finns have been stolen and posted online by unknown attackers who breached the database used by a network of …

You’re a blogger who, for whatever reason, wishes to remain anonymous. You are careful not to mention anything that could tie the blog to you, and you have gone through …