Anti-theft protection for Android and Windows devices
Norton Anti-Theft is a new Web-service that allows consumers to remotely lock, locate and recover a lost or stolen Windows based laptop, or Android smartphone or tablet. The …
Using online advertising to find out if your data is valuable to a criminal
As it becomes harder for criminals to steal and exploit credit card data, will they give up their carefully crafted tools and stock of zero-day vulnerabilities, or will they …
Law enforcement increasingly asking Internet companies to share data
The fact that one can find out a lot about a person’s interests, movements and opinions from their Facebook and Twitter accounts, Google searches and messages exchanged …
HTC Android devices allow almost any app access to private data
It’s bad news all around for users of various HTC Android smartphones, as the private data collected by the logging tools recently introduced by the company is also …
Smartphone users choose convenience over security
In a revealing survey of smartphone and tablet users, the majority polled admit to not password protecting their mobile devices despite keeping them logged in to sensitive …
Payment card security compliance remains problematic
Too many businesses are struggling to comply with payment card security standards, putting consumers’ confidential information at risk. According to the Verizon Payment …
Facebook allegedly promises to fix logout cookies issue
The Facebook tracking cookies issue revealed yesterday has, expectedly, created quite a stir in the security community. The company went into damage control mode and repeated …
Avoid mobile device geolocation risks
Twenty-eight percent of U.S. adults use location-based applications like Facebook and Google Maps, and that number will grow, according to ISACA. Regulating geolocation data …
Facebook changes raise serious security concerns
Facebook’s planned changes, while increasing interaction between users, could also flood the site with Twitter-style spambots and increase targeted attacks, according to …
Does Facebook keep tracking users after they have logged out?
Australian hacker and blogger Nik Cubrilovic claims that Facebook keeps tracking its users after they have logged out from the site. To do that, the social network allegedly …
Computer forensics tool reveals past online activity
A group of researchers from Stanford University in California and EADS Defence & Security has recently presented a new, open source tool for the forensic analysis of …
iPhone 5 “test and keep” spam campaign
As the predictions about the release of iPhone 5 seem all to point to the beginning of October, cyber scammers have decided to add to the frenzy by offering the coveted device …
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