Girls Around Me App Voluntarily Pulled After Privacy Backlash
The company behind Girls Around Me, a controversial geo-location iPhone app, has voluntarily removed the application from the App Store. Girls Around Me allowed you to identify girls who have checked...
View ArticleDo-Not-Track Tools: Hands-On Showdown
Online tracking is a hot topic these days, with the Obama administration and the Federal Trade Commission calling for tougher online privacy protections. The FTC recently issued a report urging...
View ArticlePrivacy groups ask Facebook to back off privacy changes
Two consumer interest groups are asking Facebook to withdraw its proposed changes that would, among other issues, remove the ability for users to vote on modifications to Facebook's data usage and...
View ArticleWindows RT can be tweaked to run desktop apps, hacker says
Running traditional desktop apps on Windows RT may be one step closer to reality, thanks to a vulnerability that a hacker claims lets you run any desktop app on the ARM version of Windows.A hacker...
View ArticleOracle releases Java fix, but security concerns remain
Oracle released Java 7 update 11 (Java 7u11) on Sunday following a warning from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) advising users to disable the software due to a serious and...
View ArticleOnline security: your two-factor authorization checklist
Twitter reportedly is getting ready to roll out two-factor authentication in the coming weeks--a development that comes not a moment too soon as the company's current security efforts fall short.Take...
View ArticleMotorola shows off electronic tattoo and authentication pill at D11
Google-owned Motorola has some big plans for replacing your online and device passwords that include taking a pill every morning and wearing a tattoo on your arm. The two experimental prototypes were...
View ArticleNew proof-of-concept tool detects stealthy malware hiding in graphics cards
As anti-virus solutions become more robust and Microsoft becomes better at plugging Windows vulnerabilities, malware designers have to get more creative about attacking PCs and servers. One wide-open...
View ArticleMicrosoft tweaks privacy policies after email spying backlash
Outlook.com email should be private, Microsoft said in a recent blog post that then went on to explain why it violated that belief in privacy for at least one user.Recently, a former Microsoft employee...
View ArticleCritical zero-day endangers all versions of Internet Explorer -- and XP isn't...
Hackers have uncovered the first bug that could put Windows XP users at serious risk, after Microsoft ceased support for the aging operating system less than three weeks ago. On Saturday, Microsoft...
View ArticleF-Secure says 99 percent of mobile malware targets Android, but don't worry...
The malware numbers for Android keep rising, but you'd still be hard pressed to end up with a malware infection on your own device. Security firm F-Secure released its quarterly mobile malware report...
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10 critical security habits you should be doing (but aren't)
Batten down the hatchesIt's a tough, insecure world out there, fellow PC faithful. Times have never been scarier, with website data breaches turning into regular affairs, programming flaws like...
View ArticleNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden plans to work on easy-to-use privacy tools
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden doesn't yet know whether he'll be spending the next year in a U.S. prison or an undisclosed location in Russia. Nevertheless, Snowden hopes to work on...
View ArticleHow a portable travel router can put TOR web-surfing security in your pocket
Most of the stories coming out the Black Hat and Def Con security conferences highlight the latest crop of horrendous security flaws discovered by hackers. But it's not all doom and gloom. There were...
View ArticleAndroid app ambush: Researchers successfully hack Gmail 9 times out of 10
If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times: Be careful about the apps you download onto your Android phone. A trio of researchers say they've discovered a new way to use a malicious android...
View ArticleGirls Around Me App Voluntarily Pulled After Privacy Backlash
The company behind Girls Around Me, a controversial geo-location iPhone app, has voluntarily removed the application from the App Store. Girls Around Me allowed you to identify girls who have checked...
View ArticleDo-Not-Track Tools: Hands-On Showdown
Online tracking is a hot topic these days, with the Obama administration and the Federal Trade Commission calling for tougher online privacy protections. The FTC recently issued a report urging...
View ArticlePrivacy groups ask Facebook to back off privacy changes
Two consumer interest groups are asking Facebook to withdraw its proposed changes that would, among other issues, remove the ability for users to vote on modifications to Facebook's data usage and...
View ArticleWindows RT can be tweaked to run desktop apps, hacker says
Running traditional desktop apps on Windows RT may be one step closer to reality, thanks to a vulnerability that a hacker claims lets you run any desktop app on the ARM version of Windows.A hacker...
View ArticleOracle releases Java fix, but security concerns remain
Oracle released Java 7 update 11 (Java 7u11) on Sunday following a warning from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) advising users to disable the software due to a serious and...
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