Because data is often the most valuable corporate asset - especially when customer information is concerned - staying alert for potential compromise...
EFF: FBI should release surveillance justification document
The U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation should make public a legal opinion it used to justify a past telephone records surveillance program because...
Trojan program 'Neverquest' a new threat to online banking users, researchers say
A new Trojan program that targets users of online financial services has the potential to spread very quickly over the next few months, security...
Google hit with privacy complaints in 14 EU countries
Google was hit by privacy complaints in 14 E.U. countries Tuesday over its new terms of service that allow user photos and comments in advertising.
Million-dollar robbery rocks Bitcoin exchange
Bitcoin Internet Payment Services, a Denmark-based exchange billing itself as Europe's biggest, was robbed of bitcoins worth more than $1 million in...
NSA reportedly compromised more than 50,000 networks worldwide
The U.S. National Security Agency reportedly hacked into over 50,000 computer networks around the world as part of its global intelligence gathering...
Twitter tightens security against NSA snooping
Twitter has implemented new security measures that should make it much more difficult for anyone to eavesdrop on communications between its servers...
Retailers tracking customers via Wi-Fi suggests that privacy really is dead
"Privacy is dead -- get over it," has been a mantra of private investigators for years.
The more you know, the less likely you are to be a victim of cybercrime
Cybercrime is more costly than most organizations realize, and those costs are continuing to rise. The cost per victim has increased 50 percent, and...
Scroogled swag sells out as some buyers go for the gag
Microsoft upped the ante this week in its long-running Scroogled campaign as it started to sell merchandise, including mugs, hats and t-shirts, that...
CryptoLocker gang casts tentacles into botnet crime world
The cyber-gang running the CryptoLocker extortion racket is sharing a big cut of any payments they squeeze out of their victims with criminal botnet...
Privacy groups call on UN to condemn surveillance
A coalition of five privacy and digital rights groups is pushing the United Nations to take a stand against international surveillance programs...
Pirate Bay co-founder will be extradited to Denmark
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg will be extradited to Denmark on Wednesday, a Swedish public prosecutor confirmed Friday.
LG smart TVs share data about users' files and viewing habits with the company
Smart TVs manufactured by LG Electronics are sending information about users' viewing habits and files back to the company's servers. The...
Privacy groups urge UN to adopt digital surveillance resolution
Five human rights groups urged the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to adopt a new resolution against indiscriminate mass surveillance.
A New York federal court denied bail on Thursday to Ross William Ulbricht, the 29-year-old accused of running the Silk Road underground marketplace,...
'Encrypt everything:' Google's answer to government surveillance is catching on
While Microsoft's busy selling t-shirts and mugs about how Google's "Scroogling" you, the search giant's chairman is busy...
Cybercrime forum advertises financial malware that uses stealthy I2P communications
A new financial malware program that communicates with attackers over the I2P (Invisible Internet Project) anonymity network is for sale on a Russian...
Trojan program steals log-in credentials, other sensitive data from SAP client applications
A recently discovered malicious program steals log-in passwords and other sensitive information from SAP client applications and allows...
Carriers say smartphone 'kill switch' attractive to hackers
Mobile carriers are opposed to the plan for a smartphone 'kill switch' that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen,...
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