The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has just issued long-awaited rules about how ISPs can use and share personal information.
Lees meerPolice only got numbers, not names, in a so-called tower dump, but what's to stop them from correlating those numbers with other crimes?
Lees meerYou're probably already using security software to protect your home computers. But what about the other steps you need to take to keep your family safe and secure?
Lees meerWhy is LinkedIn such a popular target for hackers? It is like a digital demonstration of the famous six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon - every user has value.
Lees meerThe country last week flat-out banned the use of cameras on drones, unless their operators have obtained a special surveillance permit.
Lees meerYes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but no, that video was riper than a 3-year-old biscuit left in a cosmonaut's space suit.
Lees meer526 users were questioned about their security behaviours, advice sources, reasoning and beliefs.
Lees meerIt hides your cursor, disables Task Manager and plasters your screen with a BSoD image. Calling the number leads to bogus help centers.
Lees meerHe lied to a friend to get £151,000 in loans to send to a "woman" (unlikely) he claimed to have met in Liverpool (nope, didn't happen!).
Lees meerOctober was convulsed by the heft of a few billion IoT chickens coming home to roost.
Lees meerAt the heart of enormous breaches lies a tiny thing: rigged Bitly shortened URLs.
Lees meerHe's charged with foisting malware on LinkedIn and stealing millions of user credentials. A third intended target was allegedly Formspring.
Lees meerIn the wake of the Dyn attack, let's make it harder for the crooks to co-opt us into helping them...
Lees meer'Batman of the Internet' lectures Putin regime about Dyn attack
Lees meerTo his horror, his lead prosecutor is Carmen Ortiz: she who went after Aaron Swartz and Jonathan James. Both committed suicide pre-trial.
Lees meerSince Friday's big DDoS attack on Dyn, we’ve heard a lot about what Mirai and the attack on Dyn was, much of which is guesswork to fill in the blanks. Let's look at some of the assertions and myths that have been doing the rounds.
Lees meerFrom Facebook's privacy hoax zombie and the Dark Web drug shop exposed by a blunder, to Netflix's discovery of users' passwords and more!
Lees meerNo sooner had we written about long-lived Linux kernel bugs...and along comes an 11-year-old vulnerability that's easy to exploit.
Lees meerOne hacker is claiming to have stolen a database of 73 million users: a whole lot of details for a whole lot of people who'd rather keep that bedroom door closed.
Lees meerThat estimate, based on criminal activity and losses reported to Action Fraud, represents an average of £210 for every UK resident age 16 and up.
Lees meerYou’ve probably been warned about the risks of trusting emails from people you don’t know, but what about emails from your friends, colleagues, long-standing doctor or smart-suited solicitor?
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