LulzSec Hacks Arizona State Police, Posts Officer Info
Lulz Security's hacking continues to get political: on Friday the group attacked the Arizona Department of Public Safety in retaliation for immigration laws.
Jared Newman | 25 Jun | Read more
Stories by Jared Newman
How to protect your Dropbox data
Mistakes happen--Dropbox learned this the hard way when it accidentally left some user accounts open to the public for about four hours on Tuesday.
Jared Newman | 22 Jun | Read more
Face Recognition & Facebook's Recurring Privacy Problem
Once again, Facebook has messed with users' privacy in the name of a new feature.
Jared Newman | 18 Jun | Read more
Mac Malware is back. Your move, Apple
Apple may have conquered the Mac Defender malware with an official support page and a promise to wipe out the problem through a software update, but that's not stopping malware authors from fighting back.
Jared Newman | 27 May | Read more
Google issues patch to plug Android data leaks
Google's putting a quick patch on an Android security flaw that could leak contacts and calendar data through open Wi-Fi networks.
Jared Newman | 19 May | Read more
Facebook backstabs Google and you lose
Thanks to an anti-Google smear campaign ordered by Facebook and carried out by a PR agency, the relationship between Facebook and Google is unquestionably broken beyond repair. And that's bad news for users of both services.
Jared Newman | 13 May | Read more
Apple iOS 4.3.3 is out; location-tracking removed
With the release of iOS 4.3.3, Apple fixes the location caching issue that sparked a controversy on mobile phone privacy last month.
Jared Newman | 05 May | Read more
Google won't release awesome facial recognition app
Google has created a facial recognition app that can provide all kinds of personal information on the people around you, but says it's not releasing the technology due to privacy concerns.
Jared Newman | 02 Apr | Read more
Gmail bug deletes e-mails for 150,000 users
The cloud has failed roughly 150,000 Gmail users, whose e-mails have been deleted and accounts disabled by a mysterious glitch.
Jared Newman | 01 Mar | Read more
Android Market's Web Store: Convenient, risk of malware
For Android phone users, the newfound convenience of installing apps remotely from the Android Market Website also opens up a security hole for malware.
Jared Newman | 08 Feb | Read more
Fearing more Wikileaks, military bans DVDs, thumb drives
Removable media such as CDs, DVDs and USB drives are no longer allowed on classified military computers.
Jared Newman | 11 Dec | Read more
Google pays cash to hackers for Web app security flaws
Wanted by Google: Bounty-hunting hackers who can find security vulnerabilities in popular Web apps.
Jared Newman | 03 Nov | Read more
Facebook's privacy breach: What you need to know
Facebook is in the privacy hot seat again, but not because of invasive new features or a policy change. This time, several third-party Facebook apps, including popular games such as Farmville, were caught transmitting User IDs to advertisers and Internet tracking firms, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
Jared Newman | 19 Oct | Read more
Twitter mouse-over flaw spawns potentially dangerous links
A security flaw has made Twitter's website a chaotic and potentially unsafe place, filled with annoying pop-up windows that activate just by rolling the mouse over another user's tweets.
Jared Newman | 22 Sep | Read more
Facebook privacy: Zuckerberg's profile unzipped
How much personal information can you glean from Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's profile? That depends on when you happened to be viewing it.
Jared Newman | 15 Dec | Read more