Big mess: FBI now looking at Edward Snowden's disclosures about the National Security Agency's broad monitoring of phone call and Internet data from big companies such as Google and Facebook.
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These days barely a day goes by where there isn’t some sort of network security breach or hack or malfunction of some sort. This year too we had the rise of groups such as Anonymous and Lulz that sought out attention for their activities. Here we take a look at the year in pictures of some of the key security problems that grabbed our attention.
08 Dec | View galleries
- Amazon, Apple and Google know more about you than your doctor or lawyer - and Commbank is jealous as hell. - Don’t trust an organisation that doesn’t have a face - because then you can’t punch it in when they screw up, said Marcus Ranum. - 78 percent of the world’s population doesn’t have access to a computer or the internet and therefore avoid all IT security problems.
11 Nov | View galleries
You just got your hands on a Google+ invite, but what next? Check out these ideas to get started using Google's new social network.
27 Jul | View galleries
Slow progress on encrypting Android app communications, but it's finally picking up pace.
Get ready to hear a whole lot more from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, TAG.
Google’s top payouts for Android now match Apple’s iOS top tier.
But will Mozilla's top rewards be enough to attract the attention of hackers?
US spy agency issues an alert to enterprise organizations that decrypt TLS-protected communications as part of the security strategy.
Google stores, manages and sometimes sells an astonishingly large and complex amount of user data. Unfortunately, that digital information isn't always kept secure or private, but Google puts some degree of control in the hands of its users. To offer you a little more control, Google this week rolled out an updated online hub designed to help manage privacy settings, called My Account, as well as a pair of tools that streamline the process of safeguarding user data.
Matt Kapko | 03 Jun | Read more
Looking only at the data provided by security firms, the world appears on the verge of a mobile malware apocalypse.
Robert Lemos | 21 May | Read more
Google recently added another option to its Takeout service that lets you export data from your Google account, and the latest addition is one of the most important: Your Google search history.
"Italian made Ray Bay, Oakley sunglasses :)" reads the Emoji-riddled iMessage sitting in your iPhone's Messages inbox. "Pick up Your New RayBan Sunglasses Here before they run out!"
Ben Patterson | 20 Nov | Read more
On Tuesday, BitTorrent (the company) launched Sync 1.4, a brand new version of its peer-to-peer file syncing app that makes sharing folders with others a breeze. We have an in-depth hands-on with Sync 1.4 that will teach you how to use the app if you're not familiar with it.
Uber comes in for criticism in how it handled last year's hack – as does Google for allowing Android to track its users location. Meanwhile, AWS is selling off hardware in China and one panelist wonders about the future of Firefox.
Ken Mingis | 30 Nov | Read more
Halloween may be over, but the frights remain. Whether it's from the loss of privacy from Alexa or Google Home, fake news on social media or A.I. the future could be a tech dystopia.
Ken Mingis | 02 Nov | Read more
A guide to two-factor authentication and the five best 2FA apps for keeping your data safe.
When Black Hat convenes next week in Las Vegas, it will be a rich environment for gathering tools that can be used to tighten security but also - in the wrong hands - to carry out exploits.
Tim Greene | 29 Jul | Read more
Google Apps customers who still rely on SSLv3 or RC4 need to update to TLS or face the prospect of no longer being able to send out mail
Fahmida Y. Rashid | 18 May | Read more