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Navigating the Minefield: Facebook Settings
Facebook. If you have an internet connection and a pulse there's a good chance that you have an account. If...
Twitter Pushes https, Plans to Make it Default
With security being a major concern for Twitter over the years, they have been continuously making improvements and securing internal...
We’ve Isolated the Problem
Infections of various types are normally the cause of computer problems. It could be malware, worms, viruses, or any number...
The Google 2-Step: Security, Squared
With online security filling the news, even becoming a government issue with the National Internet ID on the horizon, Google...
Justice! Sony Do Something Evil, Pwn Themselves
Oh, Sony. The venerable old company - who have actually done some smart things lately - have gone and shot...
How We Are Tracked Online
The news is jam-packed with stories about online privacy, "do not track," and Internet security issues. With proposals for a...
The Most Dangerous Website in 2010: Google
According to the security gurus Trend Micro, the most dangerous site on the net in 2010 was none other than...
UK Teens Buy Their Own Songs 6000 Times, Make Almost A Million Bucks
Say what you will about these kids' moral characters, but this is kind of clever. Uploading music to the iTunes...
Ben the Bodyguard Cruises Onto the Scene with One Heck of a Brilliant Website
Apparently, Ben the Bodyguard is some sort of data-security app. The truth is, after a quick Google, there's excruciatingly little...
One Small Step for Flash, One Decently-Sized Leap for Chrome
Chrome has been making strides over the past few months to increase its footprint on Windows computers across the world....
No Hell Will Be Safe For You – Not Even Facebook
Honestly, it should come as no surprise that Facebook isn't exactly a snuggly blanket of impenetrable security when it comes...
You’ll Have To Walk the Walk To Talk the Talk
You think your phone is a target for would-be identity thieves now? Wait until this phone-as-method-of-payment madness touches down -...
Intel to Malware: “You Shall not Pass!”
You may have heard that Intel bought McAfee a few weeks ago. Well that decision had a lot of people...
Airport Security Goes All Total Recall
Continuing today's completely unintentional theme of movie technologies given flesh (er... or the lack thereof, in this case) is a...
Rushin’ Roulette – Ternovskiy Brings Down the Chathammer
"I believe that Chatroulette was great in the first honeymoon days after it was launched," says Andrey Ternovskiy, the founder...
Your Accessories Just Aren’t Safe Anymore
Better switch back to your old, yellowed PS/2 mouse. A trio of researchers have shown that USB devices represent in...
YouTube Hacked, Bieber Targeted
This morning it appears as though YouTube has been the subject of a malicious attack, with HTML in comments being...
Computer Virus Jumps To Humans
Okay, that headline is probably a little more sensationalist than is absolutely necessary, but that's the message a UK scientist...
Has Facebook’s Evil Genius Gone Too Far?
"Do no evil." That was the now famous philosophy that Google portrayed to the world, claiming that a business doesn't...
Apple Wants To Capture Your Heart
Apple, always the innovator, is looking for the key to your heart. Security is a major concern in computing, particularly...