Facebook's plan to give developers access to users' addresses and phone numbers has not gone over so well with many, and now the heads of the House of Representatives' Privacy Caucus want answers. The feature only lasted three days as the social networking site decided to suspend it pending a better (and less controversial) option.
Researchers from Oxford University say that patients are not being adequately informed about possible secondary uses of their medical data for research and are "misled about the level of anonymisation of their data and the likelihood of re-identification"
While some of the documents from the batch of US diplomatic cables dumped by WikiLeaks have proved to be more explosive than others, every now and then some nugget of information fished from the less controversial cables turns up and proves interesting enough to merit a mention.
Such an instance has recently been remarked on by The Washingtonian's Shane Harris, and concerns an e-mail spear-phishing attempt thought to have been orchestrated and executed by Chinese spies.
Egypt's internet network may be all but paralysed, but that hasn't stopped cybercriminals from hijacking the internet space assigned to the Egyptian president’s wife.
According to Spamhaus.org, a fair number of internet addresses assigned to the Egyptian president's wife have been taken over by hackers. The spam analysis organisation says that around 5,000 IP addresses were assigned some years ago to Suzanne Mubarak and the Suzanne Mubarak Science Exploration Centre.
Wiretapping exists, legally, for the benefit of law enforcement to protect the citizens of the U.S. But what if the wiretapping rules are extended so far that technology innovators must first get approval from the federal government BEFORE offering new technologies that affect wiretapping capabilities? How will the requirements affect hosted/cloud based service providers?
The singer is believed to have sent the racy image to a former flame, who is rumoured to be a baseball player, according to Media Take Out. A blonde RiRi is seen topless as she smiles at a mirror holding her BlackBerry across her chest as she takes the picture.
The photo was reportedly was sent after the Umbrella star split from ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. The 'well known sportsman' is believed to have leaked the photo after he shared the it with his team mates.
Facebook has a plethora of personal information that when any exploit, no matter how small, surfaces, it can become a huge security risk. A new exploit has surfaced that allows anyone to access any photo album of non-friends as long as you have the link.
A user on Reddit has posted an image with instructions and Neowin has verified that it does indeed work. By following the simple steps, you can bypass the security of Facebook and view photos of others online. The exploit comes hot on the heels of Facebook increasing its security by using https.
Hackers broke into the computer system at a New Jersey school district and gained access to student records system used by 160 schools across the state.
The online hacker group 4chan was able to discover the password for the system and post it on its message board, enabling 4chan users to infiltrate the Genesis Student Information System used by the Plainfield, New Jersey, school district, according to a report by ComputerWorld. The Genesis system is used to manage student records and communicate with students and parents.
Webcams connected to your computer allow you to communicate more directly with family and friends and set up an inexpensive security monitoring function. But they also have a dark side, security experts warn.
Hackers have developed malware and worms that can infect your computer and take control of your webcam. When you least expect it, your webcam could be watching you.
A UK-based web developer has figured out a simple way to tell if visitors to his site are logged in to Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Digg and thousands of other websites.
