SlashGear for iPad and iPhone
RSS Feed

‘Data Security’ Stories

CISPA brings Reddit’s SOPA warriors in force

, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [8]

In a relatively new bill being called “worse that SOPA,” sponsored by congress member Mike Rogers, 28 corporate sponsors are bringing back the circumvention of basic Internet privacy laws in force. This bill can be found in PDF form here: [H.R. 3523] and includes a whole lot more sponsors than SOPA or its close relative PIPA had in the end before total destruction. This bill contains extremely vague wording which allows “extreme measures” to be inflicted upon sites from The Pirate Bay all the way up to the New York Times – if Homeland Security wants to shut a site like these down or asks for data regarding you or yours as you work with these sites, this bill says you must comply.

Read The Full Story

Facebook’s ‘Download Your Information’ in three easy steps

, Apr 12th 2012 Discuss [9]

Those of you hearing about Facebook's ability to allow you one big download of all* of your information from the social networking site will be interested in knowing that it's been active for a while, and it's really quite simple to work with. The newest update to Download Your Information includes such new gems as your relationship status changes and Poke info. What it doesn't include is what the fuss is all about in the news today: the rest can be had with just a couple of button clicks. Read The Full Story

Boeing plans a super-secure Android smartphone

, Apr 12th 2012 Discuss [14]

Boeing is planning to release its own Android smartphone later this year, according to a report by the National Defense Magazine. However, the aerospace and defense industry giant isn't exactly expanding into the consumer mobile phone business with this move as the custom Android "Boeing Phone" is designed to be especially secure for government and military use. Read The Full Story

No Permissions Android app shows three giant security loopholes

, Apr 12th 2012 Discuss [8]

The Leviathan Security Group have released a proof of concept application for Android which shows three ways an application can readily scan and use your data without any permissions granted to it. As all Android users know, whenever you download an app from the Google Play App Store, you’ve got to tap through a screen which asks you if it’s alright that an app has certain permissions to access your phone or tablet’s abilities. The app you’re about to witness has no permissions necessary to click through, yet it does have the ability to bypass your device’s security – unsettling, yes?

Read The Full Story

Facebook data archive ‘incomplete’ say privacy hounds

, Apr 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Officials looking to assure users that Facebook is providing a complete ability to download the entirety of their user data from the social networking titan are announcing their dissatisfaction this week with what they're calling an incomplete tool. This tool is one that Facebook provides users to save all of their updates, photos, videos, and more, but is being cut down by those looking for a complete archive as it does stop short of giving out all information the network has on the user in its complete form. This update brings what Facebook calls an "expanded archive" of the Download your Information tool and can be accessed by all Facebook users today. Read The Full Story

Utah Department of Health loses over 181k records in hack

, Apr 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you or someone you know in the state of Utah is on Medicaid or CHIP we have some bad news. Apparently, the Utah Department of Technology Services notified the Utah Department of Health that the server hosting Medicaid claims had been hacked. The extent of the damage was announced last week and Utah's Department of Health lost 181,604 personal information records. Read The Full Story

Mobile Facebook app security threat very real [UPDATED: Facebook Responds]

, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [3]

This week a startling discovery has been made by developer and writer Gareth Wright which has the potential to allow any rogue app to take control of your Facebook app and therefor your Facebook account. The method seems almost too simple - within the package of files you get with either the Android or iOS version of Facebook comes a file called a plist. This plist contains unencrypted information about your Facebook account - including your name and password. Facebook is reportedly searching for a fix now, but they've not yet addressed the fact that a similar plist sits in every app you've allowed access to your Facebook account. Read The Full Story

Pastebin no longer safe haven for Hackers

, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [4]

The folks at the favorite info-dumping site of groups such as what once was LulzSec and the still very active Anonymous have announced they'll be cutting back on so-called "sensitive" posts. Pastebin has been a fabulous place for those with no wish to be tracked to their source to post information that could lead to law-breaking activities. That's not what the site was originally made for, but what it's become rather famous for over the past few months and years. The current owner, Jeroen Vader, has pledged to cut down on the amount of uses of the site which constitute "abuse" as set by their own rules. Read The Full Story

Visa drops Global Payments following breach

, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Visa has dropped Global Payments from its list of compliant service providers following the security breach revealed last week that may have compromised as many as 1.5 million cardholder accounts. Global Payments CEO Paul Garcia believes that his company should return to the list once it comes back to compliance, although he didn't give a more specific time frame. Read The Full Story

Global Payments admits 1.5 million credit card numbers stolen

, Apr 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

One of the major credit card processors called Global Payments Incorporated announced on Friday that it had identified and reported a hack into its credit card processing system. The company says that the affected portion of the processing system operates in North America only and as many as 1.5 million credit card numbers may have been stolen in the hack. Read The Full Story

Global Payments hacked, 50,000 cardholders at risk

, Mar 30th 2012 Discuss [4]

Global Payments, a third-party payment card processor, has been hacked this morning, according to sources who spoke to the WSJ. The security breach puts nearly 50,000 Visa and MasterCard holders at risk. Both major credit card issuing agencies have alerted customers and asserted that their own systems are still secure. Read The Full Story

Google Account Activity tells you all they know

, Mar 29th 2012 Discuss [5]

This month Google is showing off their newest opt-in service known as Account Activity, a service capable of showing you everything the group knows about your signed-in activities. Google services of course work their way into several daily activities of people like you and I, and certainly knowing everywhere I logged in from as well as all the YouTube videos I've ever watched could be entertaining - but that's not what the service is for, says Google. Account Activity is Google's way of helping you "step back and take stock of what you're doing online" in an analytical way. Read The Full Story
Pages: Prev 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next