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Article | 5/04/2011 Grand jury investigation targets smartphone privacy

Pandora and possibly other makers of popular smartphone applications are being questioned by a federal grand jury about their privacy practices.

Article | 3/04/2011 RSA hackers exploited Flash zero-day bug

Last month's hack of RSA Security began with an exploit of a then-unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, the company confirmed Friday.

Article | 2/04/2011 UberSocial fixes direct-message privacy bug

UberSocial has fixed a bug in its Twitter software for mobile phones that put some users' privacy at risk.

Article | 1/04/2011 China's Baidu to compensate songwriters for music downloads

China's largest search engine Baidu said it will start paying an agency representing songwriters for every music download on the site, after years of ...

Article | 1/04/2011 Samsung cleared of keylogger accusation

Samsung says it is not using rogue software to record every keyboard stroke users make using Windows-based Samsung laptops.

Article | 1/04/2011 Rogue Android app texts humiliating messages

Android users face a new threat, a rogue app that tells all their friends they pirated the program, a Symantec security manager said today.

Article | 1/04/2011 Lawsuit: Fired data center worker wiped out TV show

The creators of "Zodiac Island" say they lost an entire season of their syndicated children's television show after a former employee at their Interne...

Article | 1/04/2011 Would you realize if you lost your smartphone?

A new survey finds that only a third of mobile phone owners would realize they had lost their phone within 15 minutes. According to the research condu...

Article | 1/04/2011 Twitter: Some UberSocial direct messages not private

Twitter is warning users of the popular UberSocial Twitter-messaging software that direct messages they send may not be private.

Article | 1/04/2011 GFI apologizes for false alarm on Samsung keyloggers

When Alex Eckelberry first read news reports on Wednesday that some of Samsung's R Series laptops contained keylogging software, he was as astounded a...

Article | 31/03/2011 Samsung investigating report of keylogger on its laptops

Samsung Electronics is investigating allegations that some models of its R Series laptops contain keylogging software that could be used to record any...

Article | 31/03/2011 Hacker group defies U.S. law, defends exposing McAfee website vulnerabilities

The hacker group that exposed holes in McAfee's website knows it's breaking U.S. law, but vows to continue exposing vulnerabilities, especially on sec...

Article | 31/03/2011 Privacy groups cheer FTC's action over Google Buzz

Privacy advocates cheered on Wednesday in response to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's crackdown on Google over privacy violations it called decept...

Article | 31/03/2011 Comodo hacker claims another certificate authority

The hacker who claimed credit for breaking into systems belonging to digital certificate vendor Comodo said he has compromised another certificate aut...

Article | 31/03/2011 Google settles FTC complaint over Buzz

Google has agreed to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charging the company with using deceptive tactics and violating its own...

Article | 30/03/2011 What is the best antivirus software?

People regularly ask me, "What do you consider to be the best antivirus software currently available?"

Article | 29/03/2011 Cybercriminals selling exploit-as-a-service kit

Cybercriminals are taking a page from the software-as-a-service playbook: they're now selling exploit kits complete with hosting services, with custom...

Article | 28/03/2011 MySQL website falls victim to SQL injection attack

Oracle's MySQL.com customer website was apparently compromised over the weekend by a pair of hackers who publicly posted usernames, and in some cases ...

Article | 26/03/2011 Google patches 6 serious Chrome bugs

Google on Thursday patched six vulnerabilities in Chrome, and as usual, silently updated users' copies of the browser.

Article | 26/03/2011 Report: Mysterious Facebook Web search box could be malware

A Web search box some users are seeing on their Facebook interface wasn't inserted by Facebook and could be the result of malware or a rogue browser p...