Researchers in China work on facial recognition payment app
Researchers with the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) are reportedly working to launch a mobile payment app that makes use of facial recognition technology …
Researchers find data leaks in Instagram, Grindr, OoVoo and more
By sniffing out the details of network communications, University of New Haven researchers have uncovered a host of data-leakage problems in Instagram, Vine, Nimbuzz, …
Computer hardware containing patient data stolen from Ohio plastic surgery office
More than 6,000 patients of Beachwood-Westlake Plastic Surgery and Medical Spa in Ohio are being notified that their personal information was on computer hardware …
U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data
The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand over …
From reddit to Pornhub, Websites Slow Down for Net Neutrality on September 10
You know the net neutrality conversation is breaking new ground when even the porn sites are weighing in. And that’s just what we’re seeing: …
6 Criteria for Evaluating Secure File Transfer Apps
File transfer protocol (FTP) was developed in the early 1970s when security concerns and usability were less important than getting data from one place …
Asylum seeker in data breach case wins leave to appeal injunction rejection
A federal court judge has granted an asylum seeker who had their personal details exposed online leave to appeal to the federal court. In …
Rogue ‘Cell Towers’ Can Intercept Your Data; At Least One Found In Chicago
So-called rogue cell phone towers, the type that can intercept your mobile calls and data, are cropping up all over the United States, including …
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