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Google eavesdropping tool installed on computers without permission
Privacy campaigners and open source developers are up in arms over the secret installing of Google software which is capable of listening in on …
Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane
A SECURITY RESEARCHER kicked off a United Airlines flight last month after tweeting about security vulnerabilities in its system had previously taken control of …
Traditional anti-virus is dead. Long live the new and improved AV
Over the past several months, Network World has reviewed a host of security programs designed to protect networks from modern advanced persistent threats. These …
More Lenovo woes: 3 security flaws, website clerical errors, maybe layoffs
After the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) called pre-installed Superfish “a critical vulnerability affecting Lenovo consumer personal computers,” several lawsuits leveled against Lenovo …
Hacked advertising platform sent users to exploit kit
A suspected malicious advertising attack turned out to be a much deeper compromise of an online advertising company, according to Trend Micro. The security …
Security review finds no critical flaws in Truecrypt 7.1a
For years, if you wanted a cross-platform disk encryption suite that didn’t rely on Microsoft or Apple, you went with Truecrypt. The popular software …
Snowden-approved: The ‘Citizenfour’ hacker’s toolkit
One of the interesting reveals at the end of Citizenfour, the recent Academy Award-winning documentary about Edward Snowden, was the thanks it gives to …
BitDefender, Kaspersky top list of best Windows 8.1 antivirus software
In sales, they say that you’re only as good as your last month’s figures. Ditto for antivirus software. And right now, BitDefender, Kaspersky, and …
Target to pay $10 million to victims of data breach
Target has agreed to pay $10 million under a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit stemming from a massive 2013 data breach, the company …
Epic Google snafu leaks hidden whois data for 280,000 domains
Google leaked the complete hidden whois data attached to more than 282,000 domains registered through the company’s Google Apps for Work service, a breach …
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