The continuing shift to mobile computing and the proliferation of smartphones has raised a slew of privacy and security concerns around the way that mobile devices and applications handle users’ data and personal information. A group of researchers from North Carolina State University has developed a method for addressing the problem on Android devices by giving users granular control of how apps can behave on their devices.
By B.K. DeLongThere has been a lot of online venting and hand-wringing in the week since customers of email services provider Epsilon began informing millions of individuals in North America and Europe that their name and e-mail address had been stolen in a massive data breach. In the week since the breach, there have been emphatic warnings about the potential for phishing attacks against the customers of Epsilon clients like Citi, Mariott, MoneyGram and Dell. But does the theft of names and e-mail addresses constitute a major breach of personal privacy that consumers should be concerned about? I believe it does.
An insider data breach at the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA) has exposed the sensitive financial data of some 3,000 US Airways pilots, according to reports.
Hugh Grant went all mafia informant when he concealed a microphone on his persons in order to out former News of the World journalists that had been involved in a rather shady phone-hacking scandal.Evidently, News of the World has, for some time, been implicated in a phone-hacking scandal whereby they had illegally hacked data from phone calls, text messages, and voice mails. The publication is alleged to have then taken this information, much of it later proven to be false, and published it. There have been numerous arrests stemming from investigations into the matter.
UPDATED: The number of companies that was affected by the attack on online marketing firm Epsilon Data Management has continued to grow, virtually by the hour. Many retailers, banks and other firms sent out notification letters to their customers on Monday, and to help you keep track of who’s affected, we’ve compiled a list of known companies victimized by the Epsilon attack.
The compromise of a system at online marketing company Epsilon Data Management that came to light last week and involves the email addresses and names of customers at companies such as Citibank, Kroger and Disney expanded over the weekend to include a slew of other companies. The attack does not appear to have compromised any customer financial data or other sensitive information.
I worked in my share of kitchens when I was younger. I washed dishes, made salads, sous cheffed and worked the grill as a short order cook. And let me say this: one rule you learn when you work in the kitchen is – to borrow a phrase from the folks in ‘Vegas – ‘what happens in the kitchen stays in the kitchen.’ That includes the mouse turds in the pantry, the creative application of wilted vegetables, your colleagues suspect personal hygiene and the waitresses’ liberal application of the five second rule.
Internet crime is on the rise again according to a report recently released by The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The organization said last week that it received the second-highest number of complaints in its decade long history in 2010.
A Moldovan man alleged to be the mastermind behind an international fraud ring that targeted both private and corporate bank accounts has been arrested in Limerick, Ireland, in a joint operation by Gardai and customs officials.
Another ground breaking mobile device release, another embarrassing leak. Mobile device maker Research in Motion found itself responding to the publication of documentation for its much anticipated Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) 4.0 on Thursday.
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