(Los Angeles Times) – Apple pushed out its first-ever automatic security update for Mac computers on Monday, fixing a security flaw that the company felt...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As soon as Mark Kim found out his personal information was compromised in a data breach at...
(Ars Technica) – The security company investigating the attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment has reportedly penned a letter that seemingly holds the entertainment firm blameless for...
(Engadget) – The cyber attack against Sony Pictures continues to be a major problem for the company. For one, it looks like the hackers used malware...
(TechCrunch) – Europe’s Article 29 Working Party, the body comprised of data protection representatives from individual Member States of the European Union, has now published guidelines on the...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most people can recognize Microsoft founder Bill Gates and know that hashtags belong in tweets, but are confused about...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — WhatsApp, the globally popular instant messaging system owned by Facebook, has begun using a powerful new encryption...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is once again trying to simplify its privacy policy, largely to address criticisms that it’s too...
(The Huffington Post) – You know those weird emails that try to trick you into handing over your information? Turns out they work way better...
(Bloomberg) – Hackers have made the Internet a scary place to do business, as recent headlines attest. Big companies have been hacked. Small companies have...
SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today) – A staggering 43% of companies have experienced a data breach in the past year, an annual study on data breach...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Working to combat an increasingly lucrative crime that crosses national boundaries, Justice Department officials are pressing for a new...
(Reuters) – Two senators asked the federal government to investigate a data breach on the payment-card processing systems of Home Depot Inc and five U.S....
MARLEY JAY, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Home Depot sank before the opening bell Tuesday after confirming that its payment systems had been...
YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The boundary between the online and physical worlds got blurry last week when Sony’s PlayStation Network was disabled...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot may be the latest retailer to suffer a major credit card data breach. The Atlanta-based...
ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This week’s news that a Russian crime ring has amassed some 1.2 billion username and password...
(ZDNet) – The Chinese cyberattack group Deep Panda has compromised national security think tanks using sophisticated techniques designed to steal confidential data concerning US foreign policy,...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Spotify is requiring people listening to its popular music service on Android devices to install new software as a safeguard against a...
EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press JULIE PACE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is asking Congress to pass new privacy laws that would add more...
BREE FOWLER, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of passwords, credit card numbers and other personal information may be at risk as a result...
ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writers MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An alarming lapse in Internet security has exposed millions of passwords, credit...
AMY TAXIN, Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Federal agents are reaching out to children to get them to use street smarts online in a...
