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Android apps track your location every three minutes, says Carnegie Mellon study
A Carnegie Mellon University study has discovered that a selection of Android apps collect location data on their users on average every three minutes, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Alan Martin • 27 Mar 2015
Privacy, Cybercrime
Threat sharing bill introduced to House of Representatives
The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has introduced a new threat sharing bill designed to let businesses share details of security treats without fear of litigation, reports Gizmodo.
Alan Martin • 25 Mar 2015
Canada's "secret hacking tactics" exposed in new report
Canada has been using an array of cyberweapons to gather intelligence, spy on other governments and damage adversary infrastructure, says a new report.
Kyle Ellison • 24 Mar 2015
Hilton HHonors accounts put at risk of hijacking through simple web flaw
Security researchers discovered a vulnerability on the Hilton HHonors website, making it straightforward to hijack any other user's account.
Graham Cluley • 24 Mar 2015
Cisco vulnerability could allow attackers to eavesdrop on private conversations
A vulnerability in Cisco's SPA300 and SPA500 IP phones could allow hackers to eavesdrop on private conversations from anywhere in the world, reports The Register.
Kyle Ellison • 23 Mar 2015
VPNs illegal in UAE, says Dubai Police
A senior official in the Dubai Police force has stated that the use of Virtual Private Networks is illegal across the United Arab Emirates.
Alan Martin • 16 Mar 2015
The immortality of data (and people) in the digital age
In the future, everything around us will be managed by data, and those who have data will have power. So, will anonymity be possible (or desirable)?
Sabrina Pagnotta • 12 Mar 2015
Superfish: Lenovo goes on the bloatware offensive
Its been just under three weeks since February 19th, when Lenovo became entangled in a web of controversy over its preinstallation of Superfish's Visual Search adware on some of its popular consumer laptops during last year's holiday shopping season.
Aryeh Goretsky • 12 Mar 2015
The human cost of phone hacking
Phone hacking ruined the lives of celebrities, and - in at least one case - almost drove a victim to suicide.
Graham Cluley • 11 Mar 2015