Privacy

A website recommended by large portions of the UK's police forces has fixed a privacy bug that provided a "shopping list for burglars" after being tipped off to the exploit by a security researcher, reports the BBC.

A paper from researchers at various universities suggests that security is an area that needs work for wearables, according to a report in The Register.

Moonpig, the online personalised card company, has been accused of a shockingly sloppy attitude to security, after apparently leaving a serious hole in its security unpatched.

Sony executives turned to old BlackBerries found in a basement in the firm's California headquarters in, using SMS text messages and a 'phone tree' to communicate in the wake of the attack.

Facebook is to face a class action lawsuit over ‘reading’ its user’s messages, a U.S. judge has ruled.

Like many others, I was enchanted by The Hobbit (and later Lord of the Rings) at a young age - long before Peter Jackson turned J R R Tolkien's middle-earth fantasy books into a series of blockbuster movies.

Realtime call-monitoring and GPS tracking of partners by domestic abusers is on the rise, both via dedicated electronic listening devices or using sophisticated spyware software.

It's billed as the hottest new messaging app on the planet, and it's rocketed into the top ten in the U.S. in just a year. But how safe are you on Yik Yak?

The recent hacking of Sony Pictures offers valuable lessons in cybersecurity from which every company and consumer can learn.