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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Has the PlayStation Network really been hacked? Should you change your password?
A smallish list of usernames and passwords allegedly stolen from the PlayStation Network (PSN), Windows Live and 2K Gaming Studio has been leaked by a trio of crackers. Real or hoax?
Want to know how to shop safely on Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Join our Twitter chat!
Learn how to protect yourself online, not just on the forthcoming Cyber Monday, but for the rest of the year as well. Join us and the Center for Internet Security in a Twitter chat…and bring your friends and family, too.
Uber taken to task over anti-journalist privacy debacle
After Uber’s bumpy privacy-related ride this week, US Senator Al Franken has sent a letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick with 10 pointed questions about the company’s lackadaisical approach to privacy.
FBI offers $1 million reward for anybody who can help catch online car scam fugitive
The alleged kingpin behind a multimillion-dollar online car selling scam, Romanian fugitive Nicolae Popescu, just made it onto the FBI’s 10 Most-Wanted Cyber Fugitives list. 
FTC smackdown! More fake support scammers taken out…
The FTC has taken out more fake support scammers who are said to have badgered consumers into parting with more than $120 million. In return, the consumers received technical smoke and mirrors that was worth absolutely nothing.
Hackers blamed for unusual tweets from Jeremy Clarkson, Columbian FARC rebels
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson and Colombian militia group FARC may not have much in common, but this week they were linked by headlines blaming hackers for potentially embarrassing Twitter messages.
How to delete your old, embarrassing, now-much-easier-to-find tweets
Now might be a fine time to scrub your Twitter timeline to get rid of the more embarrassing tidbits – or perhaps take a fire hose to it, depending on just how messy your life and your tweeting history has been for the past 8, now fully indexed, years. 
“Rotten stinking hovel” hotel charges couple £100 for bad Trip Advisor review
A UK hotel has come up with a way to fend off bad online reviews: rather than upping the thread count on their sheets or, say, introducing a vacuum cleaner to the dining room a bit more frequently, they’re promising to charge customers £100 for bad reviews.
Whatsapp now provides end-to-end encryption by default for messages
A new update to the Android version of WhatsApp includes an unexpected but pleasant surprise – end-to-end encryption that is enabled by default.