For the third year running you voted Mozilla’s veteran Firefox browser as the most trusted browser, beating both Google’s market leading Chrome and privacy poster boy Tor.
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Would you put your kids on Facebook? 60 Second Security
Watch the latest episode of our weekly computer security video – it only takes a minute!
Hacker detained for giving US service members’ personal info to ISIS
A hacker detained in Malaysia now faces extradition to the US to face charges that he provided material support to the Islamic State, which US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials are calling a “first of its kind” case.
Google, Facebook, Amazon et al join forces against incoming cybersecurity law
CISA opponents say it may “infringe on users’ privacy” and “cause collateral harm to the systems of innocent third parties.”
Apple updates iMovie and iWork – but the iWork fixes are more than cosmetic
Get ready! We’re about to run the gauntlet of Mactivists, and we’d love you to join us. (Only kidding. There are patches. You want them.)
Facebook accidentally let some users see how popular their posts are
Facebook’s showing View counts next to Likes and Shares? No, it’s just a bug, the company said.
Police: Stop posting pictures of your kids on social media!
Police in Germany created a viral hit by appealing to people to stop stripping children of their privacy.
Encrypt like everyone’s watching – because someone probably is!
Week 3 of #CyberAware month is all about staying secure, wherever you are – no matter who’s watching.
Hijacking phones with radio waves, Siri and headphones. Should we worry?
We can make calls, send text messages, do web searches, and much more using voice commands. What if someone else could do these things – silently, remotely, and without your knowledge?
Dridex botnet taken down, multi-million bank fraud suspect arrested
Andrey Ghinkul, aka Smilex, is alleged to have stolen millions, including $990,000 from a school in Pennsylvania, with a bank fraud botnet.