Don’t worry, you’re not the only one to ever hit “reply all” and then run through the office screaming at people to delete it. Even Twitter execs can mistakenly push out public Tweets that were supposed to be private, direct messages.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Sony Pictures breached – or was it?
Sony has been in the computer security spotlight several times before, from rootkits and jailbreaking to industrial-scale data breaches. The company is back in the limelight again after a claimed “megahack”…
Sophos Techknow – Dealing with Ransomware [PODCAST]
No type of malware seems to get people’s blood boiling quite as much as ransomware. Learn how to protect yourself in this episode of our Sophos Techknow podcast series…
16 webcam hijacking suspects arrested in wake of bedroom-peeping
An international bust of people illegally using remote-access Trojans (RATs) to hijack people’s webcams last week led to the arrest of 16 people across Europe.
“That’s not a hack…” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest 60 Second Security video. One week of news in one amusingly informative minute…
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.
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. 
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.
SSCC 174 – Who says law enforcement isn’t tackling cybercrime? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest epsiode of our weekly Chet Chat podcast, for your listening pleasure. From a carder ring that got busted to a spamming system that ran amuck, let yourself be amused and educated at the same time…