A bizarre sextortion scam is attempting to trick victims that not only has their smartphone been hacked to spy upon their private lives, but also every other...
Tag - privacy
The developer of a smartphone app has carelessly left a database accessible to anybody with an internet connection, leaving exposed a database of millions of...
A bill proposed in the US House of Representatives on Jan. 9 aims to give parents greater control over the data collected about their children by amending the...
Personal data for 1.2 billion people was discovered in an open Elasticsearch server. It’s unclear who owned the server, how the data got there, who had...
Twitter used people’s private information to help third-party advertisers target the right users by mistake, the company said in an announcement. The...
An 18-year-old student from New York is suing Apple for $1 billion, claiming he was wrongfully accused of stealing gadgets from a number of Apple stores in...
As if some folks weren’t concerned enough about the infiltration of potentially privacy-busting devices into the home, Google has admitted it did not...
One in five healthcare professionals has experienced breaches of patient data, yet many also say they’re “very confident” in their facility’s ability to...
Another day, another rogue Google Chrome add-on found making the rounds, looking to steal your private data. A SANS ISC incident contributor has spotted a...
Microsoft’s “intelligent virtual and personal assistant” for Windows 10 has now been added as a Skype contact for iOS and Android, for the ultimate AI...