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Law Allows Government to See Who You Are Emailing

Government officials were able to secretly order Google and Internet service provider Sonic to hand over an individual's personal email records as part of...

Microsoft Executes Own Disaster Recovery Plan Post-Japan Earthquake

Worried about aftershocks, Microsoft undertook a massive data migration project following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan in March.While applications and...

Personal Info on Goldman Sachs CEO, NYPD Officer Leaked

As Operation "Occupy Wall Street" moved into the second week, some protesters are moving their activities online.A group using the handle "CabinCr3w" posted personal...

Senators Question OnStar Policy on Data Collection

Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are questioning the recent announcement by General Motors subsidiary, OnStar, that it would...

Mac Trojan Masquerades as Chinese-Language PDF File

Researchers have analyzed a new piece of malware that masquerades as a PDF document and executed malicious code when opened. What makes this Trojan...

Microsoft Revokes Gold Partner for Running Cold-Call Scams

As a scam, it's fairly common for cyber-criminals to cold-call unsuspecting users to inform them of problems with their computers. Sometimes the callers claim...

Dutch CA Files for Bankruptcy After Security Breach

Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar has closed its doors, less than a month after news broke about the security breach in which fake digital certificates...

FTC Workshop to Address Privacy, Facial Recognition

The Federal Trade Commission is planning to hold a workshop to examine how increased use of facial recognition technology impacts consumer privacy and security....

Cyber-Attackers Leak Intelligence Officials’ Names, Addresses

Less than 48 hours after a national security organization released a report on cyber-threats and defenses, attackers breached its Website and posted the membership...

SpyEye Trojan Variant Targets Android Devices

The SpyEye Trojan has evolved yet again, as the latest version can intercept Short Message Service texts from compromised Android smartphones.Dubbed "Spitmo," the new...