Facebook Pushes Passwords One Step Closer to Death
October has always been John Flynn’s favorite time of year, but this year, it’s even better. He gets to spend the month trying to hack...
Snowden leaks: US and UK ‘crack online encryption’
US and UK intelligence have reportedly cracked the encryption codes protecting the emails, banking and medical records of hundreds of millions of people. (more…)
‘Syrian Electronic Army’ site down after attack on New York Times
The website for a hacker group calling itself the “Syrian Electronic Army” was taken offline by an Internet body following claims that the hackers had...
Zuckerberg unveils plan for free Net access for all
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg late Tuesday announced on his Facebook profile page the formation of a partnership with Samsung Electronics, Nokia, Qualcomm and others to...
Apparently Google’s Chrome will get more touch Friendly
Google is apparently taking steps to make its flagship Chrome browser more touch friendly. (more…)
Feds are Suspects in New Malware That Attacks Tor Anonymity
Security researchers tonight are poring over a piece of malware that takes advantage of a Firefox security vulnerability to identify some users of the privacy-protecting Tor...
UK to Block All Online Pornography by Default
All UK Internet providers will block online porn later this year, prime minister David Cameron said. And if you want to see smut, you're going...
Hasta la Vista, AltaVista
AltaVista is shutting down, and if you find that the least bit surprising, it's probably because you're shocked to discover it still exists. Well, it...
Facebook issues data breach notification – may have leaked your email and phone number
Facebook just published a data breach notification on its security blog. You might not immediately notice that from the title of the article, which announces...
Facebook now allowing photo comments.
Facebook has started to roll out photo comments, a new feature that allows you to comment on posts with images rather than words. (more…)