security

Apple CEO Discusses Security with Top Chinese Official Amid Hacking Claims: Xinhua

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook discussed user data security at a meeting on Wednesday with a top Chinese government official in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The meeting comes…

Hundreds of Alleged Dropbox Passwords Leaked

Hundreds of alleged usernames and passwords for online document-sharing site Dropbox were published on Monday on Pastebin, an anonymous information-sharing website. The anonymous user, who claims to have hacked close…

Secure Website Will Be Posted Higher On Google Searches

Google said it will start giving websites higher search rankings if they ensure secure connections, keeping its users safe from online attacks and hacks. Google is hoping to nudge developers towards…

Apple Able to Extract Personal Data Via iPhone

Personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company acknowledged this week. The same techniques to circumvent…

Sher.ly, Sherlybox Makes a Personal Cloud Possible

Ever since it was revealed that the NSA can access people’s computers and tap into private information, alarmed United States citizens have been turning to private clouds for data security. What…

Windows 8 a ‘Threat’ to China’s Security

Microsoft’s Windows 8 has been branded a threat to China’s cybersecurity in a state-backed news report. China’s CCTV broadcast a strongly critical story in which experts suggested it was being…

Google Tackles ‘Malicious’ Chrome Extensions

Google has imposed restrictions on where people can get extensions for its Chrome browser. In a blogpost, the search giant said it was now going to allow only extensions hosted…

Teenager Arrested for Threatening American Airlines on Twitter

Dutch police have arrested a 14-year-old girl in Rotterdam after she sent American Airlines a threatening tweet on Sunday. The message became a viral sensation on Twitter after a user…

Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Scanner Hacked with Glue Mould

The researchers fooled the new handset using a mould made out of glue The fingerprint sensor on Samsung’s Galaxy S5 handset has been hacked less than a week after the…

Yahoo Adds More Security to Thwart Surveillance

Yahoo has added more layers of security in its effort to shield people’s online lives from government spying and other snooping. The measures announced Wednesday include the completion of a…

Parents Get Do-Over for In-App Purchases by Kids

Although Seana Mulcahy considers herself tech savvy, she was thrown a bit when her 8-year-old son Logan not once, but twice, ran up charges using apps downloaded from iTunes Store….

ISU Professor Develops Smartphone Security Software

As technology becomes more and more advanced, so do the hacking methods that could threaten the software in computers, phones and even cars and airplanes. The U.S. Department of Defense…

SXSW: Snowden Talks of Internet Security

AUSTIN Declaring that the U.S. government is “setting fire to the future of the Internet” by spying on Americans and being unaccountable for that, former National Security Agency contractor Edward…

Sons Locked Out of Inherited iPad

A man whose mother left her iPad to her family in her will says Apple’s security rules are too restrictive. Josh Grant, 26, from London, told BBC Radio 4’s You &…

Galaxy S5: Fingerprint Security Convenient, but Not Flawless

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone will be at least the third to have a fingerprint sensor for security but it’s alone in letting you use that for general shopping, thanks…