London: Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed.
But given the revelations spilling out into the media recently, there hardly seems a single aspect of daily life that isn't somehow subject to spying or surveillance by someone.
Experts say there are steps anyone can take to improve privacy, but they only go so far.
Using anonymity services and encryption "simply make it harder, but not impossible," said Ashkan Soltani, an independent privacy and security researcher. "Someone can always find you - just depends on how motivated they are."...
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02:48 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Mountain View: LinkedIn is joining the crowd of Internet services tying account security to mobile phones. In a change announced on Friday, the roughly 225 million users of LinkedIn's online professional networking service can now choose to require a code to be sent to their phones whenever an attempt is made to log in to an account from a device for the first time. The code sent to the phone...
12:27 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Moscow: The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving. Security experts say the .su Internet suffix assigned to the USSR in 1990 has turned into a haven for hackers who've flocked to the defunct superpower's domain space to send spam and steal money. Capitalist concerns, rather than Communist nostalgia, explain the move. "I don't think that this is really...
02:10 PM, May 31, 2013
New York: Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and password, users will have to enter...
08:47 AM, May 23, 2013
Ways in which you can keep your password strong to ward off that initial intrusion. ...
06:49 AM, Feb 28, 2013
Apple was recently attacked by hackers who infected Macintosh computers of some employees. ...
08:11 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Facebook said that is was clear that other websites were attacked and infiltrated recently as well. ...
08:18 AM, Feb 16, 2013
Bit9 said it had failed to properly install its own software throughout its network. ...
02:08 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Just a visit to a manipulated website is sufficient to make a personal computer vulnerable to attack. ...
01:33 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted versions of passwords were compromised. ...
06:59 AM, Feb 02, 2013
The secret to finding more secure passwords could be straightforward - just don't use good grammar or spelling. ...
04:48 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Experts believe hackers have found a flaw in Java's coding that creates an opening for criminal activity and other high-tech mischief. ...
04:11 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Security experts say machines running on Mac OS X, Linux or Windows all appear to be vulnerable hacker attacks using the Java security flaw. ...
07:01 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The government has circulated new guidelines on how to enforce the controversial section 66 (A) of Information Technology Act following the Facebook arrest row. Sources tell CNN-IBN that the government advisory tells states how Section 66 (A) of the IT Act is to be implemented. It says prior approval from the Deputy Commissioner or an IGP-level officer is needed before Station House officers can register such complaints. The sources say ...
02:32 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Boston: Apple is removing old versions of Oracle's Java software from Internet browsers on the computers of its customers when they install the latest update to its Mac operating system. Apple, which has previously included Java with installations of Mac OS X, announced the move on its support site. It said that customers need to obtain Java directly from Oracle if they want to access web content written the widely...
12:54 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Washington: The White House's computer system was targeted in a cyber attack, a senior administration official said on Monday, but no classified systems were breached. There is no evidence that data was taken in the incident, the official said, adding that the attack was identified early and did not spread. The attack was described as "spear phishing," the term for an attempted penetration using fake emails from a trusted sender,...
07:02 AM, Oct 02, 2012
Washington: Iranian hackers have repeatedly attacked Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup over the past year as part of a broad cyber campaign targeting the United States, according to people familiar with the situation. The attacks, which began in late 2011 and escalated this year, have primarily been "denial of service" campaigns that disrupted the banks' websites and corporate networks by overwhelming them with incoming Web traffic,...
12:03 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Berlin: The German government agency overseeing IT safety is warning of a security breach in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and recommending people use other browsers until the problem is fixed. The browser's "weak point is already being used for targeted attacks," the Federal Office for Information Security warned, adding that the code behind the attack is freely available online and might therefore spread rapidly. A spokesman for Microsoft said on Tuesday...
06:36 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be a major hacking incident at Pinterest, the popular pinboard-style social photo sharing website. Many users have reported that their Pinterest accounts have been hacked into and spam posted on their boards. The incident seems to have taken place last night. There is still no information regarding the incident on Pinterest's official blog or Twitter account but numerous Pinterest users are reporting breaches on Twitter...
08:39 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Wired reporter Mat Honan's digital identity was hacked into, information deleted and offensive content posted thanks to a security flaw in Apple's password retrieval process. "In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of all, my...
01:56 PM, Aug 08, 2012
