LinkedIn users have been advised to change their passwords immediately after an unconfirmed report claimed that millions of 'unsalted' hashed passwords have turned up on a Russian hacker Web site.According to the Norwegian
Facebook is a lot of fun...until you realize that much of the information posted there could be found by someone you might not want to see it. Like your boss, or potential boss.
By Paul Comessotti and Kellman Meghu (This blog is the continuation of Botnets – The hacker’s backdoor to your network) Looking at the evolution of the bot threat, the first bot, "GMBot", was
The FBI today said that its proposed plans to monitor social media sites as part of a broader strategy to improve real-time situation awareness will be fully vetted by the agency's Privacy and
By Brian Jackson This week the Supreme Court of Canada decided that it would not make a ruling that would irrevocably harm the Internet, be impossible to enforce, and likely be ignored by
Here we go again. Once more, the chief of a major online social network has called into question the relevance of privacy in today’s connected world. This time it is Reid Hoffman, founder
By Tony Bradley Back on Day 15 I examined Google+ privacy and found a couple things that seemed to be suspicious or give me some reason for concern. I spoke with someone
Sprouter announced this week that it will be turning off the lights on its question-and-answer Web site for entrepreneurs on Aug. 2.The notice caught many of the site's users off guard, as the
Web browsing, social networking, mobile polls, location-based services, games, mobile purchases - these are just some of the functions today's smartphones are able to do – but are Canadian handset users employing all
After application vulnerabilities, information security professionals are most concerned by the threats posed by mobile devices, a survey has revealed. The 2011 (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study, carried out by researchers Frost
For all those who needed an illustration of how a business shouldn't use Twitter, Kenneth Cole kindly provided it this week by using the current unrest in Egypt as a promotional tool. "Millions
Do you think your tech start-up is stuck in a rut? Are you working harder and longer hours but your balance sheets still show you're in the red? Perhaps your company can learn
Well at least this time they didn’t wait to get rapped on the knuckles by Canadian privacy and security officials. Faced with strong criticism over a feature that allows application developers and third
The Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington-based think tank that promotes responsible data practices, recently posted its First Annual List of Privacy Ins and Outs. It’s a playful – but insightful – look
