Social networking service Path has upgraded the security of its mobile application in apparent response to a recent outcry over its data gathering practices. In a brief blog post , Path said that
Published on: April 4th, 2012 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Yelp and 14 other companies have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of distributing privacy-invading mobile applications.The lawsuit was filed by a group of 13 individuals in the United
Published on: March 15th, 2012 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
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
Published on: February 14th, 2012 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
Wikipedia and others who participated in an unprecedented Internet blackout Wednesday have brought their sites back online with the promise to keep their battle going against the contentious Protect IP Act (PIPA) and
Published on: January 19th, 2012 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
In a remarkable example of a grassroots campaign gone viral, several websites including Google, Reddit, Wikipedia , BoingBoing, Imgur and Tucows, are planning an unprecedented Internet "strike" Wednesday to protest controversial anti-piracy legislation
Published on: January 18th, 2012 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
Microsoft said it has disabled an online tracking technology that, according to a Stanford University researcher, allowed the company to sneakily track users on MSN.com -- even after they deleted their browser cookies
Published on: August 22nd, 2011 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
The marking of World IPv6 Day yesterday has drawn fresh attention to the next generation Internet addressing protocol, as well as to the security considerations that enterprises will need to deal with as
Published on: June 10th, 2011 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
Honda Canada has issued a warning that a data breach exposed the personal data of an unspecified number of customers. The company hasn't yet disclosed details on how the company's systems were breached,
Published on: May 27th, 2011 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
The apparent ease with which hackers have breached Sony networks in recent days shows how much work is still needed to fully secure the company's networks, analysts say.Sony, along with three external security
Published on: May 24th, 2011 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
The massive data breach at email service provider Epsilon may have been caused by a targeted spear-phishing campaign that the company should have known about for at least four months, Australian newspaper ITNews
Published on: April 8th, 2011 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
A Twitter message from Monday suggests that a self-proclaimed "hacktivist" using the handle The Jester may have been responsible for knocking the controversial Westboro Baptist Church offline . In the message , the
Published on: February 24th, 2011 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
Facebook is threatening to take legal action against the creators of an online "dating" site that features 250,000 profiles of men and women whose photos and personal details were scraped off the social
Published on: February 8th, 2011 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that employers have the right to search through text messages, including personal ones, sent by workers if they have reason to believe that workplace rules are being
Published on: June 21st, 2010 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
In a first-of-its kind lawsuit, an IT staffing firm has accused one of its former employees of violating the terms of her noncompete agreement through her conduct on LinkedIn.The lawsuit, filed in federal
Published on: June 17th, 2010 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
Beleaguered file-sharing software maker LimeWire LLC said it still hopes to settle a dispute with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) even as a federal court in New York appears set to
Published on: June 11th, 2010 Jaikumar Vijayan @itbusinessca
