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‘Should I Change My Password’ Tells You If You’ve Recently Been Hacked

Each day, a new spate of hacks seems to be part of every tech news feed. Sites where you comment, gaming sites- breaches have been occurring all over the place lately, and most people don't really adhere to ... continue

Hackers on a roll – Epic Games site and forums hacked

It would seem that following the hack attack against Sony and the Playstation Network gaming company sites have become a real juicy target for hackers. Earlier today my colleague Daniel McCall posted about the hacking of the English game ... continue

Chrome’s Incognito Mode – not so much incognito it seems for Facebook

All the major browsers have some sort of "privacy" mode that is suppose to let you browse the web without leaving, or collecting, personally identifying information. With Google Chrome its called Incognito Mode but it it seems that it ... continue

Phishing sites found to be hanging out on Google Docs

There is an automatic assumption that when you see a link with the google.com domain in the address that you are dealing with a safe and secure site but according to a report from security researchers at ... continue

Status update games like ‘find your Royal Wedding’ name could pose security risk

Among the clickjacking and shady app threats lurking on Facebook, there is another, more insidious threat to your security lurking on social networks. You. Sophos makes an excellent point about status update games and the potential security risks ... continue

Scumbag Sony

Context, in case you're unfamiliar. (And Steve actually seems like a nice dude.) continue

Sony: Credit card info may have been leaked in PS3 hack

Yesterday, Sony admitted it was unsure if user credit card information had been compromised in the recent attack that downed the PlayStation Network and Qrocity. Today, the company has updated their blog to say that credit card data ... continue

QuickForget lets you share secrets electronically that eventually self-destruct

While disseminating sensitive information via a third-party is not entirely desirable overall, it could be a better method than sending it to a GMail account you might accidentally leave logged in at a public terminal in Best ... continue

Massive Epsilon breach affects NY&CO, TiVO, others

Remember last week when TripAdvisor let members know that their database of email addresses had been compromised? Retailer New York & Company and TiVo sent nearly simultaneous, nearly identical emails to subscribers today conceding their email address databases ... continue

TripAdvisor CEO admits minor security breach in email to members

Members of the travel site TripAdvisor received an email from the company's CEO today warning of a data breach that occurred over the weekend. Steve Kaufer, who signed off as co-founder and CEO, says the leak has since ... continue

SSDs are too good at dumping the garbage

Over the last couple weeks the big news with it comes to solid state drives (SSD) was how difficult it is to wipe data off those drives. In light of that there is news out now that ... continue

The Top Internet Scams for 2010

It goes without saying that just as in real life our time spent on the Web will involve dealing with some pretty scummy people who will try to con you out of your information or personal information ... continue

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 getting security patch soon

The online mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has never been short of problems with hackers and other ne'er-do-wells. However, things have apparently turned extra sour since some young scamp ejaculated the PlayStation 3 jailbreak ... continue

So how long does it take to steal your iPhone passwords? 6 Minutes [Video]

This is really only the start of the flood of security related issues that are going to come to haunt not just the iPhone but all smartphones. This story of some German researchers who have successfully been able ... continue

2,500 pages later EFF finds widespread FBI abuses

After examining some 2,500 pages of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) the folks at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have released a report showing widespread violations by the FBI in the years following ... continue

Interesting stats about Identity Theft [Infographic]

As we spend more of our time online and share more and more of our personal information with companies of all kinds the worry about identity theft increases almost proportionally. This infographic from Reflectionof.me provides some interesting ... continue