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FBI ‘looking at’ law making Web sites wiretap-ready, director says

N8 May 19th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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Director Robert Mueller says FBI needs to be able to “capture communications” of people under surveillance, but declines to elaborate on renewed lobbying effort reported by CNET two weeks ago.

Facebook sued for $15 billion over alleged privacy infractions

N8 May 19th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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A class-action lawsuit filed by Stewarts Law US combines 21 cases across the U.S.

Euclid downplays privacy concerns about Wi-Fi tracking

N8 May 17th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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Startup called Euclid Elements shows up at privacy conference to say there are no problems with recording locations of millions of smartphones (unless their owners go to the company’s Web site and opt out).

Flashback makers missed out on their payday, Symantec says

N8 May 17th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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According to the security firm, the makers of the Flashback malware made $14,000 from click fraud last month, but can’t collect on it.

Facebook attempts to clear up privacy questions

N8 May 15th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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Social network’s privacy chief says policy changes aren’t really new but include more details on how the site uses your data.

After a decade of Windows malware, do you feel any safer?

N8 May 15th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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After a rash of Windows-related malware, Microsoft took Bill Gates’ urging in 2002 to make security more of a priority. How trustworthy is your computing these days?

Adobe will issue security fixes for CS5 apps after all

N8 May 13th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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The company says it’s working on patches for Creative Suite 5.x versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash. Previously, customers would have had to pay to upgrade to CS6 to get the fixes.

Startup proposes a safer Internet locale via a ‘.secure’ domain

N8 May 13th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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Security researcher envisions a top-level domain designed with security in mind for safer Web browsing.

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