British firm Gamma International was found hawking spyware to foreign intelligence services that installed onto users' computers via an iTunes security hole. The breach has been fixed, but documents indicate that the exploit was used to snoop on the email, Skype, and social media activities of users worldwide.READ»
A top Department of Homeland Security official has admitted to Congress that imported software and hardware components are being purposely spiked with security-compromising attack tools by unknown foreign parties.READ»
McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrities list came out today, and it's got a couple of surprises. Sorry to Ms. Diaz, who was excellent in at least one movie, but searching her name is just asking for trouble.READ»
While you were sleeping (fitfully as the storm raged outside), innovation was wondering if the word "sky" within another word (example: Skype) was subject to copyright, and if so, would anyone called Skylar find that they were, as a ...READ»
Just occasionally, a bit of gear comes out that makes you wonder just whose side technology is on. And none more than this cell-phone idea from the R&D geeks at KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's biggest cell-phone makers. Spyware ...READ»
Remember when Facebook's advertising system Beacon used to get all in your face with self-published inserts on your status page? That's not going to happen again--Facebook's finally ditched Beacon, and partnered with Nielsen in a new ...READ»
U.S. computer makers and free speech advocates won a hefty victory over China's ruling party last month when the People's Republic backed down on a mandate that all computers in that country come packaged with a state-approved Web ...READ»
