Security News

Google Pays $15,600 Reward, Fixes Bug Tracker In an HourIt's a score to find a severe software vulnerability in a widely used Google product. But finding information on all unpatched software...

Do you know? Thousands of websites use HTML5 Canvas—a method supported by all major browsers that allow websites to dynamically draw graphics on web pages—to track and potentially identify users...

It was not just Yahoo among "Fortune 500" companies who tried to keep a major data breach incident secret. Reportedly, Microsoft had also suffered a data breach four and a half years ago (in...

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Leaving employees to manage their own password security is a mistake Despite the clear and present danger that weak...

Emails are a widely used means for third parties to tie your email address to your activities across the web, Princeton University researchers have discovered. The extent of email tracking Email...

Interesting survey paper: on the privacy implications of e-mail tracking: Abstract: We show that the simple act of viewing emails contains privacy pitfalls for the unwary. We assembled a corpus of...

Another day, another news about a data breach, though this is something disconcerting. Login credentials of more than half a million records belonging to vehicle tracking device company SVR...

More than 200 Android mobile applications listen surreptitiously for ultrasonic beacons embedded in audio that are used to track users and serve them with targeted advertising.

Researchers have found 234 Android applications that are constantly listening for ultrasonic beacons in the background, allowing companies to track users’ current location or their habits –...