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News Corp.'s popular social networking site MySpace.com will soon offer parents a glimpse of what their teenagers are doing online. The site, which is one of a group of social networking sites used regularly by more than half of American teens, has recently come under fire for inadequate security co...
Security threats paint a constantly evolving landscape, and there is no end in sight in terms of threats that keep appearing. Enterprises have survived through extraordinary cycles of security threats, including the 2003 "summer of worms"; the 2004 proliferation of DDoS-based cyber extortion of onli...
Sony BMG on Tuesday settled lawsuits with consumers in Texas and California whose computers were infected with spyware hidden on CDs. The attorneys general of both states filed lawsuits last year charging the music giant with unfair business practices and violations of anti-spyware statutes. Each st...
Hot spots, which provide travelers and nomads with a quick and easy way to access the Internet, have grown in popularity -- there are now more than 100,000 scattered across the globe. Consumers and businesspeople can walk into coffee shops, fast food restaurants, hotels, office buildings and even mu...
How safe is stored e-mail from the prying eyes of government authorities? Not very. It would be a whole lot safer if a decision by a federal judge in Ohio were left standing, according to a trio of civil rights groups. The decision by District Court Judge Susan J. Dlott declared unconstitutional pro...
There are lots of software programs, as well as e-mail add-ons, to fight spam, but none are as clever or will give you the visceral satisfaction of Nyms. Nyms, which is sold on an annual subscription basis of US$19.95, is the cerebral spawn of the folks at Anonymizer, an Internet privacy and securit...
Americans are using a controversial new microchip technology in some new credit and debit cards to make it easier and quicker to purchase groceries, cigarettes and gasoline. In addition, the cards tie those purchases into the supply chain more rapidly with a flick of the wrist. Backed by powerhouses...
Standing on established privacy laws, three AOL subscribers are striking back at their Internet service provider after they discovered records of their online searches had been distributed across the Internet. Two unnamed Californians and Kasadore Ramkisson of Richmond County, N.Y., filed a lawsuit ...
Surprised by a rapidly building revolt brewing among its normally loyal customers, social networking site Facebook has agreed to offer users privacy options with its news feed tool. Introduced just last week, Facebook's news feed provides updates to members every time a change is made to a friend's ...
It is difficult to imagine the users of social networking site Facebook becoming protective about content they post on the Internet. After all, its user base is mostly Gen Y consumers who have grown up surfing the Web and think little of posting pictures of themselves or keeping readers -- both frie...
Google has announced that it will comply with a Brazilian court's order to turn over data that could identify users of its social networking site, Orkut, who are suspected of illegal activities such as child pornography. A Brazilian judge hearing the case had threatened to levy a US$23,000 fine for ...
Computer hackers stole the credit card information and some personal data of approximately 19,000 customers who purchased DSL equipment via AT&T's online store. Subscribers to its service, though, were not affected. The company is offering credit monitoring services to customers who were affect...
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of Detroit has ruled that the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program -- uncovered by a media investigation some eight months ago -- is unconstitutional. Civil libertarians are hailing the decision as a major victory. The suit, brought by the Ameri...
The United States government began issuing new electronic passports this week that include radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to store citizens' personal information. The U.S. State Department referred in its announcement to the use of biometric technology and "a contactless chip," the...
In what appears to be a victory for plaintiffs, a decision was made last week to consolidate seventeen class action lawsuits against telecom providers that are cooperating with the U.S. government's widespread surveillance of its customers. These cases will be moved to the California federal court w...
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