privacy

This week: the first mobile malware turns 10; we check in on Android security news and recent data breaches; and we fill you in on the week’s patches.

Discussing security and the privacy strengths and weaknesses in the Apple’s soon-to-be-released iOS 8.

There was a lot of interesting news about hackers and other cybercriminals, so let’s see who has been busted in May.

Feds take down the Gameover botnet, there’s more trouble for OpenSSL, Google publishes data on global Gmail encryption, and Edward Snowden’s first NSA revelation came out one year ago.

Data breaches seemed to dominate the security news in May, but mobile ransomware emerged as well and there was good and bad privacy news from the tech giants.

Teaching your child the essential codes of conduct on the Internet is as important as teaching them road safety.

A brief video tutorial on how to enable a number of important security and privacy features built into Google’s Gmail service.

Prevent spammers and annoying people from contacting you with Kaspersky Internet Security for Android.

Device loss remains among the most serious cyber-threats to consumers. Here are a few tips to avoid losing your favorite gadgets.

What Facebook habits make you vulnerable and how to avoid them.

Top Apps to protect you from prying eyes, mischievous kids, thieves, natural disasters, forgetfulness and of course malware.

Have sensitive contacts to hide? There is a way to conveniently hide them on your smartphone.

In this video tutorial, we explore Facebook’s settings, explaining what each feature does and showing users how to configure their profile and ensure privacy.

Get rid of old gadgets while keeping your data secure and private.

Today, regular instant messengers are hard to trust when it comes to privacy. There are, of course, safer alternatives, but are they able to substitute Skype and WhatsApp?

Last week was something of a slow week for those of us that spend our days writing about computer security news. However, while there may not have been an abundance

A new version of Facebook for Android drew some media attention because of the SMS reading permissions it requires, raising users’ concerns regarding privacy. Developers do have a reasonable explanation,

It seems Santa’s reindeer could be deprived of their usual Christmas duty by 2016, as Amazon would arrange for your Christmas presents to be delivered via air drones. Moreover, the

Almost everyone knows computers need virus protection. Knowledge about safety and privacy-friendly online behavior is much less widespread, though, and extensive media coverage of Edward Snowden’s leaks regarding U.S. government

Chances are you have more digital assets than you think. Everything from email and social media accounts, to online financial accounts, domain names, digital media collections (music and movies), and

The recent incident of personal data being leaked from Facebook’s servers is just one more demonstration that even the best cloud services are not flawless. Therefore, every user should have