Tag: Security

Intel Ditches McAfee Brand, John McAfee Gives Thanks
Intel announced the launch of a new Intel Security brand, and that all McAfee products will be transitioned over to this brand over time. The company...
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Yahoo Ads Spread Malware To Users, Company Confirms
Yahoo confirmed that it was running advertisements that were spreading malware on some of its sites. While this is apparently in the past now, the company acknowledged and confirme...
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Snapchat Talks Breach, Updates App
As you're probably aware, Snapchat was the target of a massive security breach that compromised 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers. The company has since responded to the prob...
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Mobile Malware to Lead Security Concerns in 2014
As the tech industry has shifted to become more mobile in recent years, cybercrime has also quickly adjusted to the times. McAfe...
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Will Lawmakers Use The Target Hack To Give The FTC More Power?
Target, one of the nation's largest retailers, suffered a major se...
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Target Hackers Pounced On Outdated Security System
In the aftermath of the second-largest credit card security breach in American history, new details are emerging regarding what lead to it—and why it may very well happen again....
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Millions Of Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter And LinkedIn Passwords Compromised
Two million user passwords from Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other sites were reportedly stolen and posted online. Daniel Chechik at Spider Labs...
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Mayer: All Yahoo Products Will Be Encrypted By End Of Q1
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced on Monday that the company plans to have all information that moves between its data centers (meaning data from all Yahoo products) encrypted by t...
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Google Adds ‘Security Issues’ Feature To Webmaster Tools
Google has announced the launch of a new Webmaster Tools feature called Security Issues, which shows verified site owners info about the security issues on their sites (in a single...
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The Ultimate Piracy Deterrent: Britney Spears Music?
The Daily Mirror reports that merchant sea captains who sail off the coast o...
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Facebook Denies Special Partnership with Police
It's no secret that Facebook will cooperate will law enforcement. The company will disclose account records upon receiving...
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Does LinkedIn Intro Give You ‘Shivers’ Or B2B Email Optimism?
LinkedIn launched a new email tool this week that is actually pretty innovative, and could have a significant impact on business to business email communications. Security experts...
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Oracle Releases Major Patch Update With 127 Fixes
Oracle has issued a big collection of critical patches for its various offerings. The company says that due to a threat posed by a successful attack, it strongly recommends that cu...
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Yahoo Mail Gets ‘Very Serious’ About Security
Update: A Yahoo spokesperson tells WebProNews, "In addition to making https a default feature by January 2014 for all Yahoo Mail users, we plan to implement 20...
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Yahoo Is Removing Email Addresses From People’s Contacts
Yahoo has been removing contacts from Yahoo Mail users' contacts lists without the consent of these users. We received an email about it from one angry user this morning. The u...
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