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Call it the summer of the banking scandal. The PFGBest CEO embezzles $200 million in client funds and confesses it all before a botched suicide attempt. JP Morgan loses a couple of billion in bad trades, and Jaime Dimon has ...

Many Facebook users fail to realize how much information about themselves they’re giving away and how easily unprincipled app makers and identity thieves can exploit that data. Here are some things you should and should not do to protect your ...

RICHMOND, VA – Virginia Delegate, C. Todd Gilbert (R) is preparing to introduce legislation aimed at imposing tight regulations on the use of unmanned aircraft in the state. The use of drones for aerial surveillance has created some unlikely alliances ...

Smartphones aren’t the prime target of virus writers — yet. Hackers are ramping up their efforts, however, unleashing a variety of attacks that specifically target smartphone owners. In the past year, “we’ve noticed a 900 percent increase of malware for ...

When it comes to online security, you can get in more trouble by believing things that just aren’t true. Here are the truths behind some common online-security myths that may be influencing your online security practices. If you know the ...

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal turned the spotlight on Facebook apps and how they can compromise your personal security. In truth, all social media channels have privacy issues, but with almost a billion users, Facebook is far ...

Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists recently discovered an Air Force intelligence brief that states it can use “incidental” surveillance data gathered on American citizens. The briefing entitled “The Instruction” is dated April 23 of this year. While ...

MOUNTAINVIEW, CA – Search engine giant Google has elicited a new round of privacy concerns by forcing users to decode blurred photos of private house numbers to access their own accounts. As part of a security checks test, Internet users ...

Highlight is part of an emerging trend of apps for smartphones that reveals information you have chosen with anyone else with the same app that is in close proximity to you. Other so called social apps include Sonar, Glancee, Kismet, ...

PARIS – The French agency tasked with protecting online data says Google’s new privacy policy may be a violation of European Union Law. Google’s announced intention to track the activities of users across almost all of its holdings will take ...