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Apple Is Going to Stop App Developers From Harassing You

Jun 12, 2017

Apple is putting a stop to app developers from endlessly spamming their users with review requests. We’ve all been there; you download an app, use it regularly, and find yourself frequently prompted to write an App Store review. ...

Tags: Apple, iOS

Over a Quarter of Businesses Are Not Equipped to Deal with The Convergence of Technologies

Nov 19, 2013

Over a quarter of businesses are not equipped to deal with the convergence of new technologies, including mobility, social networks, big data, cloud computing and the Internet of Things, according to research from international standards ...

Tags: firm, converge, 5, technology

Websites Are Increasingly Tracking Users Without Their Knowledge

Oct 16, 2013

Websites are increasingly tracking users without their knowledge or permission by using "device fingerprinting" to identify individual web users. Device fingerprinting uses the data sent by a PC, smartphone or tablet computer to websites ...

Tags: Fingerprinting, Computer Products, software

More Fixes Are Appearing for a Pair of Highly Dangerous Vulnerabilities

Jul 23, 2013

More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system. Security vendor Webroot and ReKey, a collaboration between Northeastern University in Boston and ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Google Is Revealing Some New Numbers Around Malware and Phishing Attempts in an Effort

Jun 27, 2013

Google is revealing some new numbers around malware and phishing attempts in an effort to get more people thinking about online security and to make the Web safer. The data is being incorporated into the company's biannual transparency ...

Tags: Google, Malware, Transparency, Web safer

Linux Users Accused Microsoft of Anti-Competitive Practices

Mar 29, 2013

A Spanish association of Linux users today accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices, charging that Windows 8's Secure Boot blocks users from installing rival operating systems on new PCs. Hispalinux, which represents some 8,000 ...

Tags: Microsoft, EU Antitrust Probe, Linux Group

Apple's App Store Servers Did Not Encrypt All Communications with iOS Clients

Mar 13, 2013

Until late January, Apple's App Store servers did not encrypt all communications with iOS clients, which exposed users to several potential attacks, according to a Google security researcher. "The Apple App Store and associated ...

Tags: iOS App Store, iOS clients, Apple

The EC Announced Proposals for The 'right to Be Forgotten' Among Internet Users

Mar 8, 2013

Analysts say the proposal for internet users to delete their online data and become invisible online could create a black hole in the web economy. Tineka Smith reports. Last year the European Commission announced proposals for the 'right ...

Tags: internet, web economy, cyber security

"Lots of Things Google Could Do" to Protect Users of The Android Platform

Feb 17, 2013

There are "lots of things Google could do" to protect users of the Android platform from malware infection via the company's Play Store, says cyber security firm AVG's virus lab head, Pavel Krcma. "They could start scans of new packages ...

Tags: Google, Android platform, Play Store

Security Experts Warned That Passwords Should Not Yet Be Tossed

Jan 21, 2013

Despite news that Google’s security team is experimenting with ways to replace passwords for logging in to websites, security experts have warned that passwords should not yet be tossed. Many experts have, however, acknowledged that ...

Tags: Google, security team, passwords

Google Taken Steps to Close Potential Security Holes Created by a Fraudulent Certificate

Jan 8, 2013

IDG News Service - Google has taken steps to close potential security holes created by a fraudulent certificate for its google.com domain, discovered in late December. The certificate was erroneously issued by an intermediate certificate ...

Tags: Google, software, browser, HTTPS servers

Is Your Memory as Sharp as It Used to Be?

Dec 27, 2012

Is your memory as sharp as it used to be? If you sometimes need a nudge to remember things, that nudge might someday come from a wearable device the size of a brooch or a Bluetooth earpiece that records your daily activities and ...

Tags: Intel, Tiny Chips, Wearable Computers, Bluetooth

ICO to Investigate Claims Tesco's Website Does Not Offer Sufficient Privacy Protections

Dec 27, 2012

The Information Commissioner's Office is to investigate claims that Tesco's website does not offer sufficient privacy protections to customers. The UK privacy watchdog's probe comes after security experts raised a number of privacy ...

Tags: watchdog, Tesco Website, privacy protections, security problems

Microsoft Today Patched 20 Vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, Sharepoint Server

Dec 25, 2012

Microsoft today patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including a critical bug in the company's popular Word program and another already used to attack the ...

Tags: Microsoft, vulnerabilities, Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server

Facebook Shares Personal Data with Third-Party App Makers Without Getting Users'permission

Dec 19, 2012

German consumer organisations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. Third party apps often want access to a users’ chat as ...

Tags: data sharing, Facebook, Facebook sued, privacy, social media

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