Cybercrime

Yahoo: More than 12,000 US data requests led to disclosures more than 11,000 times

And that's just so far this year, according to Yahoo's first transparency report, released Friday

How to Prepare for a Potential Syrian Counterattack on the U.S. Power Grid

Facebook updated privacy policy likely next week

Facebook has closed the comments period on the policy updates amid controversy

Microsoft to patch dangerous Outlook hack-by-preview bug next week

Sets Patch Tuesday plans with slate of 14 updates, including critical fixes to IE, Windows, Office and SharePoint

Report: NSA defeats many encryption efforts

The agency has been working since 2000 to circumvent encryption through a variety of methods, a news report says

Google fights to kill email-scanning lawsuit brought by Gmail users

It's hoping to dismiss the class-action suit over privacy

Botnet likely caused spike in number of Tor clients

So far, the network is still working, but measures need to be taken for the future, Tor said

Privacy groups ask FTC to oppose Facebook’s policy changes

Facebook said the proposed changes do not reflect a change in its ad practices or policies

Almost 90 percent of Internet users have taken steps to avoid surveillance, survey finds

Hackers, criminals and advertisers are at the top of the list of groups people wish to avoid, the survey showed

FTC: Negligence by security camera vendor harms customers’ privacy

The security camera seller didn't use secure software, and hundreds of customers were exposed online, the FTC says