Cybercrime

EU privacy watchdog criticizes ‘Big Brother’ database

A planned database of all non-EU citizens entering and leaving the bloc is disproportionate, says the European Data Protection Supervisor

National Data Breach Notifications Would Replace ‘Patchwork’ of State Statutes

Online ad group accuses Mozilla of anti-business bias

Analysts say there's more to the story, contend that users blame browser makers -- not advertisers -- for over-zealous data collection

Lawmakers push for federal data breach notification law

Congress still has to work out some details, including whether a federal law would preempt 48 state laws

New vulnerability found in Java 7 opens door to 10-year-old attack, researchers say

The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass the Java security sandbox, researchers from Security Explorations said

Put an Umbrella over your endpoint devices to stop malware, botnets and phishing

Apple, Samsung phone security features to be scrutinized

But US prosecutors want kill switches on smartphones as part of the Secure Our Smartphones initiative

‘Free iPhone’ text spammer gets small smack on the behind from FTC

Internet marketer had sent 20M spam messages but will end up paying nothing in return

Cisco releases security patches to mitigate attack against Unified Communications Manager

The company addressed some of the vulnerabilities used in a publicly demonstrated attack, but not all of them

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