Security

Watch out for the tinfoil hat brigade

iPhone Location Tracking Draws Fire, Shrugs

Groups push for additions to Google Buzz settlement

Privacy groups want the FTC to require Google to get opt-in permission before collecting personal data

Adobe patches Reader bug early as PDF attacks begin

Fixes Flash flaw in Reader, Acrobat; beware of malicious PDFs touting news

Apple faces questions from Congress about iPhone tracking

Privacy attorney says Apple may be looking at lawsuits, too

Security firm founder Kaspersky’s son reportedly kidnapped in Russia

Ivan Kaspersky being held for $4.3M ransom, according to unconfirmed media reports

Researchers make weak passwords strong with CAPTCHAs plus an algorithm

Their encryption tool can foil brute-force attacks, they say

Facebook adds two-factor authentication

Epsilon pledges to build ‘Fort Knox’ around breached system

The company will work to repair client relations, says the CEO of the firm's parent company

Consumers remain wary of personal health records

Adoption rates to remain 'modest' over the next one to three years, IDC says