Privacy

Apple customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware.

France's data protection watchdog ordered Google to change its privacy policy or face fines.

Everyone’s wondering why Twitter’s CEO transition makes no sense at all. Let’s not complicate things; it’s sort of obvious what went down.

Search giant Google, which often comes under fire for privacy concerns, announced changes that will make it easier for users to monitor what information they are sharing. 

According to the IRS, the cyber thieves who stole tax return information from 100,000 Americans may have used social media to get in the door. Are you 'over-exposed' online?

This is what annoys us about the tech world -- and your chance to whine about what bugs you.

White Box or Trojan Horse? Cyber evildoers are tapping traditional spying tools to take control of your system.

Airbnb will give some “anonymized” user information over to authorities. 

Snapchat reportedly turned down a $3B or more cash offer from Facebook, as the founder and CEO intends to hold off on a deal until at least 2014.

Twitter announced two-step password verification, an effort it hopes will add an extra layer of support and bring down the number of account takeovers.

The Financial Times reported Friday that several of its blogs and social media accounts were 'compromised by hackers.'

Google is giving its users the option to control what happens to their data after they die—delete it from the internet or share with friends and family members.

Cyber defense player Bromium scored $40 million in a round of financing led by Meritech Capital Partners.

Facebook received requests from more than 70 countries in the first half of this year for information from up to 38,000 accounts.

The unsealing of the largest-ever U.S. cyber crime prosecution last week serves as a blaring siren for corporate America.

A new report claims the apparent data breach at Home Depot may be worse than last year’s infamous Target infiltration.

Think you know all the ways you are vulnerable to being hacked? Think again.

Thieves often prey on victims during the holidays through a variety of schemes to take their information and their money.

Target. Home Depot. Michaels. And now, this Sony mess. The year 2014 will certainly be known as the year of the mega-hack, the year personal privacy took its first really big hit, right?

Breaches are the new normal. Sony Pictures, the U.S. Postal Service, Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase, Goodwill, Staples, eBay, P.F. Chang’s, Michaels, Neiman Marcus and Kmart, along with countless others, experienced major data compromises this year.