Security

WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

2013-05-18 09:28:00

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’: Joss Whedon, Clark Gregg on Coulson return

2013-05-15 16:53:13

Chinese military unit said to resume cyber spying

2013-05-15 17:39:00

WASHINGTON -- A Chinese military unit that a private U.S. computer security company accused of launching more than 115 cyber attacks against American companies over seven years has resumed hacking after a three-month hiatus, the firm’s chief...

Silicon Valley uses growing clout to kill a digital privacy bill

2013-05-03 05:00:00

Silicon Valley has wielded its growing political clout at the state Capitol to kill a digital privacy bill that would have given consumers access to information about them being collected online. Had the Right to Know Act become law, California would...

Chef who served foie gras says hackers put his personal data online

2013-05-02 11:14:00

A Laguna Beach chef says animal rights activists posted personal information online — including his�cellphone�number and credit card transactions — because he served foie gras. Activists hacked into the website of�Hudson Valley Foie Gras,...

Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses

2013-05-02 13:51:00

In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...

Germany fines Google $190,000 over Street View data collection

2013-04-22 07:00:00

WASHINGTON -- A German regulator on Monday fined Google Inc., about $190,000 for illegally recording data from WiFi networks while taking mapping photos for its Street View service. The regulator complained the amount, limited by law, was too little to...

Cyber security bill pits tech giants against privacy activists

2013-04-12 18:48:00

SAN FRANCISCO — The escalating cyber attacks on corporate and government computers have provided a rare opportunity for bipartisan legislation to address the problem. But rather than sailing through Congress, the latest cyber security legislation is...

Insecurity in cyberspace

2013-04-11 00:00:00

North Korea recently launched a cyber attack on South Korean TV stations and banks. Iran carried out a cyber campaign against U.S. banking sites. The U.S. and Israel released malware that disabled Iranian nuclear centrifuges. Or did they? There's no...

Google faces more privacy probes, possible fines in Europe

2013-04-02 11:33:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Europe's biggest data protection authorities say they are taking steps to press Google Inc. to comply with European Union privacy rules and could impose fines if the Internet giant fails to do so. France's CNIL data protection agency...

Congress weighs legislation that would update email privacy laws

2013-03-19 12:03:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation Tuesday that would give stronger privacy protection to emails. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 would require the government to...

Reuters suspends Matthew Keys after Times hacking indictment

2013-03-15 10:12:49

Authorities in six European countries are taking steps to force Internet giant Google to comply with European Union privacy rules, France's CNIL data protection agency said.

2013-04-02 11:13:53

Participant hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, in Hamburg, Germany.

2012-12-28 00:00:00

This Machine Kills Secrets How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information Andy Greenberg Dutton, $27.

2012-11-29 09:55:56