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Facebook Upsets the Internet…Again
It’d probably be criminal not to share with the small handful of you who haven’t already heard about this story, but you might be surprised to find out that Facebook is once again creating trust issues with its userbase. This time around the dust-up was caused by a research study conducted in 2012 wherein Facebook
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On the Internet? Must be true.
(In)famous fast-food chain KFC (AKA Kentucky Fried Chicken) made news headlines a few weeks ago when a news story surfaced about a little girl disfigured in a dog attack being asked to leave one of its restaurants because her appearance was disturbing other customers. The story quickly went viral and the Facebook page garnered a
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Hackers get World Cup fever
Hacktivist group Anonymous is at it again, this time targeting Brazilian websites apparently in protest of Brazil’s costly hosting of the FIFA World Cup. While more traditional protests had been going on for many months with only nominal impact and attention, Anonymous immediately gained the media spotlight after claiming through Twitter to have hacked over
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ATT Insider Breach Exposes Customer Data
Telecommunications giant AT&T disclosed on June 13 that three employees of one of its vendors used their privileged access to hack a server containing sensitive customer data, including Social Security Numbers, birth dates and cellular phone numbers. Thus far, AT&T hasn’t revealed how many are affected by this breach, and for the moment it appears
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Should making online threats be a crime?
If you’ve spent any time at all on the internet, you are probably painfully aware of how people can do and say dumb things on online. For most, it’s probably fortunate that their antics were merely foolish, as the American justice system has begun to take a rather dim view of online threats by throwing
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Ransomware hits Android Devices
As if having your Windows computer files and iPhone being held for ransom wasn’t bad enough, Android-based devices can now “enjoy” that ignominious fate as well. Security researchers are reporting that hundreds of Android devices, primarily in Russia and the Ukraine are being infected by a Trojan called “Pletor” which can do just like it’s Windows
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