CyberTechTips

A U.S. proposal to expand the U.S. Justice Department’s ability to hack into computers during criminal investigations is furthering tension in the debate over how to balance privacy rights with the need to keep the country safe.

The Federal Trade Commission studied 12 mobile health and fitness apps, and found they disseminated user app data to 76 third parties.

Sick and tired of an internet where the National Security Agency may be tracking your every online move? So is an alliance of privacy groups and technology companies, which is proposing that users reclaim their privacy on the Internet.

DuckDuckGo is beta testing out a bunch of new features.

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We all know that Edward Snowden insists on secure email, but he's also very picky about his operating systems, too. In fact, he uses a free, super-secure

Staying aware of things is always the best advice for anyone who connects her/his computer to the internet.  We were really made aware of this over the past week with the announcement of the Heartb…

The quickest way to update all your passwords potentially compromised by Heartbleed.

Browser plug-ins arrive for Firefox and Chrome that scan websites for Heartbleed risk

This time it's serious. Really. The largest web security vulnerability of all time went public on Monday, April 7th, 2014, resulting in widespread panic...

Heartbleed is one of the most widespread vulnerabilities we have seen in recent years — it impacted an estimated 66% of the entire Internet at …

Companies that provide WiFi on US domestic flights are handing over their data to the NSA, adapting their technology to allow security services new powers to spy on passengers. In doing so, they may be in violation of privacy laws.

We compiled a list of the top 100 sites across the Web, and checked to see if the Heartbleed bug was patched.

Hacker exposed client’s data to teach a lesson, was “tired of being ignored.”…

“I would change every password everywhere because it’s possible something was sniffed out."

One of the most touted benefits of a Chromebook is its security. But are there any steps that owners can take that will improve and enhance the current level of protection?

tl;dr; I found a bug in Google Chrome that allows an attacker to listen on the user speech without any consent from the user and without any indication. Even blocking any access to the microphone under chrome://settings/content will not remedy this flaw. Try the live demo… (Designed

A big, no make that huge, shoutout to my friend Diane (@windsordi) for sharing this with me over the weekend. It’s from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and offers another way…

Exploits allow attackers to obtain private keys used to decrypt sensitive data.