Privacy

The rise of the internet has meant big changes for modern businesses, offering them convenient communication, rapid information access and mass data storage at their fingertips. However while these benefits are incredibly advantageous, they are not without risk. The threat of unauthorised access is one of the major challenges of taking a business into the digital sphere, and can have ...

This coming Thursday, 50 million people could lose personal data, according to recent progressions in the federal case against file storage site Megaupload.

Hackers have found a new way to get malicious software onto your home computer -- through your kids' computer games.

It looks like we'll be getting a chance to witness history -- on January 18th, Wikipedia has announced that it's going to "black out" its US site for 24 hours.

A group of researchers at Columbia University has made a surprising discovery -- apparently, some HP LaserJet printers are wide open to exploits from hackers.

A company called "Intelligent Fingerprinting" has developed a prototype of a drug-scanning device that only needs a person's fingerprint to scan for illegal substances.

The information that was compromised in this hack could include mailing addresses, passwords, email addresses, encrypted credit card numbers and game purchase history, though nothing has been confirmed yet.

A controversial bill called "COICA" was in the spotlight last year, for its aggressive approach to internet censorship. Though it didn't pass, it's been revamped again this year, with a new name and even more potentially devastating internet restrictions.

Earlier this year, a massive hack that affected hundreds of companies shocked the tech world. Now, several months later, the full scale of the attack is finally being revealed.

Some schools in Florida have implemented a fingerprint scanning system -- so that they can keep track of students, and make it harder for them to skip school.