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How a dangerous security flaw discovered in one of the most pervasive electronic medical record platforms in the U.S. was found and fixed before it could do damage.

A new study shows that non-approved SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications may be more pervasive in the workplace than IT departments realize.

US Federal Trade Commission charges 'deception' over app which turned on lights on Android smartphones - but also told advertisers about location and device information.

Anonymous members, charged with a distributed denial-of-service attack on PayPal, entered a plea Thursday that could see some of them walk free at sentencing next December.

Europol, Microsoft Kneecap Click-Fraud Botnet.

mSpy is a mobile surveillance application that runs on smartphones and tablets including iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, iPad and Galaxy Tab devices.

It took them a while, but Microsoft is finally announcing a concentrated effort to protect its customers and their data from unauthorised government surveillance.

Microsoft has just announced that it will release a total 11 security bulletins on Patch Tuesday, five critical and six important, but surprisingly, the rollout won’t include a fix for the recently-found zero-day TIFF flaw in Windows

A new algorithm designed at the University of Toronto has the power to profoundly change the way we find photos among the billions on social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr. This month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will issue a patent on this technology. Developed by Parham Aarabi, a professor in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and his former Master's student Ron Appel, the search...

A fiery and divisive Senate debate on Wednesday night about the central policy questions raised by the leaks of intelligence material by Edward Snowden repeatedly referred to a bipartisan committee report which has already recommended domestic intelligence oversight be strengthened. Greens senator Scott Ludlam said the revelations by “the brave whistleblower Edward Snowden would appear to show that the government of the United States and its allies, including Australia, have been systematically spying on the whole world”.