News tagged with personal emailing

French regulator warns of Google privacy policy

Google's new privacy policy appears to violate the European Union's data protection rules, France's regulator said Tuesday, just two days before the new guidelines are set to come into force.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The high price of data breaches

As consumers, we transmit valuable personal information to the companies with which we do business. In doing so, we trust that information will remain secure. Over the past year, however, we have learned of a number of instances ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Large-scale data theft fazes Finnish police

Finnish police on Monday called on users of online services to change their passwords after nearly 15,000 user names and passwords were stolen and published on the Internet.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hackers promise AFP photos in 'email scam'

A computer security firm warned on Friday that cybercriminals were attempting to exploit Agence France-Presse photos of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi in an email scam.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Washington Post website jobs section hacked

The Washington Post said Thursday that a hacker had gained access to nearly 1.3 million email addresses and user IDs on its online jobs section.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google works to close security loophole in Android

Google is in the process of updating its Android operating system to fix an issue that is believed to have left millions of smartphones and tablets vulnerable to personal data leaks. ...

Technology / Software

created May 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Relying too much on e-mail bad for business, study says

Firing off e-mails and cueing up videoconferences get work done fast, but not necessarily well, research by a University of Illinois business leadership expert found.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Computer scientists work to strengthen online security

If you forget your password when logging into an e-mail or online shopping Web site, the site will likely ask you a security question: What is your mother's maiden name? Where were you born?

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Cyberloafing' at work no bad thing, study says

(PhysOrg.com) -- Employees who cyberloaf - use the Internet at work for their own interest - may be doing their bosses a favour, a Massey study suggests.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 3