Email scam nets $214 mn in 14 months: FBI
An email scam which targets businesses with bogus invoices has netted more than $214 million from victims in 45 countries in just over one year, an FBI task force said Thursday.
View ArticleClinton email policy violated Obama administration guidance
Even if Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a private email server to conduct official business as secretary of state was not illegal, it violated Obama administration guidance and undermined his pledge of...
View ArticleGoogle unveils unified email for Android users
Google said Monday it was updating its mobile Gmail app for Android device users to allow them to manage multiple email accounts from a single program.
View ArticleEphemeral emails: Startup shows off self-destructing messages
A startup company wants to make your emails vanish forever—but in a good way.
View ArticleClinton ran own computer system for her official emails
The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails—on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state—traced back to an...
View ArticleExperts: Clinton email practices risked data disclosures
Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a private email address and private computer server for official State Department business heightened security risks to her communications, such as the inadvertent...
View ArticleClinton urges State Department to release her emails (Update)
Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the State Department to release the emails she wrote from a private email account as secretary of state, weighing in on a controversy that has generated negative attention...
View Article'Homebrew' email servers: Genius as well as sneaky?
No, it's not always a room filled with wires and glowing blue lights. It's probably not even the size of your furnace. The personal email server used by Hillary Rodham Clinton during her time as...
View ArticleHow secretaries of state handle classified information
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she never sent classified information through her private email account while she served as America's top diplomat, a claim that has been met with...
View ArticleJeb Bush had another email account while Florida governor
As Florida governor, Jeb Bush used another, previously undisclosed email address, records show—the newest wrinkle in an evolving debate over public officials' use of private email accounts.
View ArticleClinton also used iPad for email; mixed personal, work chats
Hillary Rodham Clinton emailed her staff on an iPad as well as a BlackBerry while secretary of state, despite her explanation she exclusively used a personal email address on a homebrew server so that...
View ArticleApp data vulnerability threatens millions of users
Researchers of the Technische Universität Darmstadt and Fraunhofer SIT have investigated Cloud databases and established: developers wrongly use authentications for cloud services thereby threatening...
View ArticleTech Tips: Stay safe by reducing reliance on passwords
Mix upper and lower case letters in your password? Substitute the numeral 1 for the letter l? Throw in an exclamation point and other special characters? Who can remember all that for dozens of...
View ArticleYahoo Mail upgrade sheds passwords
Yahoo on Thursday set out to make its free email service hip again with upgrades that included getting rid of the need for passwords on mobile devices.
View ArticleHacker claims to have breached CIA director's personal email
An anonymous hacker claims to have breached CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account and has posted documents online, including a list of email addresses purportedly from Brennan's contact file.
View ArticleTwitter issues warnings of 'state-sponsored hacking'
Twitter has warned some of its users that their accounts on the messaging platform may be the target of "state-sponsored hackers."
View ArticleOregon man pleads guilty to hacking celebrity emails
An Oregon man who accessed hundreds of email accounts and stole explicit photos of celebrities pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony hacking charge in Los Angeles.
View ArticleHow to protect your data and avoid being hacked
The government hack of an iPhone used by a San Bernardino killer serves as a reminder that phones and other electronic devices aren't impenetrable vaults.
View ArticleOregon man sentenced in celebrity hacking case (Update)
A man who admitted hacking hundreds of email accounts and stealing explicit photos from several unidentified celebrities was sentenced Thursday to six months in federal prison.
View ArticleVerizon says Yahoo data breach had a 'material' impact
Verizon's top lawyer says it now has reason to believe Yahoo's recently disclosed data breach has a "material" impact on Verizon's pending $4.8 billion acquisition of Yahoo. That leaves open the...
View ArticleYahoo reveals new hack, this time a billion-plus users (Update 3)
Yahoo said Wednesday personal data from over a billion users was stolen in a hack dating back to 2013—twice as big as another breach disclosed just three months ago.
View ArticleAppeals court denies full hearing in data surveillance case
A federal appeals court said Tuesday it won't rehear a panel's decision letting companies like Microsoft refuse to turn over to the government customer emails stored overseas.
View ArticleCzech foreign minister: Emails hacked by foreign state
The Czech Republic's foreign minister said Tuesday that his email account and the accounts of dozens of ministry officials have been successfully hacked.
View ArticleNorway accuses Russia of cyberattack
Norway's foreign ministry, army and other institutions were targeted in a recent cyberattack by a group suspected of ties to Russian authorities, Norwegian intelligence—which was among the targets—said...
View ArticleUS charges two Russian spies in massive Yahoo cyberattack (Update)
Two Russian intelligence agents and a duo of hackers were indicted Wednesday over a data breach that compromised 500 million Yahoo accounts in one of the largest cyberattacks in history.
View ArticleLessons from Yahoo hack: Simple tips to safeguard your email
Details from the Department of Justice indictment of Russian hackers on Wednesday show that many people are still not taking routine precautions to safeguard their email accounts—and hackers are...
View ArticleResetting your Apple ID password can sometimes be tricky
I got a call from my mother-in-law this week. She usually doesn't call me directly unless she has a technology problem, and this time, it was a good one.
View ArticleUSA Today owner Gannett warns workers of possible breach
Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and other newspapers, has warned about 18,000 current and former employees that hackers may have had access to their personal information after breaking into the...
View ArticleIf your mom wants to share a Google Doc with you, check the source
You might have heard a phishing scam has been making the rounds on the internet in the last day or so.
View ArticleFewer than 90 accounts hit by UK parliament cyberattack
A "sustained and determined" cyberattack on Britain's parliament compromised fewer than 90 email accounts, a parliamentary spokesman said Sunday.
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