SECURITY

Microsoft has patented a technology that would automatically open sites with questionable content (in other words, porn) in a private browsing window — though that might not offer as much privacy as you’d expect.

A recently discovered security flaw in Facebook's polling feature allowed an attacker to delete any photo uploaded to the social network.

Three members of a Chinese cyber security firm are accused of hacking American companies including Moody's, Siemens and Trimble.

Image sharing site Imgur confirmed it experienced a data breach in 2014 that exposed the email addresses and passwords of more than 1.7 million users.

A hacker attempted to hold the Sacramento Public Transportation System ransom after breaching its systems.

Uber experienced a massive breach that exposed the personal information of more than 57 million drivers and customers and attempted to hide it.

Google has been secretly tracking the location of users even when they have opted out of Android's location services, according to a new report.

The FBI has charged an Iranian national who worked on behalf of the Iranian military with hacking HBO and leaking 'Game of Thrones' episodes.

More than 400 of the internet's most trafficked websites contain a session replay script that can track every keystroke and click a user makes while on the site—including recording passwords and other sensitive information.

A new attack using an Android service called MediaProjection could allow a hacker to record audio and on-screen activity from a person's smartphone.

The databases belonging to the Defense Department contained at least 1.8 billion internet posts scared by intelligence services from news sites, comment sections, web forums and social media including Facebook.

A group of Muslim hackers is claiming responsibility for knocking an ISIS new organization's website offline.

Security vulnerabilities related to Bluetooth leave the Amazon Echo and Google Home susceptible to being hacked.

Android users have found deleted WhatsApp messages can still be read by the recipient.

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Russian government-backed trolls made thousands of posts a day urging people to vote for Brexit in the lead up to the controversial vote last year.

The White House revealed its process for disclosing security vulnerabilities, and the policy has drawn criticism for allowing the government to keep exploits for itself.

Fashion retailer Forever 21 experienced a data breach that exposed data from customer credit cards.

Freedom House—a nonprofit organization that conducts research and advocacy for democracy, political freedom, and human rights—released its annual Freedom on the Net report that found the rise of social media has led to new attempts to undermine the democratic process around the world.

A recent warning from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about a vulnerability in cameras made by Chinese manufacturer Hikvision has raised questions about government-sponsored surveillance.

In the first apparent vulnerability of what Apple hoped was a bulletproof security feature, researchers at Bkav claim to have defeated the facial recognition authentication on the iPhone X.