data security

Phishers Are Getting Smarter, But So Are E-Cops

Traditional phishing -- where hackers attempt to acquire personal data from individuals in hopes of defrauding them -- is bad enough. But even more alarming is the rise of a new kind of attack: "spear phishing."

Twitter Settles with FTC on Privacy and Security Lapses

More than a year after embarrassing, but minor, security lapses, social-networking phenomenon Twitter settled its FTC charges. In an interesting twist, Twitter agrees to be barred for 20 years from misleading users about how secure their data is.

Twitter settles user privacy charges with feds

Older digital copiers can pose identity theft risks

Giving people the keys to your internet castle

Data breach mystery continues

Huge data breach may have put your credit at risk

Data security troubles expected to grow in 2008