• U.S. urged to let companies 'hack-back' at IP cyber thieves

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 23 May, 2013 19:29

  U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property.

• Telstra in the sights of Privacy Commissioner

  By Hamish Barwick | 20 May, 2013 15:55

  Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer’s phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

• Texas drone bill sparks a battle

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 17 May, 2013 20:26

  The battle to find a balance between privacy concerns and the beneficial use of drones for commercial and law enforcement purposes is in sharp focus in a bill that's winding its way through the Texas legislature.

• How to keep the feds from snooping on your cloud data

  By Lucas Mearian | 16 May, 2013 09:55

  A growing number of SaaS providers offer secure encryption log-in to Dropbox and other cloud storage vendors, meaning even they can't access the data you store. And neither can the government.

• Google allowing Android app vendors to illegally collect user data, lawsuit alleges

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 16 May, 2013 00:50

  Several users of devices running Google's Android operating system have filed an amended version of an earlier lawsuit accusing the company of illegally collecting, and allowing others to collect, extensive amounts of mobile user data without proper notice or consent.

• How to check if your password was exposed in Gawker hack

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 December, 2010 06:54

  A security researcher today provided a way for users to see whether their e-mail addresses and passwords were among the 1.3 million compromised in a hack of Gawker Media's sites.

• State social media privacy laws a mixed bag for businesses

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 May, 2013 10:10

  New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or are in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses.

• Fear of Facebook: 7 free apps that guard your privacy

  By Preston Gralla | 18 March, 2013 10:53

  Facebook users are constantly being told that their privacy is under siege. Here are seven apps that can help secure your personal data.

• What you Like on Facebook could reveal more than you think

  By Sharon Gaudin | 11 March, 2013 22:21

  Before you "like" a friend's or company's post on Facebook, think twice. A new study shows that your Facebook "likes" may be far more revealing than you ever thought.

• Opinion: I want a military smartphone

  By Mike Elgan | 01 December, 2012 12:15

  The U.S. military wants to put smartphones in the hands of all deployed troops. Their phones are going to be better than regular smartphones, says Mike Elgan, and that's why he wants one.

• Analysts debate effect of Facebook's policy changes on users

  By Sharon Gaudin | 28 November, 2012 21:15

  Despite calls for Facebook to stop planned changes to the way it makes privacy policy, analysts are divided over how bad the changes would be for users.

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  The results of PwC’s annual Global Information Security Survey indicate that companies are confident in their efforts to secure systems, information, and privacy. Strategies and personnel are in place, they say, and processes and technology are humming along. The number of incidents reported seems manageable. Read more.