Research In Motion's latest BlackBerry 7 devices has=ve been granted Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
Read MoreGoogle on Monday announced that the company would combine individual privacy policies from a variety of its products into one main policy. Critics of the change…
Read MoreEarlier this week, Google announced that the company would combine individual privacy policies from a variety of its products into one main policy. The idea…
Read MoreTwitter finally appears to be preparing a new wave of attacks on the malicious spammers that have overrun the popular social network during the past year. Web…
Read MoreZappos on Sunday confirmed that hackers breached the company's servers and accessed personal data belonging to many of its customers. The Amazon-owned shoe retailer known…
Read MoreT-Mobile USA and Motorola have both responded to a request for information on Carrier IQ from Senator Al Franken, and both firms admitted to using…
Read MoreDocuments related to a Senate inquiry into Carrier IQ and its smartphone software reveal that Sprint is by far the company's biggest carrier client in…
Read MoreFederal investigators have launched a probe in order to examine Carrier IQ's smartphone software, which tracks a range of activity and sends certain data to…
Read MoreThe Carrier IQ scandal has shifted attention from malicious mobile threats to carrier-sourced spyware over the past month, but a new report suggests the threat of…
Read MoreSecurity firm ViaForensics recently said Google Wallet does not properly protect personal data, including credit card balance information, on a rooted Nexus S smartphone. Google Wallet…
Read MoreThe Indonesian government has threatened to ban Research In Motion's BlackBerry Messenger and BIS services in the country following the company's decision to install a…
Read MoreGoogle chairman Eric Schmidt recently explained that Google does not support or endorse Carrier IQ, the company that has been accused of secretly bugging phones…
Read MoreCarrier IQ, the vendor and carrier-installed rootkit software pulled into the spotlight last month by security researcher Trevor Eckhart, has caused quite a stir. Carriers…
Read MoreDuring a recent speech to delivered at the City University in London, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said that most smartphones can be hacked remotely with…
Read MoreSenator Al Franken, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on privacy, technology and law, sent a letter to Carrier IQ on Thursday asking the company to…
Read MoreA group of security researchers recently demonstrated on video that they have successfully gained root access to the QNX-based operating system found on Research In…
Read MoreLast week, research published by security expert Trevor Eckhart pulled back the veil on Carrier IQ, a suite of what can seemingly be described as spyware…
Read MoreAre pornographic images invading your Facebook news feed? We have yet to see it here at BGR, but ZDNET recently reported that "gory, violent pictures" and…
Read MoreGoogle has announced a new privacy option that allows users to opt out of having their wireless routers included in the Google Location Server. That's…
Read MoreHuawei announced on Monday its intentions to purchase Symantec's 49% stake in Huawei Symantec, a joint venture between the two companies that was originally formed…
Read MoreA group of developers from Applidium posted a story recently that explains how the group was able to crack Siri so that they could run the…
Read MoreApple has addressed a major security vulnerability with the latest version of its iOS software. Just released on Thursday afternoon, iOS 5.0.1 was welcomed with…
Read MoreA major security flaw in Apple's iOS operating system that could allow hackers to remotely gain unauthorized access to an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad…
Read MoreSprint on Tuesday confirmed that it has released an over-the-air security update for several HTC smartphones. In a statement posted to Sprint's community forum by…
Read MoreAnonymous, the "hacktivist" group that waged war on the U.S. government and large companies such as Apple, has shifted its focus from cracking corporations to…
Read MoreSiri, secure yourself. If only that command worked; as it turns out, the popular virtual assistant feature on the iPhone 4S that allows users to…
Read MoreVerizon Wireless began alerting its customers of changes to its official privacy policy on Friday. The carrier confirmed it will now use information for "private…
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