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2018-10-01

UK Newspaper Industry Demands Levy On Tech Firms

The British newspaper industry thinks that the government should force social media platforms like Facebook and Google to pay for journalism.

2018-10-01

Major Facebook Breach: 50m Users Compromised

An attacker can take full control of the victim’s account, including logging into third-party applications that use Facebook Login.

2018-09-24

British Government Is Planning Internet Regulation

New rules would involve producing a single legal framework for internet safety and increasing the legal liability for sites with illegal content.

2018-09-13

Will Russian Hackers Affect this Year's US Election?

Once again, hackers on the outside of the American political system were probing for a way in to exert a malign influence on elections.

2018-09-07

British Airways Fake Facebook Page

The bogus “British Airways Holidays”page steals personal data by claiming you can win holidays and free air travel by clicking a “Sign Up” button.

2018-09-10

Widepsread Campaign Hacking Instagram Accounts

The hack sees account names, profile pictures, passwords and email addresses changed with new data originating from a Russian provider.

2018-09-04

Iranian Political Influence Campaign Goes Global

Iranian influence operations targeting internet users worldwide are significantly bigger than previously identified.

2018-08-06

Facebook Fakers Get Better At Covering Tracks

Creators of fake accounts and news pages on Facebook are learning from their mistakes and making themselves harder to track and identify.

2018-08-23

Phone Calls, Texts Or Email - How Do Millennials Communicate?

The fundamentals of good communication don’t change between generations, but personal voice communications are slipping down the priority list.

2018-08-24

Facebook & Instagram Now Show How Long You Use Them

Giving users a raw count of the minutes they’ve spent in their apps plus their average usage is a good start to making users more mindful.

2018-07-30

Facebook Loses $123 Billion In Value

It seems the social media giant's previously inexorable market growth and its euphoric market valuation are both at the point of stalling.

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