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Google takes aim at browser redirection

Google has announced a service that it says will speed up web surfing and prevent browser redirection by malicious programs or internet providers. The service takes aim at how the web addresses users type in, such as www.cbc.ca, are translated into the internet protocol numbers that computers use to...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Dec 3 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, google, privacy, legal, isp, News, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities
Facebook fine-tunes privacy controls

Facebook says it is boosting privacy by giving users control over who sees each bit of information they put on the social-networking site, and by doing away with regional and group networks. "We're adding something that many of you have asked for — the ability to control who sees each...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Wed, Dec 2 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, social networking, legal, News, world, Facebook, CBC Canada
Canadian copyright law to trump Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

Industry Minister Tony Clement, responding to accusations that an international anti-counterfeiting agreement will criminalize everyday activity by Canadians, says any such pact will be "subservient" to copyright rules created domestically. Clement said suggestions that Canada will lose its...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Dec 1 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, legal, News, Operating Systems, world, CBC Canada, EU, Litigation
Mininova removes links to copyrighted files

Mininova, one of the biggest torrent file-sharing websites in the world, has removed links to all copyrighted content that it does not have official agreements for. Thursday's move is a win for the entertainment industry as users of the site are now cut off from a major source of torrent files, which...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Nov 26 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, malware, legal, News, CBC Canada, EU, Litigation, Torrents
Online advertising regaining momentum

After bogging down in the recession, internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine. The signs of an online revival are emerging even while advertising in print and broadcasts remains in a slump that has triggered mass layoffs, pay cuts...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Wed, Oct 21 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, malware, legal, News, Browsers, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, Malvertising
Facebook pulls Obama assassination poll

Social website Facebook yanked a poll this week about assassinating President Barack Obama after being contacted by the U.S. Secret Service. On Monday, Facebook dropped a question that asked voters whether the U.S. president "should be killed." http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/29...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Sep 29 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada
Microsoft releases free antivirus software

Microsoft's free antivirus program, Security Essentials, became available for download from the company's website Tuesday. Microsoft bills the software as providing "high-quality protection" against viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware and other malicious software. It updates and...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Sep 29 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, Microsoft, malware, News, Operating Systems, CBC Canada
Facebook shuts down Beacon marketing tool

Facebook says it will shut down its controversial marketing feature Beacon, an application that broadcasts users' activities, including purchases, on other websites to their Facebook friends. The feature was adopted in November 2007 and immediately drew complaints from Facebook users who said it...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Sep 22 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, legal, Facebook, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities
Google acquires ReCAPTCHA

Google has acquired a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff that seeks to cut down on spam and fraud at websites while digitizing books. ReCAPTCHA offers simple word puzzles that users must solve when registering at a website or completing an online purchase. Computers can't decipher the twisted letters...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Sep 17 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, google, legal, News, CBC Canada
Facebook 'cash flow positive,' signs 300M users

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social networking site has more than 300 million users, and earned more money than it spent last quarter. In a blog post on Facebook, Zuckerberg wrote that the company was "cash flow positive" in the last quarter. He had previously projected...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Wed, Sep 16 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, News, Facebook, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities
Tech giants to be rated on human rights

A group of prominent Canadian researchers has launched an initiative to examine how closely companies like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo follow their own principles regarding freedom of expression and privacy. Citizen Lab, which runs out of the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Jul 23 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, Microsoft, News, Operating Systems, world, china, CBC Canada, Yahoo, Canada
1st porn app on iTunes 'sold out'

The first app featuring images of nude women to go up for sale on iTunes can no longer be downloaded because it was too popular, the developer reported Thursday. "The Hottest Girls app is temporarily sold out , " said a post signed by the "ATG dev team" on the website of developer...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Jun 25 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, social networking, News, apple, CBC Canada, Canada
Conficker worm sends new instructions: grow botnet, then die

The Conficker worm has begun to update the machines it has infected with a new set of instructions to spread to other machines and then self-destruct, security experts say. Security researchers tracking the worm said some of the infected computers began receiving instructions on April 7 from other infected...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Apr 9 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, updates, social networking, legal, virus, News, Operating Systems, world, Browsers, CBC Canada
China rejects computer spy claims

China's government on Tuesday dismissed a research report outlining an extensive spy network based mostly in China as "lies" designed to hurt the country's image abroad. Speaking to reporters, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the conclusions of the report by Canadian researchers...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Mar 31 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, malware, legal, News, china, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, Scammers
As Conficker activation looms, scammers seek to profit off fear

Online scammers are trying to profit from fear of the latest big name in internet viruses by creating and promoting links to fake security software, according to security firms. The scams are hoping to capitalize on consumer fear over the Conficker worm, a version of which is set to activate on April...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Mar 31 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, virus, News, world, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities
Reported internet spy network just tip of iceberg: researcher

An internet spy network that targeted hundreds of "high value" computers belonging to government departments and other organizations in 103 countries is likely just one of many, says one of the Canadian researchers who uncovered it. "We happened to discover and publicize this particular...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Mar 31 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, legal, News, world, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities
Facebook users warned about dangers of being app happy

Facebook users are being urged to be wary about what Facebook applications they accept and what links they click as cyber criminals increasingly target the popular social networking site. In the past week, several new variants of the Koobface worm, which targets Facebook users, and a number of "rogue...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Mar 5 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, social networking, Facebook, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities
Facebook undergoes makeover to give users more choice

The popular online hangout Facebook is revamping its home page and plans other changes so its millions of users can more easily choose the types of information they see. Perhaps taking a cue from Twitter, the rising service for letting people express themselves in 140 characters or less and keep up with...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Mar 5 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, social networking, Facebook, CBC Canada
Facebook to give users say in new policies

Facebook is trying its hand at democracy. The fast-growing online hangout, whose more than 175 million worldwide users could form the world's sixth-largest country behind Brazil, said Thursday those users will play a "meaningful role" in deciding the site's policies and voting on changes...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Fri, Feb 27 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada
Facebook backs off changes to terms of service

The founder of Facebook says the social networking website will return to its previous terms of service regarding user data, after critics complained recent changes had eroded user privacy. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and CEO, wrote early Wednesday morning that move back to the previous terms...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by Randy Knobloch on Wed, Feb 18 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada

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