VoIP services regularly get into trouble in countries where governments like to keep a solid grip on what people are talking about and with whom.No, not the US this time, Saudi Arabia is the latest to join the anti-Skype brigade as it threatens to ban essentially all VoIP communications in the country unless those communications...

If you find that your Twitter password doesn't work the next time you try to login, you won't be alone. The service was busy resetting passwords and revoking cookies on Friday, following an online attack that may have leaked the account data of approximately 250,000 users."This week, we detected unusual access patterns...

A group of hackers leaked email contact information of experts working with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after breaking into one of the agency's servers.The group published a list of 167 email addresses along with its manifesto on Sunday in a post on Pastebin."Some contact details related to experts working...

If you're using BitTorrent without taking special measures to hide your activity, it's just a matter of time before your ISP throttles your connection, sends you an ominous letter, or worst case, your ISP gets a subpoena from a lawyer asking for your identity for a file-sharing law suit. Here's how to set up a simple proxy...

The Wall Street Journal has caught Google with its hand in the cookie jar of Apple’s Safari users, after manipulating Safari browser flaws to enable tracking users behaviours when browsing via cookies.Search giant Google has been accused by the Wall Street Journal of bypassing the browser’s security settings by allowing...

Much has been made of Google's new privacy policy, which takes effect March 1. If you're concerned about Google misusing your personal information or sharing too much of it with advertisers and others, there are plenty of ways to avoid Web trackers.The Electronic Frontier Foundation offers the Panopticlick service that...

Scientists have devised a stealthy and low-cost way to track the internet protocol addresses of tens of thousands of Skype users, and link the information to their online activities such as the sharing of specific files over BitTorrent.The method, which is laid out in a recently published academic paper, works even when...

Facebook has attempted to shoot down claims that it leaves cookies on users' machines even after they log out of the social network. The response came after an Australian blogger alleged the site can still snoop on your web surfing after you've signed out.Nik Cubrilovic, concerned about Facebook's approach to privacy,...