Kevin Poulsen reports: Security experts call it a “drive-by download”: a hacker infiltrates a high-traffic website and then subverts it to deliver malware to every single visitor. It’s one of the most powerful tools in the black hat arsenal, capable of delivering thousands of fresh victims into a hackers’ clutches within minutes. Now the technique…
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Did Google Go Too Far?
Julie Bort reports: A Houston man has been arrested after Google sent a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children saying the man had explicit images of a child in his email, according to Houston police. The man was a registered sex offender, convicted of sexually assaulting a child in 1994, reports Tim…
Some are twisting the facts in requests to be forgotten, Google says
Zach Miners reports: Some of those seeking to scrub their histories from the Web under Europe’s “right to be forgotten” rule are being economical with the truth when making their requests, Google said Thursday. In a letter to European data regulators, Google listed some of the challenges it faces in complying with the ruling, which allows people to…
The Feds Are Demanding That Twitter Turn Over More User Info Than Ever
Dana Liebelson writes: US law enforcement and intelligence agencies are hitting Twitter with more information requests about its users than ever before, and in most cases the social network is handing over some data, according to a new report released by the company on Thursday. Twitter notes that many of the government demands, which are…