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Liz Gannes in Commerce on May 14 at 8:45 am PT
For the last three weeks, Kickstarter had a security hole that allowed viewing of unreleased project proposals — but no account or financial info — through its API. The Wall Street Journal, which discovered the problem, downloaded 77,000 projects and drafts from the site. But aside from that, Kickstarter said in a blog post, only 48 unlaunched projects were accessed while the bug was live, some of them by Kickstarter’s engineers working on its API.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 8 at 1:47 pm PT
After weathering a brutal privacy storm last year, Carrier IQ aims to show that its products are both useful and privacy-friendly.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 7 at 10:00 pm PT
The Wi-Fi provider is expanding its software to connect automatically to more than 70,000 free hotspots, in addition to Boingo’s own network of paid locations.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 7 at 3:45 pm PT
AT&T’s Glenn Lurie explains why Ma Bell thinks it belongs in the home security business.
Ina Fried in News on May 6 at 9:01 pm PT
The company plans to start testing a service this summer that allows customers to hook up all manner of sensors to a base unit that connects wirelessly over AT&T’s cellular network.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 2 at 3:37 pm PT
In addition to a new means of attack, Lookout warns, the new bug could be used to compromise phones and tablets as a way into corporate and government networks.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 26 at 5:04 am PT
A security start-up aims to change the economics of launching hacking attacks.
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Lauren Goode in News on April 25 at 10:23 am PT
Facebook
has partnered with a handful of antivirus software vendors to add their security services to
its URL blacklist system, meant to protect users against spam and malware. Six-month antivirus software licenses from Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos and Symantec will also be available to Facebook’s 900 million users for free.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 23 at 8:36 am PT
What’s the creator of the once-controversial Pretty Good Privacy encryption program doing now? Winning awards and launching new ventures.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 23 at 1:00 am PT
T-Mobile’s parent company inks a deal with mobile security start-up Lookout to help protect its Android customers.
