MySpace Permanently Lost Large Amounts Of User Data
Are you or were you a MySpace user? If so, we have bad news. The struggling company recently announced that when they attempted to migrate all user data to new servers, something ...
Millions Of Facebook Usernames And Passwords Stored By Accident
Are you a Facebook user? If you are, it may be time to change your password. KrebsOnSecurity recently reported that it found hundreds of millions of Facebook user account names and passwords ...
Creator Of Popular Kids App Fined For Privacy Violations
The Federal Trade Commission just issued an enormous fine to a Chinese app developer for illegally collecting the personal data of the children who used it. The company was handed a staggering ...
Social Media Is Big Business For Criminals
The rise of Social Media has been a game changer for businesses around the world, creating opportunities for customer engagement that were previously unimaginable. Unfortunately, business owners aren't the only ones reaping ...
New Malware Is Coming Through Messaging Apps
As if your stressed IT staff didn't have enough to deal with, there's a new threat to be on the lookout for. Researchers at the antivirus company Avast have discovered a new ...
Skype Video Calls Get Background Blur Feature
Skype is introducing a new feature to its video call service that users have been asking about for quite some time now. Background blur. If you regularly make video calls, you've probably ...
Facebook Messenger Unsend Feature Is Now Available
Several months ago, Facebook announced a new feature that would be coming soon to Messenger. Initially, the company didn't set a timetable for the often asked for delete functionality, but it recently ...
Download Your Data From Google Plus Before It Gets Deleted
Google has kept no secret of their plan to eventually put an end to their social media experiment, Google+. In case you haven't been keeping abreast of the company's announcements where the ...
Google Hangouts Will Close And Transfer To Hangouts Chat
This is just a reminder for anyone using Google Hangouts. The company is moving forward with its plans to discontinue the service, starting with GSuite users and then later moving to the ...
Twitter May Have Been Hit By Another Data Breach
2018 hasn't been a great year for social media, with all the major platforms suffering a number of significant data breaches at various points in the year. Twitter alone has seen several, ...
