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How to stop your friends' Facebook apps from accessing your private information

by Graham Cluley on April 3, 2013 | 14 Comments

Many internet users are wary of sharing their personal information willy-nilly with the world, but did you know that sometimes it's your Facebook friends who might be unwittingly passing your private details on?

My Birthday Calendar warning spreads quickly on Facebook, generating panic

by Graham Cluley on January 11, 2013 | 9 Comments

Facebook users are spreading a warning to their friends and family online about a supposedly malicious application called "My birthday calendar".

But are there real lessons to be learnt about sharing information on Facebook?

Dealing with mobile SMS / text spam [POLL]

by Fraser Howard on September 10, 2012 | 13 Comments

Girl looking at phone Dealing with SMS spam

From insurance claims to adult content subscription services, SMS spam seems to be a growing problem. Well, for me at least. Do you know how you should report such text messages?

Dodgy Android markets shut down by FBI in copyright crackdown

by Graham Cluley on August 23, 2012 | 2 Comments

Some Android users have got a nasty scare, as three websites - involved in the distribution of cracked and stolen Android smartphone apps - were shut down by the FBI.

Twitter tarnished by iPhone contact scandal

by Carole Theriault on February 16, 2012 | 9 Comments

As Twitter admits that its mobile apps, once installed, download and store your private phonebook information, and Apple get grilled by a congressional inquiry about privacy, we ask whether consumers should be treated a little less like cattle and a bit more like valued customers?

Malicious cloned games attack Google Android Market

by Vanja Svajcer on December 12, 2011 | 4 Comments

A malicious developer has created copies of the most popular games on Google's Android Market and added code to send SMS messages to premium line numbers. The Android Market security team pulled the malicious apps from the market, but how many people do you think got stung before they were removed?