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Let’s start with where the word ‘captcha’ came from. It turns out that captcha is an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. The

This month, Google is phasing out support for its Chrome browser on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7 (Lion), and 10.8 (Mountain Lion). They are also phasing out support for

No matter how old you are, it’s most likely you know all about stately Wayne Manor and its billionaire owner, Bruce Wayne. If you don’t you probably have heard of

Recently engineers who have been working to improve legacy cellular technologies, were stricken with a thought: “Why would one need a SIM card, if it’s nothing more than a protected data

Over the past few weeks, we’ve discussed a few areas where you should brush up on your personal privacy settings for both Facebook and Google. Chances are you read it

There was a time when Google was simply a search engine. Albeit one that we always knew collected a lot of data to make search results — and ads —

What a dreadful week this one has been for the infosec industry, my friends. Following an amusing week of discovering bugs, zero-days and other researcher-coveted curios, here comes the painful

At the recent Google I/O conference, the ‘corporation of good’ announced (in addition to new Android versions, new services, and other predictable announcements), four new projects: Soli, Jacquard, Vault, and

What do billionaire inventor Elon Musk, the Google Now on Tap service launched at Google I/O, and the recent “Ex Machina” premiere have in common? The idea that unites all

Threatpost journalists Chris Brook and Brian Donohue discuss security and privacy at Google I/O conference, the IRS and Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield Data Breach, Sections 215 of the PATRIOT Act and

Despite the fact that Google I/O is a developers conference, it always gets the attention of journalists and consumers as well. The reason is simple: this is when Google shows

There are many cool and funny projects in the world that deal with big data and we’ve gathered the Top 10 list of the most interesting ones. See for yourself!

The design of the current smartwatches is defined by being aimed at geeks. It looks like it will again take Apple to perform its duties carefully iSplaining wearables to ordinary people.

When it comes to Mobile OSes, every 3rd option conversation these days mentions the need for some “true openness”. But do we really need this kind of openness?

Security reporters Brian Donohue and Chris Brook discuss security and privacy headlines from the first few weeks of the new year.

One of the most highly anticipated prospects of the 21st century has been the possibility of enabling robots to drive cars. But how soon could this be possible?

It’s not always easy to give general advice to Android users because the OS is so very diverse. But we have ten security tips that are relevant for almost any Android version.

Google’s mobile operating system joins Apple’s iOS in offering full disk encryption by default to all users in its newest version — Android 5.0 aka Lollipop.

Data breaches have become a routine. It can happen to any site, any day. You can’t prevent it, but there is a way to minimize the damage.

Making a case for password reuse, Google hiring hackers to fix the Internet, Apple bolsters security across its services with strong Crypto, plus various fixes and more.

Google is releasing a tool that ensures all data passing out of its Chrome browser is encrypted in transit, resolving the problem of relying on others’ crypto.