AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot reportedly stuffs extra ads into Web pages

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Stanford University computer scientist Jonathan Mayerwas recently Web browsing at a U.S. airport when he noticed there were too many online advertisements. A partnership between Apple and a credit card processing company could add local retailers — even food The website for Stanford, for example, displayed […]

StopTheHacker automatically removes malicious code from web pages

StopTheHacker has added a feature to the security startup’s subscription service that automatically removes malicious code placed on web pages by hackers. Peter Jensen, CEO of StopTheHacker, which officially opened for business in San Francisco last month, said that many businesses, such as law firms, have small IT staffs and few resources with which to […]

Germany Orders Agencies to Shut Down Facebook Pages

German data watchdogs ordered federal agencies to shut down their Facebook pages and remove “like” buttons from their Web sites, suggesting that anyone who uses Facebook will have their online activity tracked. “All institutions in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [must] shut down their fan pages on Facebook and remove social plug-ins such as […]