Researcher finds Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday release included a fix for the Intel Meltdown bug, however the update opened up a new vulnerability.

Facebook announced that in the coming weeks it will expand its bug bounty program as the company cracks down on data misuse by app developers.

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced it is launching an investigation into Facebook’s data privacy practices

The Department of Justice has announced charges against nine Iranians, affiliated with the Mabna Institute, who are accused of stealing private data from U.S. universities, private companies, and U.S. government departments.

Mozilla is testing a method of securing DNS traffic via HTTPS, but is faced with some privacy resistance.

The senate on Thursday gave the thumbs up to a bill that is the subject of both support by tech companies and critique by privacy groups.

Apple has confirmed a privacy bug in it iPhone that allows the Siri voice assistant to read out messages from locked screens – even if the messages are hidden.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence on the Cambridge Analytica scandal that has unfolded this past week, acknowledging that “we made mistakes” and vowing to step up to the plate when it comes to data security.

Politians are calling for legal ramifications for Facebook on the heels of the data privacy scandal that rocked the social media giant this week.

Orbitz said Tuesday a breach of both its consumer and partner platform may have led to the disclosure of 880,000 payment cards.