Cyber Threats Abound for World IPv6 Day

Wired magazine calls it the “nerdiest holiday ever” and the “biggest geek party since Pi Day,” but around the world, some are taking World IPv6 Day very seriously.

“Granted it isn’t up there with the World Cup final, or the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but today many of the key…

Search Engines Capturing Data, Two Ways to Address the Issue

Privacy advocates have consistently questioned the data capture policies of large scale search engines, such as Google, Microsoft Bing and Yahoo. Google and Microsoft have each taken widely different approaches to the issue.

Microsoft search engine Bing announced Monday a change to its Internet Protocol (IP) address capture policies that is designed to limit its storage of IP addresses according…

Microsoft Embeds Alerts about Scams in Search Engine

Microsoft has added alerts to its search engine Bing in an effort to educate users about scams on the Internet.

Microsoft is working with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Trade Commission, and Western Union to effectively launch the series of public-service announcements on common scams.

The ads come up in searches commonly exploited by scammers. The searches provide useful and common-sense tips, such as verifying the identity…