Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Google, as the most prominent company on the Internet defends its search juggernaut while expanding into nearly anything it thinks possible. He has ...

Among the wide range of hacking techniques known collectively as social engineering, pretexting is a tactic that hinges on telling a compelling (and, spoiler alert, fake!) story. With pretexting, ...

Over the past year, a flurry of bills were introduced in the U.S. Congress that targeted pretexting. But each of the 10 bills identified here remains stuck somewhere in the legislative process. Not ...

Webster’s defines the term “pretext” as “that which is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; the misleading appearance or behavior assumed with this intention.” ...

Story<BR><BR>Can we all agree that pretexting is bad? Apparently not; phone companies, private investigators, and the MPAA have argued against pretexting laws this year, and a comprehensive national ...

California’s attorney general is investigating Hewlett-Packard. The probe comes in the wake of HP’s reported surveillance of board members that led to the company’s decision not to renominate George A ...

Although the U.S. Congress adjourned on Saturday without acting on legislation to ban pretexting in the wake of the scandal involving Hewlett-Packard (HP), California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed ...