Security

Online Services Increased Their Effort to Protect User Data, EFF Says

The Electronic Frontier Foundation hopes to stimulate transparency and encourage companies to stand up for user privacy

Browser Feature Can Be Abused to Misrepresent Download Origin, Researcher Says

A researcher shows how users can be tricked into thinking that rogue downloads have been initiated by legitimate websites

Gamereplays Invites Hackers to Probe Site Following Data Breach

An Anonymous hacker alienates potential supporters

BYOD’s Phone Number Problem

A simple smartphone number can be an incredibly important corporate asset, but companies will have to give it up in a BYOD scenario.

Meet Flame, the Ebola Virus of Malware

Meet Flame, the Ebola Virus of Malware

What's bigger and more complex than Stuxnet or Duqu; scarily efficient at stealing information; only found in the middle East and created by a government, likely a Western one? The Flame malware, of course.

Copies of Anti-Censorship Software Used in Iran and Syria Contain Keylogger

Rogue copies of Green Simurgh, an Internet proxy software application used in Iran and Syria, have been found to contain malware that records users' activities and keystrokes.

BYOD: Time to Adjust Your Privacy Expectations

Employees who want to use their smartphones and tablets for work better be prepared to sign on IT's dotted line and essentially give away their privacy rights.

How To Choose the Right Tech Startup Partner

CIOs look to IT startups for competitive advantage but finding the right newbie vendor is harder than you think.

Romanian Authorities Dismantle Hacker Group Targeting Government Websites

Romania's organized crime prosecutors detained 12 individuals suspected of hacking into official websites

New Federal Mobile IT Strategy Must Address Security

As the White House rolls out an agenda to open and optimize government data for mobile devices and accelerate use of smartphones and tablets across departments and agencies, security expert warns that federal CIOs must address an array of vulnerabili