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Edward Snowden Globetrots from Hong Kong to Moscow 25 Jun 2013 | 02:17 am
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden managed to escape the clutches of U.S. authorities over the weekend by being spirited out of Hong Kong on a plane for Moscow with the help of WikiLeaks. – Wired.
Flash Drives, the Pentagon, and the Problem of Too Many Exceptions 24 Jun 2013 | 04:34 pm
The Pentagon has granted many exceptions, possibly numbering in the thousands, to allow staff members who administer secure computer networks to use flash drives and other portable storage devices, de...
Facebook Bug Exposes the Phone Numbers and Email Addresses of Six Million Users 24 Jun 2013 | 04:32 pm
A bug on Facebook leaked email addresses and phone numbers provided by some 6 million people on the site to certain other users, the company revealed Friday. Read more at CSO Online.
NSA Whistleblower Charged With Espionage 24 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm
Federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs, and t...
The NSA and Silicon Valley Are Better Friends Than Most People Realize 21 Jun 2013 | 04:34 pm
When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter or a similar Silicon Valley concern. Instead the man who was responsibl...
Cyber-Crime Worries May Bring About Insurance Boom 21 Jun 2013 | 04:32 pm
For European insurers frustrated that “cyber crime” policies have so far failed to find a ready market among sceptical companies, hope may be at hand. Via Reuters.
Why It’s Difficult for Enterprises to Detect Breaches 21 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm
Security breach response times can be a crucial factor in determining the difference between a minor security incident and a major data breach with far-reaching business effects. And, yet, most organi...
Microsoft Launches New Bug Bounty Program that Could Pay Up to $150,000 21 Jun 2013 | 01:19 am
Finding flaws in Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11 can be a very lucrative career for a security researcher. Microsoft announced today a new bug bounty program that could pay as much as $150,000 fo...
Yahoo’s Decision to Release Inactive Email Addresses Is a Horrible, Horrible Idea 20 Jun 2013 | 04:32 pm
Yahoo is releasing inactive Yahoo IDs so that users can score a better email address. This means you can finally have albert@yahoo.com instead of albert9330399@yahoo.com, for example. Sounds great, ri...
Wall Street Firms to Hold a Simulated Cyber-Attack 20 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm
Wall Street plans to hold a simulated cyberattack against equity markets this month that experts hope will set an example of how industries should test their defenses against assailants. Continue read...
