Cybercrime

NSA encryption-defeating efforts will backfire, privacy advocates say

The agency's work against encryption will lead to a loss of trust in the government and US companies, some say

Public release of IE exploit could spark widespread attacks

Exploit module for yet-to-be-patched Internet Explorer vulnerability added to Metasploit

SAP seeks an edge from NSA surveillance worries

SAP's global data center network could give it an advantage over US-based vendors, says co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe

5 Millennials-in-the-Workplace Myths Busted

Privacy campaigners barred from releasing Facebook’s response to complaints

Europe-v-Facebook says it will fight what it calls a "gag order" from the Irish Data Protection Commissioner

Security company scours ‘Dark Web’ for stolen data

Companies are looking for new ways to monitor the brisk trade in stolen information on underground forums

Symantec seizes part of massive peer-to-peer botnet ZeroAccess

Researchers freed 500,000 infected computers from operators of the ZeroAccess botnet

Tech firms push for NSA surveillance transparency bills

Google, Facebook, Apple and other companies call on Congress to move quickly on NSA legislation

Brute-force malware targets email and FTP servers

Researchers find Fort Disco malware variants launching brute force password guessing attacks against POP3 and FTP servers

Security industry in ‘rut,’ struggling to keep up with cybercriminals