Cybercrime

Virginia Tech breach exposes data on 145K job applicants

University blames human error for compromise that exposed names, addresses, employment and education history

Former senators say Congress needs to rein in the NSA

Mondale and Hart call for an independent surveillance task force

Cancel data sharing deal with US, EU politicians urge

Allegations that the NSA spied on banking data anger European Parliament members

Dropbox joins bid to publish spy data requests

The company wants to be transparent about how much information the government is demanding

Internet Explorer zero-day attackers linked to Bit9 hackers

Apple is a tempting phishing target for scammers

Spam levels fell in August, but phishing attempts rose, including a focus on Apple, according to Kaspersky Lab

Java exploits seen as huge menace so far this year

F-Secure threat report also discovers Bitcoin cybercrime 'mining' operation

Forecast 2014: How to master disruptive technologies

Upsetting the status quo is exactly the point, as companies dive into social networking, the cloud and more.

Apache Struts security update disables vulnerable feature

Version 2.3.15.2 of the development framework also fixes an issue with the action mapping mechanism

Schools’ use of cloud services puts student privacy at risk

Vendors should promise not to use targeted advertising and behavioral profiling, SafeGov said