Cybercrime

USENIX: Researchers propose security that adapts to combat malware that morphs

Software seeks and blocks bot calls to command-and-control servers

Start isolating critical XP systems now, experts warn

Microsoft moves to block MD5 certificates and improve RDP authentication

Windows optional security updates restrict use of MD5-based certificates and improve Remote Desktop Protocol network-level authentication

Is it time for a digital Bill of Rights?

Protecting ourselves from our own technology

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: The Ping of Death returns, IPv6-style

This month's round of Microsoft patches address must-fix vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Mail

More Android malware distributed through mobile ad networks

Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks found Android apps downloading malware from rogue mobile ad networks

Google bumps up browser bug bounty

Raises standard $1,000 payment for Chrome vulnerabilities to as much as $5,000

Larry Ellison: Some government surveillance is ‘essential’ to fight terror

Ellison also weighed in on his friendship with Steve Jobs and Oracle's litigation against Google in a televised interview

China-based intruders use fresh attack techniques against dissidents

The Comment Crew appears to be back at it again, targeting dissident organizations, FireEye said

Intelligence chief Clapper to set up US surveillance review group

The review group is to submit an interim report within 60 days of its formation