Cybercrime

XP’s retirement will be hacker heaven

Hackers will bank bugs until after Microsoft retires Windows XP in April 2014; expect attacks, say security experts

Joomla patches file manager vulnerability responsible for hijacked websites

The Grill: Scott Blanchette on building a professional services culture

This IT leader built a professional services group from the ground up.

New privacy tools foils spam with fake email addresses

Obama says spying hit U.S. reputation, and he plans a fix

Vint Cerf, who met with Obama this week, hopes transparency will help

Obama calls for review of surveillance programs

The president calls for more transparency about the NSA data collection and some changes to the surveillance court

Arbor’s Fort Disco botnet has a hit list of more than 400,000 domains

Arbor Networks reveals a massive password bruteforcing attack campaign that remains active to this day.

Microsoft slams Gmail’s ‘Gspam’ in latest Scroogled attack ad

Resurrects anti-Google negative campaign with shot at Gmail's inbox ads

Time Warner’s CBS blackout could be fueling online piracy

Snowden revelations may cost U.S. cloud providers billions, says study

Debate begins over whether the EU can really damage U.S. cloud leadership