Industry

It’s official: Google buys Waze with an eye toward enhancing Maps

The terms of the deal, which had been expected for several days, were not disclosed

Booz Allen fires Snowdon, leaker of NSA spy docs

Security agencies slated to brief Congress Tuesday about secret DOJ, NSA surveillance programs

Retired admiral calls NSA leaks by Edward Snowden a ‘data breach’ and ‘crisis’

Speaking at Gartner conference, retired US Navy Adm. Mike Mullen calls cyberthreats something that could impact the very existence of America

Marketo rolls out ‘customer engagement’ tools as Salesforce.com threat looms

Marketo CEO: We've 'never been that good of friends' with Salesforce.com

Android Trojans spread by Bluetooth, hijack bank codes

Lawsuit filed over NSA phone spying program

Complaint charges President Obama, NSA director and Verizon CEO with privacy violations

MIT researchers advance cloud security with end-to-end encryption

Homomorphic encryption-based method makes it possible to process data without having to decrypt it

European Parliament delays vote on sharing passenger data with US authorities

Concerns about the NSA's Prism data collection system prompted the delay, some EU parliamentarians say

Rights groups ask US spy court for justification of Verizon order

New research, however, suggests people in the U.S. are willing to compromise privacy for security

SoftBank hikes bid for Sprint to $21.6 billion

SoftBank amended its offer to give shareholders more cash, while Sprint said it had ended talks with rival bidder Dish