Network Security

Decryption disclosure doesn’t violate Fifth Amendment, judge rules in child porn case

Subject of investigation had claimed forced disclosure of encrypted content violated self-incrimination protections

Online money laundering bust casts light on Bitcoin

Already, an illegal drug site accepts Bitcoins, but experts say it is unlikely to fill the void for cyberiminals left by Liberty Reserve

Microsoft plugs security systems into its worldwide cloud

Connection to Azure improves ability to push out near-real-time threat information welcome but called 'long overdue'

Drupal resets account passwords after detecting unauthorized access

The attack does not affect sites running Drupal software

Cisco study: More users = more devices = more connections =

More traffic to be generated in the next five years than in the previous 28 combined

McAfee offers business endpoint security suites for broader protection

The new suites include technologies that were previously only available as separate products

Signature-based endpoint security on its way out

Amazon Web Services integrates with Google, Facebook for easier logins

Developers can integrate web-based sign-in platforms without having to write any server-side code

Hackers exploit Ruby on Rails vulnerability to compromise servers, create botnet

The targeted vulnerability was patched in January, but many servers haven't been updated yet

Spear phishing paves road for Advanced Persistent Threats

Specialized spam can be more than it seems -- it sets up a beachhead for malware mischief