Network Security

Retailer hauls Visa to court over $13.3M fine for payment card data breach

Fine is illegal, unjustified and in violation of Visa's own policies, says Genesco

Java’s security problems unlikely to be resolved soon, researchers say

Security experts think Oracle should have acted sooner to strengthen Java against attacks

Users flock to Japan student’s firewall-busting thesis project

'VPN Gate,' designed by Ph.D. student Daiyuu Nobori to circumvent government firewalls, has drawn 77,000 users in less than a week

Free credit report site appears to be source for celebrity data

Hackers successfully answered a series of questions, enabling them to download reports, according to a source

Microsoft’s latest patches squash potential USB hijack

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday fixes four sets of critical vulnerabilities, including many found in Internet Explorer

4 Internet privacy laws you should know about

Could impact how information is shared and what powers government has in collecting your digital files

Reporters Without Borders slams five nations for spying on media, activists

The press freedom advocate called for more harmonized controls over the export of spying technology

Apple’s App Store lacked encryption protection for months

Lack of HTTPS on iOS App Store left users open to attacks, researcher says

Apple fixed the issue in January by enabling HTTPS by default for App Store active content

The Android malware problem is not hyped, researchers say

The security industry has a credibility problem when it comes to mobile malware, but the threat is real, according to one expert