Security

Security pros pan and praise Microsoft’s plans on updating Modern apps in Windows 8, RT

Experts like the on-the-fly updating of apps, but the alerts ... not so much

EU privacy watchdogs tell app developers and app stores to take care of users’ data

Google Play, Apple and others told to implement privacy by design

Wealth of data online likely made posting celebrity credit reports easy

Researchers resurrect and improve CRIME attack against SSL

New techniques bypass existing mitigations and make the attack easier to pull off

FinFisher spyware seen targeting victims in Vietnam, Ethiopia

New research finds the surveillance spyware is spreading but may be used to spy on activists

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

Little sympathy for merchants in disputes over PCI violations

What you ‘Like’ in Facebook can come back to haunt you

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

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

NASA’s Inspector General paints bleak picture for agency projects, IT security

NASA budget constrains way agency handles missions, IT operations