Security

Carnegie Mellon gets $6M for security software to protect vehicles from hackers

DARPA sponsored security software project aims to lock down networked resources

F5 tries to stay ahead of the curve with moves into security and beyond

A look at a few of the carrots and sticks behind F5's ongoing diversification.

EU ‘smart borders’ program could lead to Big Brother surveillance, says leading politician

The proposed law would turn Europe into an e-fortress, according to a Member of the European Parliament

Google privacy chief blasts Microsoft’s “Scroogled” campaign at RSA Conference

Chief privacy officers at Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Facebook go public

Targeted attack against Tibetan activists abuses Nvidia file to load malware

The attack uses an Nvidia tool vulnerable to DLL preloading, Sophos researchers say

RSA: IT security managers skeptical on Big Data Security proposition

At RSA Conference, security execs say using big data for security may be a future issue but it's a little much right now

EU privacy taskforce plans to take action against Google before the summer

European data protection regulators have grown impatient with Google's failure to respond to their critcisms

Applying big data approaches to information security a challenge

Data integration and correlation a hard thing to do, say security experts at RSA Conference

General Dynamics eyes government-level security on smartphones

Android phones could be approved for access to classified networks later this year

Ixia models attacks on your systems so you can test your defenses