Security

NASA: Inflatable rooms may find a home on International Space Station

NASA to detail new $17.8 million contract with Bigelow and use of its inflatable space components

Firefox getting built-in HTML5-based PDF viewer to improve security

The new PDF viewer will be more secure than third-party plug-ins, Mozilla says

Google revs up Chrome, crushes bugs

Patches 24 vulnerabilities in first upgrade in nine weeks

Hackers say coming air traffic control system lets them hijack planes

FAA says it can spot hacking attempts, but won't allow independent 'stress tests'

Foxit Reader vulnerable to critical remote code execution flaw

The yet-to-be-patched vulnerability is located in the browser plugin component installed by the application, researchers say

California AG: Mobile apps should limit data collection

Mobile apps should also avoid collecting data not related to their basic functionality, report says

Cisco issues alert on VoIP vulnerability

Columbia research prompts security advisory; software fixes planned

Java zero-day vulnerability actively exploited by attackers

The exploit for an unpatched Java vulnerability was added in popular attack toolkits, security researchers say

Best practices to mitigate DDoS attacks

Cybercrime attacks on business bank accounts are dropping

FS-ISAC survey of 100 banks shows better defense in blocking fraudulent funds transfers