Security

New laws keep employers out of worker social media accounts

Employers in Illinois and California are now barred from asking for usernames and passwords for social media pages of workers, job seekers

Rogue Google SSL certificate not used for dishonest purposes, Turktrust says

The certificate authority said that it issued two intermediate CA certificates as a result of an error

StealthSEEK is a cost effective data discovery tool for Microsoft environments

No Microsoft at CES 2013? No problem

International consumer electronics show expects to match record crowds next week

Could China blocking VPNs lead to spying on business?

'Great Firewall of China' upgrade could also allow China to spy on international companies doing business in the country

Thinking of a counterattack? Deception is better, say experts

Security experts say hack-backs are simply asking for more trouble, because it is almost impossible to know where an attack came from

Mobile devices set to become next DDoS attack tool

While no DDoS attacks have been linked to mobile devices, one analyst is convinced it's only a matter of time

Internet piracy group leader sentenced to five years in prison

Jeramiah Perkins led IMAGiNE Group, which secretly recorded movies in theaters and offered them online

Symantec links latest Microsoft zero-day with skilled hacker gang

The Elderwood group appears to be living up to its reputation of finding serious software vulnerabilities

Google finds unauthorized certificate for google.com domain, scrambles to protect users

The company updated its Chrome browser and notified other browser makers about the problem