Security

Banks can only hope for the best with DDoS attacks

Islamic hacktivists’ bank hacking claims gain credibility

Experts say executive order from President on cybersecurity would not help in instances such as Tuesday's Wells Fargo hack

Energy giant confirms breach of customer project files

Telvent's systems are used to control pipelines in North America and Latin America

7 common risk management mistakes

Faulty statistical methods and other common errors that can trip up your program

Google patches 24 Chrome bugs, pays out $29K to bounty hunters

Over half of the bonus total goes to one researcher for reporting two serious vulnerabilities

Twitter users delt malicious links via direct messages

Air Force sets first post in ambitious Space Fence project

The new Space Fence is expected to help detect space debris

An iPad stand, a WiFi access point, and a honeypot

Gibbs has found an iPad stand he really likes, a WiFi access point that performs well, and a tool for convincing management that security matters

Compromised SourceForge mirror distributes backdoored phpMyAdmin package

About 400 users downloaded a backdoored phpMyAdmin installer after a SourceForge mirror in Korea was compromised

Does anyone want to volunteer their private security information?

Some members of Congress are pushing for an Executive Order to implement "voluntary sharing" of security data from the private sector to the government…but will private industry bite?