Security

Cisco apologizes for privacy ‘confusion,’ makes cloud service an opt-in feature

Customers had complained about automatic updates and a policy document that said Cisco might track Internet use

Yahoo Mail bugs may be behind Android ‘botnet’ spam, says researcher

Botnet-not-a-botnet dustup between Microsoft and Google may have another explanation, says Lookout Security: Yahoo Mail for Android vulnerabilities

Google, Apple remove malware application from official app stores

'Find and Call' app steals people's phone books and spams their contacts, Kaspersky security researchers said

Cisco continues to battle cloud burst

Rescinds default cloud admin service on Linksys routers amidst uproar

Best practices for data encryption, Part 1

eHarmony data breach lessons: Cracking hashed passwords can be too easy

Trustwave's SpiderLabs cracks 80% of 1.5 million hashed passwords dumped online by hackers

Anonymous: UAE blocks VoIP sites, 4Chan, and Facebook login page

Anonymous leaked a list of URLs allegedly blocked from internet access in the United Arab Emirates. VoIP sites, most interestingly, are blocked at large, a move Anonymous chalks up as one with economic motivation.

KPN closes portal after two-thirds of corporate customers found using default password

Use of the default password, the same for many users, combined with an easily-guessed username, left corporate data at risk

Internet will vanish Monday for 300,000 infected computers

Users must wipe DNSChanger malware from PCs and Macs before 12:01 a.m. ET July 9

Patch Tuesday: Time to use the Flame-retardant Windows Update client

Updated Windows Update software fixes vulnerabilities exploited by Flame malware