Security

Amazon outage one year later: Are we safer?

Experts warn that many businesses still do not have measures to insulate themselves from big service provider outages

Engineers ponder easier fix to dangerous Internet problem

Internet traffic can be maliciously routed in order to spy on communications

House passes CISPA cyberthreat sharing bill, despite privacy concerns

One opponent has expressed worries that the bill would create a 'Wild West of information sharing'

Security Experts Warn of Cyber Threats From Iran

One in 10 second-hand hard drives in U.K. contain personal data

Survey by U.K. agency finds that 65% sell or give away their personal devices to others, many without scrubbing data

Notion of extraterrestrial life more whimsical than factual?

Princeton University researchers study says emergence of life on other planets is a difficult and unproven concept

On the trail of NASA’s space potty

All important space toilet integral part of new Smithsonian space shuttle exhibits

Most of the Internet’s top 200,000 HTTPS websites are insecure, Trustworthy Internet Movement says

Seventy-five percent of HTTPS websites from Alexa's top one million are vulnerable to the BEAST SSL attack

What to Expect at LinuxFest Northwest

In this interview, an event organizer offers a preview of what to expect at this weekend's free, open source-focused LFNW event.

Don’t let the IT guy be the single point of failure

Even IT professionals take vacation sometimes. Plan accordingly.