Security

Microsoft’s MAPP reportedly hacked, RDP exploits coming sooner than expected

Microsoft's early patch information distribution system appears to have been hacked, giving attackers a jumpstart at building a worm.

Expert advice on implementing role-based access control (RBAC)

Navy, Army open labs looking for robot, energy, fuel, mechanical inventions

New Army, Navy labs eye future technologies

Android phones will keep getting exploited, researchers say

Jail-breaking a smartphone is not a secure practice

Don’t Wait on This Patch, Microsoft says

It's not too often Microsoft tells customers to hurry up and install a patch, which means this must be a bad exploit.

Public safety sees opportunity, pitfalls in social media

Social media can prove useful in investigations, but the use of Twitter and other tools by authorities has backfired at times

How to attract the military’s rapt attention: Sell fake service-related documentation on the Internet

Tennessee man fabricated, forged federal official names on faux military documents

Mozilla will start Firefox silent updates in June

Patches Pwn2Own bug; also announces end of updates for Firefox 3.6

Digitally signed malware is increasingly prevalent, researchers say

Malware authors are signing their malicious creations with stolen digital certificates to bypass antivirus detection and defense mechanisms

‘Insatiable demand’ for streaming video puts pressure on providers

As consumers' expectations for live streaming video rise, "everyone just has to get better."