Security

40% of U.S. government Web sites fail security test

DoD, CIA among agencies that haven't adopted extra DNS security measures

CIA director tells a funny computer engineering joke

CIA Director David Petraeus: Four engineers get in a car….

We need good code, says Whitfield Diffie

The cryptography pioneer formulates three rules for making applications secure

In new attack on mobile handsets, fraudsters target one-time passwords

Cold-calling scammers target antivirus customers, diversify their tactics

Tech support scammers are impersonating customer representatives from antivirus companies

In India, 112 government websites hacked in three months

Experts blame poor adherence to security audit procedures

Found in my inbox

Question: Are they even trying?

18 firms sued for using privacy-invading mobile apps

Facebook, Apple, Twitter are among those charged in class action suit with surreptitiously taking user data

Amid doubts about cloud file-sharing services, enterprises operate their own

Dropbox may be popular but Gartner, for one, cautions against enterprise use

Lawmakers want Apple to brief them on iOS app privacy

The company's response to earlier questions about access to address-book data was inadequate, they said