Security

Has high-tech helped or hurt crime fighting? DoJ wants to know

US Department of Justice grant to look at how technology has changed law enforcement

Coverity and Wind River target development insecurity with new alliance

Student privacy activists due to meet with Facebook

The meeting on Feb. 6 aims to resolve disagreements over privacy issues between the group and Facebook

Hackers infect WordPress 3.2.1 blogs to distribute TDSS rootkit

Compromised WordPress 3.2.1 blogs infect visitors with TDSS rootkit through Java exploits

HP extends asset mapping into Amazon, VMware clouds

HP's Discovery and Dependency Mapping Advanced package now can find your IT assets in the cloud

Many pcAnywhere systems still sitting ducks

Cybersecurity Report Stresses Need for Cooperation

Cybersecurity report: All countries lag behind the bad guys

The new report from McAfee and SDA ranks Finland, Sweden and Israel as the countries most prepared for cyber-threats

Court affirms felony conviction of Palin e-mail snoop

Ruling reinforces old saw about cover-up being worse than the crime

Lawmaker pushes consumer notification bill in wake of Carrier IQ concerns

Markey's bill would require phone companies to notify consumers of tracking software on handsets