Security

AT&T, Sprint confirm use of Carrier IQ rootkit software on handsets

Verizon, RIM, Nokia insist their handsets don't support the software

2011’s biggest security snafus

From Anonymous to the SCADA attack that wasn't; was this the year of the advanced persistent threat?

National Do Not Call Registry under attack from scammers, unrelenting telemarketers

California, Florida, Texas, Illinois, and New York logged the most Do Not Call complaints this year.

The water pump alarm

Medical data breaches soar, according to study

WikiLeaks working on new whistle-blowing platform

WikiLeaks also released a study covering companies developing surveillance products

Cracking MD5 … with Google?!

Cisco releases Application Visibility and Control on Routers

ASR1000 provides 10Gig Layer 7 AVC for hundreds of applications

Are the Carriers Spying On You?

It’s rare for me to propose a new law, but one regarding privacy is desperately needed – even if the allegations I report below are false. Something, however, tells me that they’re not.

Italian court: Online editors not responsible for reader comments

The ruling contrasts with recent legal developments in Italy that have tended to curtail freedom of the Internet