Security

Cisco, Juniper, Check Point, Palo Alto among firms in security contest

TheInfoPro study finds Cisco and Juniper down, Check Point and Palo Alto up in firewall popularity contest

Google Maps app for Android adds indoor floorplans

Users get access to internal maps of retail stores, malls, airports and other large venues

As cyberattacks grow, take security seriously

Facebook community forum swamped by spam during Thanksgiving weekend

Live streaming spam makes Facebook's community forum hard to navigate

WikiLeaks: Security worries impede new submission system

WikiLeaks has scheduled a press conference on Thursday in London that will cover the organization's plans

Ruckus tackles channel-changing in Wi-Fi

Its ChannelFly software finds the best channel by looking at packet performance

Criminals sabotaging Cyber Monday, security experts warn

Fake UPS notices, bogus Groupon coupons, raft of other tactics deployed by bad guys

Carrier IQ drops legal threat against security researcher

Company's software enables surreptitious tracking of mobile phone users, researcher said

Twitter scoops up mobile security developer Whisper Systems

Software from Whisper Systems offers full disk encryption and other security software for Android phones

Feds nuke 150 website domains for selling fake goods

FBI, DoJ part of Cyber Monday counterfeiting crackdown