Security

Booz Allen CEO Downplays Effect of Anonymous Hack

"This is really not a group of kids out there that are playing video games," CEO says of Anonymous

Google Engineer, Adobe Squabble Over Flash Bug Credit

Adobe says it patched 13 flaws in Tuesday's Flash Player update; Google's researcher claims he reported 'around 400'

Defcon: VoIP makes a good platform for controlling botnets

Botmasters can run zombies from payphones and BlackBerries, researchers demonstrate

Microsoft patches 1990s-era ‘Ping of Death’

Also plugs critical holes in IE9, Windows' DNS service in 22-fix collection

Microsoft’s BlueHat goal: Kill bugs dead

Microsoft expects Internet Explorer exploits within 30 days

Patch Tuesday features 13 patches for 22 vulnerabilities

Visa to make it easier for merchants to adopt chip-based card payments

Incentive program could bolster future smartphone-based payments

DARPA set to blast Falcon Mach 20 test flight

Second and final test of its hypersonic Falcon aircraft to test critical flight systems

Raid on Russian firm ChronoPay explains the demise of Mac Defender malware

Mac Defender was a piece of malware that came in with a bang and curiously disappeared just as quickly

Lessons in security leadership: Jamil Farshchi