Security

Sony’s Hirai to brief on PlayStation hack on Sunday

An unusual Sunday news conference will see Hirai's first comments on the PlayStation Network attack

US Congress wants answers from Sony on PlayStation hack

A House subcommittee asks why it took so long for Sony to take the network offline and inform customers of the breach

Did hackers really get credit card numbers from Sony?

Anonymous posts in an online forum claim 2.2 million card numbers were stolen, but there's no proof

Flight crash mystery: Robots find Air France flight recorder but key memory part missing

The crash of Air France Flight 447 remains a mystery, but clues are being found

Texas Comptroller takes blame for major breach

Breach that exposed social security numbers of 3.5 million Texans has already led to firing of two IT execs

Apple officially responds to iOS consolidated.db “tracking file” controversy

Apple earlier this week finally addressed the ongoing "controversy" regarding the alleged tracking file found in iOS 4

Mozilla patches Firefox 4, fixes programming bungle

Closes eight holes in new browser, including ASLR oversight

Disaster Recovery on a Budget

After Rustock, botnet rebuilding underway

After 40 years, email security still elusive, experts say