Security

German software maker Ashampoo warns of malware after hack

Customers could be hit with malicious pdf files, following the breach

Where’s my tinfoil hat?

Cisco accused of orchestrating engineer’s arrest

The arrest of Peter Alfred-Adekeye was retaliation for a lawsuit, his company claimed

Texas fires two tech chiefs over breach

Data of 3.2M people was inadvertently posted on a publicly accessible website

Phishing emerges as major corporate security threat

Break-ins at Oak Ridge, RSA, others show that the 'low-tech' phishing attacks can have bad consequences

iPhone secretly tracks user location, say researchers

iOS 4 logs up to 100 locations daily in unencrypted file on iPhone, iPad and syncing computers

FTC calls out Google’s Chrome over Do Not Track

Google will have to decide whether to support privacy feature once it hits WebKit, says expert

Cisco going to NSS Labs to sort out alleged firewall issues

Cisco couldn't duplicate NSS Labs results for TCP Split Handshake; NSS Labs stands by its findings.

Popular kids clothing retailer hit with database breach

Botnet takedown sets legal, not technical, precedent