Security

Researcher arrested for alleged voting machine theft

Hari Prasad ran a demonstration on an electronic voting machine to support his claim that it could be tampered with

Allow Both TCP and UDP Port 53 to Your DNS Servers

DNS queries are getting bigger so we do not want to accidentally block them

Microsoft pulls a “Facebook” by exposing Windows Live users’ names

Outcry grows over privacy violations and other snafus with Microsoft's "Wave 4" online services

Your Password Policy Stinks

Password policy needs to be updated to increase complexity to address cracking threats.

McAfee inside: How Intel bid could shake up IT security

LDAP misconceptions live on

* The phrase "LDAP Directory" is still bandied about leading many people to believe that, somehow, LDAP defines the directory structure

Three sentenced in scam targeting tech vendors

A group of people filed false electronic payment authorizations in four states

Blocked Street View images in Germany may get published

IT consultant Jens Best and other volunteers plan to publish images for 20 German cities that have been blocked

Facebook Places could spark new privacy fire

Google patches 10 Chrome bugs, pays out $10K in bounties