Security

Smartphones as credit cards: Possibly dangerous, definitely inevitable

Regular smartphone users will need to take security precautions on par with enterprise users

Adobe confirms PDF zero-day, plans rush patch

Will go 'out-of-bound' with fix, probably on Aug. 17

Lawmakers question data collection at major sites

Representatives Markey and Barton sent a letter asking about personal data practices at 15 popular websites

Microsoft slates record-setting monster Patch Tuesday next week

14 updates, 8 critical, will quash 34 bugs in Windows, Office, IE, Silverlight

Hackers find a new target in payroll processing

Hackers broke into a Ceridian payroll account, but the fraud was thwarted

Hitachi ID upgrades Password Manager

* Adds capabilities to support all of a user's authentication factors -- passwords, security questions, OTP tokens, smart cards, voice biometrics and hard disk encryption keys

IT security auditors are NOT evil and could keep you from getting hacked

Auditors often get a bad rap but the process of auditing security as a system can greatly reduce risk and find weaknesses in security that can result in your company being hacked.

Challenges of software quality assurance

Saudi Arabia to ban BlackBerry service on Friday

The ban covers all BlackBerry applications, including e-mail and instant messaging

U.K. government nixes ‘kill IE6’ campaign

Sticks with Microsoft's aged browser to save taxpayers' money