Security

Is open source Snort dead? Depends who you ask

Open Information Security Foundation says it's so; Snort's creator disagrees

Spiceworks adds more flavor to its free IT management software

5.0 release includes new configuration management capabilities and enhanced mapping

Firefox lets hackers grab your passwords

Black Hat researcher will demonstrate how to scrape Firefox passwords with Cross Site Scripting malware.

Is ubiquitous encryption technology on the horizon?

Stanford researchers say TCP extension tcpcrpt could make encryption omnipresent

U.S., Dow Chemical accuse scientist of foreign trade espionage

Unusual indictment alleges pesticide secrets worth $100M were e-mailed to China

New rootkit threatens all versions of Windows

A highly dangerous zero-day rootkit is in the wild with no patches available yet.

No iPhone bumpers here, NASA revamps historic 9 million lb Mars antenna

NASA does some joint replacement on its Deep Space Network antenna

Must reading: Washington Post’s ‘Top Secret America’

Preventing identity theft

Automatic Notifications and Credit Reports

Windows ‘shortcut’ attack code goes public

One researcher publishes exploit, another touts defense for Microsoft's newest zero-day