Security

Embattled CEO: LifeLock service a game changer

Todd Davis defends his company following reports that say he was a victim of ID theft 13 times

Our growing security quagmire

Microsoft’s alleged ‘click launderers’ maintain innocence

Two companies are cited in the lawsuits, both beta users of AdCenter, and say they helped Microsoft investigate

Google hit with class-action lawsuit over Wi-Fi snooping

Privacy violations could cost it $10,000 for each time it grabbed data from unprotected networks

British government adjourns extradition hearing for McKinnon

Gary McKinnon, who hacked into U.S. government networks, gets a sympathetic ear

FTC takes out notorious porn- and botnet-spewing ISP

FTC downs rogue 3FN and sells off assets

US looking for technology to quash malicious insider threats

DARPA issues call for technology that can kill off insider threats

Nanotech will be focus for future criminal hackers

Symantec to buy VeriSign’s security unit for $1.3B, reports say

VeriSign has been shopping for buyers, Reuters adds

Facebook fixing embarrassing privacy bug

A simple programming error could have exposed private data