Security

Are you ready for these Internet security threats?

Jury convicts Palin e-mail hacker

David Kernell faces up to 20 years in prison on federal felony charge

“Potentially dangerous” asteroid flashes past Earth

Better asteroid research part of President Obama’s NASA budget increase

Terry Childs juror explains why he voted to convict

Though Juror #4 had sympathy for Terry Childs, holding San Francisco's network hostage was breaking the law

PDF exploits explode, continue climb in 2010

Sandboxing Adobe Reader may be the answer, says researcher

Lone IT industry voice speaks out against EU Web filter plan

Lobbying on EU plan to fight online child abuse heats up but opponents of blocking are outnumbered

Psychology, spam! and exclamation points

New China encryption rule could pose headaches for U.S. vendors

Rule requires companies to share encryption codes with Chinese authorities

Panelists: Democracy would suffer if Google left China

Even as it threatens to exit, Google maintains other business units beyond search in the country

Study: Users OK with mobile devices for transactions

Research finds most U.S. mobile-device users would bank, make purchases with a smartphone