Security

Start-up Pramana plays Web site bot-spotter

Pramana's BotBlock service can detect and block bot-related actions, as an alternative to CAPTCHA

Judge denies bail for ex-trader accused of code theft

Samarth Agrawal, formerly with Societe Generale, is charged with stealing code related to a high-speed trading system

Open source hacker tool, Metasploit, gains new features

Rapid7 has introduced a commercial version of the security testing tool and is promising new features for the free version, too.

US wants to revamp miniature satellite research onboard space station

DARPA scientists want new algorithms, flight control technology to try out in space

Few answers after McAfee antivirus update hits Intel, others

McAfee says that less than 0.5 percent of customers were affected by a buggy antivirus update

ValidSoft tackles problem of credit-card blocking

The software checks if a person's mobile phone is in the same country as a transaction so the card isn't blocked by the bank

How investigators work to combat data theft

Scammers embrace McAfee fiasco to pitch fake AV

Poison search results to put links that lead to scareware in front of frustrated users

Bank of the West tilts from Cisco MARS to LogRhythm

McAfee’s DAT 5958 debacle goes on

Customers are frustrated by McAfee's handling of DAT 5958