Security

EU-US accord on SWIFT data hits political snag

France, Germany among the doubters seeking tougher privacy protection

Cyber-Ark unveils tool for managing Windows, Unix systems

Firm seeks to tap into growing demand for unified management of privileged accounts

More announcements from Gartner summit

* Cyber-Ark offers new version of Privileged Identity Management Suite; CA improves integration of Identity Manager 12.5

NASA finds “lots of water” from moon crash tests

NASA LCROSS findings: Not your father’s image of the moon

Job Search Scams: Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

DNS problem linked to DDoS attacks gets worse

Consumer modems are blamed for the rise in open recursive DNS servers

GAO: Los Alamos National Lab’s cybersecurity lacking

The research facility still lacks security for its classified network, the report says

DOJ charges two programmers with aiding Madoff scheme

Two men face multiple charges in multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme

Microsoft sells Windows 7 desktop to advertisers

Pilot program with Ferrari, Pepsi, Porsche and others helps squeeze every dollar out of OS, says analyst

Pwning Humans for Fun and Profit

Top 5 Social Engineering Exploit Techniques