Security

Has your sensitive data leaked into the wild?

Data leak detection picks up where DLP leaves off

Snow Leopard ‘downgrades’ Flash to vulnerable version

Apple ships outdated Flash with OS upgrade; users must manually update to stay safe

How to address the two types of insider threats

Microsoft to deliver five critical Windows patches next week

Few clues in advance warning make Sept. 8 updates a mystery, says researcher

Diebold gets rid of controversial e-voting machine unit

Company expects to lose up to $55 million as a result of deal

Researchers find a new way to attack the cloud

Using side-channel attacks they find ways to steal data from cloud applications

Apple patches critical Java bugs, but leaves Leopard users vulnerable

Syncs Mac OS X 10.5 with Sun's early August fixes, but remains an update behind; Snow Leopard in same boat

NASA teams to build pod-like, high-speed everyday transport system

Pod looks a little like the Jetson’s flying car but it travels on magnetically levitated highways.

Has US been unfairly torched over the electronic waste disposal issue?

US electronic waste being put to good use in Peru anyway.

Book Review: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security