Security

Google puts screws to HTTP with new warnings in Chrome

Plans to gradually amp alerts until browser marks all unencrypted traffic as dangerous

FBI arrests hackers who allegedly dumped details on government agents

Andrew Otto Boggs and Justin Gray Liverman are both charged with hacking-related crimes

Open source algorithm helps spot social media shams

Carnegie Mellon researchers say algorithm can see through facades fraudsters use to make themselves look genuine

Security an afterthought in connected home, wearable devices

In a survey of publicly reported vulnerabilities for consumer connected-home and wearable technology products between November 2015 and July 2016, the nonprofit Online Trust Alliance found that all of potential problems could have been easily avoided

Canada-EU counter-terror data exchange is illegal, says top EU judge

The opinion of the attorney general of the Court of Justice of the EU is not binding on the court

Implementing secure WANs in the cloud age

A USB device is all it takes to steal credentials from locked PCs

Attackers can use rogue USB-to-Ethernet adapters to steal credentials from locked Windows, and possibly OS X, computers

People know they shouldn’t click on links but do it anyway

Inquisitiveness is the reason why email users click unknown links in email and Facebook messages

Rugged devops: Build security into software development

Devops improved software development and deployment. Rugged devops brings together security pros, developers, and operations to deliver better application security faster

How iris scanning improves smartphone security

More vendors are incorporating this high-level technology into their mobile devices.