Security

NIST publishes guidelines for SSH key management: What happens next?

How wireless providers are quietly cashing in on your location data

Smartphone location data will be a $79 billion business by 2020, says a researcher. Mobile operators are hoping this will make up the shortfall caused by a slowing smartphone market.

Anonymous just might make all the difference in attacking ISIS

The hacking group’s activities have always seemed dubious, but in this case, success will be quite welcome

Facebook plans to intrude into your smartphone’s photo collection

New photo feature will examine the photos you haven't shared, identify your friends' faces, and urge you to share them on Facebook.

Millions of sensitive records exposed by mobile apps leaking back-end credentials

Developers have hard-coded credentials for back-end services into thousands of mobile apps, researchers found

How ISIS could use video games, messaging apps to evade surveillance

ISIS uses Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming platform to communicate covertly, according to a new report.

Ted Koppel discusses the inevitable cyberattack on U.S. infrastructure

An interview with the author of "Lights Out"

State-sponsored cyberspies inject victim profiling and tracking scripts in strategic websites

The scripts likely help attackers identify unique users who can be targeted with exploits tailored for their software configurations.

BitLocker encryption can be defeated with trivial Windows authentication bypass

Domain-joined Windows computers that use BitLocker should be patched as soon as possible

The secret to a successful identity provider deployment: federate your identity data with a hub