Security

EU wants US companies to report intelligence agency data access requests

Negotiations on a new Safe Harbor agreement turn on whether such reporting should be compulsory or voluntary

Half of U.S. businesses have no formal BYOD policy for security

Emergence of biometric smartphone security is rare, survey says

Juniper Networks taps new security CTO

Former Walmart CISO Walker replaces Hoff

Self-encrypting drives are hardly any better than software-based encryption

If a laptop using a self-encrypted drive is stolen or lost while in sleep mode, the security of its data can't be guaranteed

Are vendors on the wrong path where smart plant security is concerned?

A tale of two women: same birthday, same Social Security number, same big-data mess

The odds are higher than you might think, one company says

Thousands of Java applications vulnerable to nine-month-old remote code execution exploit

A flaw in the Apache Commons Collections component puts Java application servers at risk of compromise

How to recognize an online fraudster

The capability to profile potential cybercriminals, along with the implementation of chip-and-pin credit cards, may produce a reduction in the amount of money lost to online fraud each year. But that doesn’t mean the threat will go away entirely.

Microsoft sets up data centers in Germany amid US surveillance concerns

German data trustee, T-Systems, will control and oversee all access to customer data

Hack to cost UK’s TalkTalk up to $53 million

The hack put at risk personal data of 4 percent of the company's customers