Security

Cyberattack exposes 10 million records at US health insurer Excellus

Hackers gained administrative access to the company's IT systems

Xerox PARC’s new chip will self destruct in 10 seconds

The chip breaks apart on command and was developed under DARPA

Ashley Madison coding blunder made over 11 million passwords easy to crack

The Web site's developers forgot about early users when they implemented strong password hashing three years ago

Security experts mostly critical of proposed threat intelligence sharing bill

This fall, the Senate is expected to take another look at the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA

10 things to do before you lose your laptop

Your laptop computer lets you to stay in touch and be productive regardless of where you are. But if you aren’t careful that portability can be your downfall.

Presidential longshot at CTIA 2015 promising nothing less than immortality

US defense secretary mulls rapid grants for tech companies

The DOD is trying to encourage tech startups to work on national security and defense issues

Turla cyberespionage group exploits satellite Internet links for anonymity

The group routes traffic to their command-and-control servers through hijacked DVB-S Internet connections

Microsoft patches yet another Hacking Team zero-day exploit

The vulnerability was located in the Windows Media Center software

California assembly passes digital privacy bill

The bill aims to prevent warrantless government access to private electronic communications