Security

Survey finds most US residents want changes to Patriot Act surveillance

In desperation, many ransomware victims plead with attackers

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, May 18

FTC recommends conditions for sale of RadioShack customer data

Security researcher’s hack caused airplane to climb, FBI asserts

Big Data and Intelligence: Minimizing or preventing violence against citizens and the destruction of property

The Social Analysis and Intelligence Group, SAIG, analyzes trending social behaviors to predict and track civil unrest and violence.

Confronting the widening infosec skills gap

Estimates of the shortage of qualified information security professionals needed to fill available jobs in the next several years range into the multiple millions. A number of organizations are trying to change that. But they say it will likely be ye

Penn State yanks engineering network from Internet after China-based attack

FBI alerted school of attack in November, Mandiant says China attacker behind one incident

Five tips to comply with the new PCI requirements

Failure to comply with these five new requirements will mean paying significant fines

Reddit’s new anti-harassment rules anger some users