Security

Google urges US government to extend the US Privacy Act to EU citizens

First Stuxnet victims were five Iranian industrial automation companies

Snapchat to ask users to stop using unauthorized apps

Rights groups, NGOs struggle against malware attacks

Company to demonstrate ‘Active Shooter Detection System’ in Massachusetts school

DARPA looking to drop “volleys” of small drones from larger aircraft

New systems could improve range, survivability of smaller drones

US Postal Service suffers breach of employee, customer data

Data breach affects names, Social Security numbers and other information of 800,000 employees, USPS says

WireLurker malware threatens to destroy a key Apple advantage

The mere perception that WireLurker poses a credible threat to Macintosh and iOS systems would be a huge blow to Apple.

Tor Project mulls how Feds took down hidden websites

Apple Pay has retail CIOs rethinking how customers pay

The introduction of Apple Pay -- and CVS and Rite Aid's subsequent disabling of the technology -- has retail CIOs once again rethinking the way customers pay at the cash register.