Security

EU’s likely next digital chief takes a swipe at US over data protection

Critical Bugzilla vulnerability could give hackers access to undisclosed software flaws

Microsoft and other firms take pledge to protect student privacy

AT&T fired employee who improperly accessed customer accounts

Gartner: Top 10 strategic predictions for businesses to watch out for

Yahoo says attackers looking for Shellshock found a different bug

Breach blanket: To contain the damage, plan ahead – way ahead

Investigating and repairing the damage of a major data breach can take months, if not years. But what happens in the early hours after a breach has been discovered can do a lot to minimize that damage. That takes intensive planning.

Russian hackers reportedly behind JP Morgan data breach this summer

European Commission told to publish UK mass Internet surveillance docs

Unix: The aftershock of shellshock

For more than 20 years, a very serious bug in our beloved bash simply went unnoticed. What have we learned?