Security

BlackBerry buying German firm for voice encryption

The secure mobile vendor wants to be more secure.

Senator pushes new version of bill to limit NSA phone records collection

Rocket Lab wants to make Model T of space satellite launchers

Rocket Labs says it has 30 launches lined up starting in 2015

Why retailers bear the brunt of security breaches

One security-ratings firm says breaches are often retailers’ own fault for not dealing with security pro-actively.

Android vulnerability allows malware to compromise most devices and apps

Privacy groups call for action to stop Facebook’s off site user tracking plans

Georgia Tech launches early warning system for cyberthreats

Called BlackForest, the system can provide early warnings for distributed denial-of-service attacks or the latest malware variations under development

Using Instagram on public Wi-Fi poses risk of an account hijack, researcher says

Unix: Controlling privileged access

One of the most important things you can do for security on a Unix system is restrict root access. But the issue is more complicated than who knows root's password.

Hortonworks, Pivotal team to better manage Hadoop