Security

Oracle buying Micros for $5.3 billion

Ad network compromise led to rogue page redirects on Reuters site

US NSA granted extension to collect bulk phone data

Google develops own ‘boring’ version of OpenSSL

Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking by Georgia Weidman, no starch press, 2014

Most everything you need to know to get started as a penetration tester in less than 500 pages? This book provides a very practical hands-on introduction to the art of hacking. But you will need to sit yourself down and let your fingers get a lot o

Tool aims to help enterprise IT manage ‘honeypot’ hacker decoys

Oracle buys LiveLOOK for co-browsing technology

Companies warned of major security flaw in Google Play apps

Many Android apps on Google Play contain authentication keys that can be easily taken to steal corporate and personal data

Microsoft reveals Office 365 roadmap, offers opt-in previews

Hacker puts ‘full redundancy’ code-hosting firm out of business