Security

New buys for EMC may come in security, big data

The company is open to more acquisitions in key areas

House votes to outlaw NSA’s bulk collection of phone records

The USA Freedom Act would require the agency to get court approval to collect records on a case-by-case basis

FireEye buys nPulse to see deeper into the network

The combination of Mandiant and nPulse, along with its own technology, gives FireEye a broad security framework now that can gather and analyze data from the core of the network to the hand of a user.

Tip of the Hat: Are advocates unfairly piling on Google for NSA emails

Forbes' Woollacott says leaked emails don't prove Google 'was all that tight with the NSA'

The day the AV died

AV really died in 2009, Microsoft killed it.

FBI: “Sky was the limit” for this now jailed scammer

New Jersey man pinched over $4 million with sophisticated fraud system

Ruby on Rails security update available

Malware infections tripled in late 2013, Microsoft finds

The rise is attributed to 'Rotbrow,' a type of malware that downloads other bad programs

Microsoft calls out malicious downloaders

Anti-malware vendors warned about downloaders used to infect PCs

Dropbox fixes flaw that exposed user documents