Security

Is that Twitter account a bot? Researchers make app to find out

The app looks at public Twitter data to identify phony accounts

Emails shed light on Google’s work with NSA

Exchanges between NSA director and Google execs suggest cooperation on data security

FireEye buying nPulse for $70M to gain security analytics ‘flight recorder’

FireEye says nPulse Technologies brings full-packet capture and analysis technologies to its portfolio

7 Crazy computer glitches that made us groan

From U-2 spy plane/FAA issues to disrupted pig futures, computer problems are messy

Up in smoke: How marijuana shops in Colorado are protecting themselves from losses

Should CIOs Use a Carrot or a Stick to Rein In BYOD Workers?

Juniper’s corporate strategy chief departs

Ex-Cisco cable guy Avila-Marco spending more time with family

Dropbox disables old shared document links to prevent unintended access

Stored files are vulnerable to cut-and paste clumsiness or to links embedded in shared documents

Why a CEO losing his job could be the best thing ever for data security

Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel steps down in the wake of last year's massive data breach. Could this be the tipping point for taking security seriously?

Heartbleed-like bug in OpenSSH dismissed as a hoax

Scammers claim they found a bug in the remote access tool two years ago