Security

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

Target CEO resignation highlights cost of security blunders

Video: False Positives and False Negatives within IPS

Chalk Talk discussion shows why they occur when detecting malicious threats

On security reports and weather forecasts

Canada woes, breach seen as cause for Target CEO’s exit

Retailer's disastrous performance in Canada last year probably weighed more heavily in decision to part ways, analysts say

Aggressive, persistent Windows tech support scammers continue to stalk consumers

'No signs of slowing down,' says Microsoft of bogus phone calls; Computerworld sees a spike in reports from readers

10 tips to attract women to infosec jobs

IBM: Security threat prevention isn’t ‘dead’ yet!

IBM rolls Threat Protection System, saying prevention should be the focus of enterprise security systems