Security

Lavaboom builds encrypted webmail service to resist snooping

The service has started accepting registrations for its upcoming beta testing period

Oracle identifies products affected by Heartbleed, but work remains on fixes

Oracle also shipped 104 patches as part of a regular quarterly update

Microsoft slashes Windows XP custom support prices just days before axing public patches

Reduces after-retirement support costs for large enterprises as much as 95%

Scam by Victoria’s Secret clerk highlights common risk

Credit-card skimmers: The identity-theft threat most of us face routinely

Organizations suffer SQL Injection attacks, but do little to prevent them

Ukraine tensions could hurt international security efforts, Kaspersky says

Anything that hurts trust between countries sets back global Internet efforts, the cybersecurity pioneer said

Rushed Heartbleed fixes may expose users to new attacks

Be careful patching the bug and restarting, or attackers could slip in, Kaspersky says

Kill switches coming to iPhone, Android, Windows devices in 2015

Carriers, phone makers and a lobbying group announce a voluntary agreement, but it might not be enough

Cold War sneakiness: CIA confirms using Dr. Zhivago as a weapon

“We have the opportunity to make Soviet citizens wonder what is wrong with their government…”

Heartbleed bug is irritating McAfee, Symantec, Kaspersky Lab

The flawed OpenSSL Heartbleed problem is putting many security firms in the hot seat