Security

US lab developing technology for space traffic control

Perspective: Payment system security needs less talk, more action

Finger-pointing between retailers and banks in wake of Target breach a symptom of the problem; Congress likely to step in

Three security startups you should keep an eye on

Skyfence, Zimperium, Bluebox Security target cloud and mobile security respectively

Hacker groups embracing more effective tactics in targeted attacks

Google dismisses eavesdropping threat in Chrome feature

Chrome can continue to access a computer's microphone after a person thinks a speech recognition feature is off, a web developer says

Engineer nets Facebook’s biggest bug bounty, but not the jackpot he hoped for

Reginaldo Silva was awarded $33,500, but had quietly hoped for more

Consumer Watchdog files Google+ complaint with FTC

A planned merger of Google+ and Gmail contact lists will allow unsolicited email, the group says

Some Tor exit nodes attempt to spy on encrypted traffic, researchers find

19 Tor exit relays used self-signed certificates to launch man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS and SSH connections

China blames Internet outage on hacking attack

Two-thirds of the websites in China were briefly inaccessible on Tuesday

Why I did it: Former hacker Mitchell Frost explains his motivation