Security

Foldable, membrane-based orbital telescope could alter space vision

DARPA’s membrane-based Geosynchronous Earth Orbit telescope doesn’t use glass or mirrors for imagery

JPMorgan to notify 500,000 due to data breach, but will not offer replacement cards

US faces major Internet image problem, former gov’t official says

NSA surveillance allegations have led to countries questioning the country's commitment to Internet freedom, a former Obama official says

Microsoft customer privacy vs. NSA snooping

Microsoft launches tech, legal, transparency campaign to thwart government prying

Point-of-sale malware infections on the rise, researchers warn

Researchers from Arbor Networks and IntelCrawler identify new attacks using malware designed for point-of-sale systems

2 million stolen login credentials discovered for Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, other sites

Anti-Bot Working Group to fight DDoS attacks from cloud infrastructure

Cloud Security Alliance forms group to tackle problem fueled by server compromises in hosting facilities

NSA collects data from millions of cellphones worldwide

Program seeks to identify individuals who communicate with tagets of NSA surveillance, report says

Two arrested in Germany for hacking computers they used to generate bitcoins

The suspects used malware to build a botnet, German police said

Microsoft to encrypt services, notify customers of gov’t data requests

The company is encrypting information traveling on its services, which will be completed by end 2014