Security

Security panel to Congress: Healthcare.gov website should not have launched

Expert says he could steal personal info from the site within two days, probably much less

Tablets, Mobile Malware Heighten BYOD Security Concerns

Court shuts down online business listing operation

The operation billed small businesses and churches for listings they didn't order, the FTC alleges

Cryptolocker: The evolution of extortion

Cryptolocker, the latest ransomware, may be newsworthy, but it's been hyped, too, says expert

Warning! Targeted Internet misdirection on the rise

Traffic from financial firms, government agencies, VoIP providers quietly hijacked and rerouted through ISPs in Belarus, Iceland, researcher says

Google strengthens its SSL configuration against possible attacks

The company completed its planned switch to SSL certificates with 2048-bit keys ahead of schedule

Yes, Instagram & Twitter users, you are exposing yourselves

Experiment freaks out social media users

Police set poor example by paying $750 CryptoLocker ransom

They should be the ones saying crime doesn't pay

Perspective: Curbing data use is key to reining in NSA

Proposed legislation and rules focus mostly on curbing data collection activities, not on controlling use of personal data

Supreme Court refusal to block NSA data collection not surprising

With two cases pending in lower courts, justices probably wanted to defer decisions to them