Security

Phishers hijacking brands from new markets to lure victims

To thwart spies, IETF wants to ‘strengthen the Internet’

The engineers behind the Internet are taking action to help protect it from government spying.

FAA roadmap sees challenges in allowing drones over U.S. airspace

Regulatory, technical, policy and standards issues need to be figured out before drones can be properly licensed

DOJ continues scrutiny of underground market sellers, arrests arms vendor

DOJ has arrested a seller on 'Black Market Reloaded' for alleged illegal weapons sale

Data brokers’ collection of internet activity data raises privacy issues

Some find the data collected on them amusing or even boring, but privacy advocates say there is good cause to worry

Report: CIA pays AT&T for international call data

The carrier turns over information about international calls on its network under a voluntary contract, The New York Times says

Researchers dare AI experts to crack new GOTCHA password scheme

Like CAPTCHA, GOTCHA's inkblot password system relies on humans' visual skills

Despite patches, Supermicro’s IPMI firmware is far from secure, researchers say

The IPMI in Supermicro motherboards has vulnerabilities that can give attackers unuathorized access to servers, Rapid7 researchers said

Nginx sets world-readable logs by default

Bizarre six-tailed asteroid dumbfounds scientists

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope spots yet another weird asteroid