Security

NIST to review standards after cryptographers cry foul over NSA meddling

NIST's cryptographic standards are used by software developers around the world to protect confidential data

Google clamps down on password security in Chrome ‘Canary’

Reaction to August brouhaha over Chrome's practice of letting anyone see passwords in plain text

Spike in traffic with TCP source port zero has some researchers worried

Traffic with this source port might indicate reconnaissance for future attacks, researchers from Cisco said

FBI adds five lawbreakers to Cyber Most Wanted list

FBI offers rewards of up to $100,000 for information leading to arrests

Employees easily tricked on social media prime phishing attacks

Digital Advertising Alliance Argues Online Privacy Is All About Choice

Networking and the World Series: 10 lessons baseball teaches us about networking

After an exciting World Series, network managers can learn a lot from baseball.

Privacy group files OECD complaints over UK telco spying

While the OECD isn't a court and cannot impose sanctions, Privacy International hopes to get answers

Microsoft waves more security pros into the pool for $100K bounties

Moves step closer to traditional bug bounties by accepting novel techniques found in active attacks that skirt Windows' defenses

‘Selfish miner’ attack could devastate Bitcoin, researchers say

The researchers have proposed a fix to Bitcoin's algorithm