Security

Iris ID systems go mainstream

Iris recognition finally seems ready to break into the mainstream, particularly in banking and law enforcement, as prices drop and systems get easier to use.

IT hiring goes multimedia

Goodbye, boring curriculum vitae. Today's tech resumes are tricked out with video, social and graphic elements.

CAPTCHA crushed, new era of threats emerges

Startup Vicarious has demonstrated software that can break CAPTCHA challenges 90% of the time

‘Canary’ Chrome chirps when it smells malware

Google expands on work since 2011 to keep attack code off personal computers

Data breach notification laws, state and federal

A review with commentary for security C-Levels

‘Reform bill’ would codify ability of NSA to spy on Americans, critics say

U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's proposed legislation would legalize dragnet surveillance of Americans, privacy advocates warn

Car crash prevention technologies face huge challenges

Driver acceptance, costs, insurance, interoperability will test ubiquitous deployment of high-tech car crash tools

Finland says government communications hacked

It is likely that other European countries haven been breached too, the Finnish foreign ministry said

KitKat is out, but a lot of Android users won’t get it

Eye-opening ‘Morris worm’ turns 25 tomorrow

Here’s how a Boston PBS station covered the story at the time