Security

Google’s Malaysia site latest to be felled in DNS attacks

Google is the latest victim of an ongoing spate of attacks on DNS records

Adobe’s source code was parked on hackers’ unprotected server

The files were encrypted but still sitting on an open Web server, security expert says

Soon, everyone will be searchable on Facebook

A setting that some people could use to prevent people from finding their Timeline will soon be gone

Battelle deploys quantum key-protected network in full production

Cites value of quantum crypto but says its limitations need to be overcome

People flock to anonymizing services after NSA snooping reports

However, even vendors offering those services can't guarantee 100 percent success in shielding data from government surveillance

Microsoft security guru: Abusing data should be a felony

EmTech MIT: Craig Mundie lays down the law on data privacy, cybersecurity

So much data, so little security — what happens if your city gets hacked?

Microsoft's Craig Mundie offer security suggestions to MIT Emtech conference; other experts tout smart cities technology

Gartner on smart machines: “Futurist fantasy” or future job menace?

Gartner says impact of smart machines is real

Hackers exploit vBulletin vulnerability to inject rogue administrator accounts

Users should delete the 'install' directories from their vBulletin deployments and upgrade to the latest version of the software

Researcher argues for open hardware to defend against NSA spying