Security

Silent Circle moves away from NIST cryptographic standards, cites uncertainty

The company plans to replace AES and SHA-2 with Twofish and Skein in its encrypted communication services

More NSA leaks to come, Guardian says

Journalists from the British paper provide new details around the process for publishing leaks

Match.com, PlentyofFish, and BSkyB : Clueless about how to sign people up

By not verifying subscriptions clueless companies expose user details and irritate me

NSA encryption-defeating efforts will backfire, privacy advocates say

The agency's work against encryption will lead to a loss of trust in the government and US companies, some say

Forthcoming PCI changes will bring challenges for payment card network community

Expected in Nov., PCI v.3  is expected to include changes in remote access payment handling;  card storage say SSH Communications Security CEO, Tatu Ylonen

Public release of IE exploit could spark widespread attacks

Exploit module for yet-to-be-patched Internet Explorer vulnerability added to Metasploit

SAP seeks an edge from NSA surveillance worries

SAP's global data center network could give it an advantage over US-based vendors, says co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe

5 Millennials-in-the-Workplace Myths Busted

Privacy campaigners barred from releasing Facebook’s response to complaints

Europe-v-Facebook says it will fight what it calls a "gag order" from the Irish Data Protection Commissioner

Dell updates private cloud to become PCI compliant

Moves mark the company's new strategy of focusing on private, not public, clouds