Security

Shutdown could test IT security at federal agencies

Agencies would have skeletal IT teams in place to manage systems

10 encryption tips for the enterprise

Security company scours ‘Dark Web’ for stolen data

Companies are looking for new ways to monitor the brisk trade in stolen information on underground forums

Symantec seizes part of massive peer-to-peer botnet ZeroAccess

Researchers freed 500,000 infected computers from operators of the ZeroAccess botnet

Former Qwest CEO out prison, blames NSA for troubles

Nacchio says Snowden leaks back up what he's been saying all along

Tech firms push for NSA surveillance transparency bills

Google, Facebook, Apple and other companies call on Congress to move quickly on NSA legislation

Cisco, Intel push ‘trusted geolocation in the cloud’

Trusted Computing Group module can be used to contain data geographically  

Brute-force malware targets email and FTP servers

Researchers find Fort Disco malware variants launching brute force password guessing attacks against POP3 and FTP servers

Debunking data breach myths

Most of the perceived reasons for data breaches are myths. Let's break them down.

Cloud Security Alliance’s new guidelines focus on mobile, data management

CSA recommends what users should look for from cloud providers