Security

Google gets kudos for tossing older Chrome plug-in API

Social media, mobile phones top attack targets

CIOs Share How They Made the Leap to CEO

Indian biometric ID project faces court hurdle

The country's Supreme Court has ruled for now against making the biometric ID mandatory for receiving services

Google yanks sketchy iMessage clone for Android from app store

People who probed the app's innards suspected it was harvesting Apple ID credentials

Virginia Tech breach exposes data on 145K job applicants

University blames human error for compromise that exposed names, addresses, employment and education history

Single system melds physical security monitoring for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber system brings analog-IP security cameras and other physical monitoring support into one central management package

Former senators say Congress needs to rein in the NSA

Mondale and Hart call for an independent surveillance task force

Cancel data sharing deal with US, EU politicians urge

Allegations that the NSA spied on banking data anger European Parliament members

Chrome will block NPAPI plug-ins over stability, security concerns

Google plans to completely remove support for NPAPI plug-ins from Chrome by the end of 2014