Security

Security researchers create undetectable hardware trojans

Method can be used to weaken hardware random number generators used for encryption

What the NSA and business (should) have in common

MIT team says space weather has taken out satellites

Satellites, key to Internet, GPS, world-wide communications, need to be hardened more

Space storms causing satellite failures that blunt Internet and TVs

MIT say solar flares and geomagnetic storms are the cause of most satellite failures in recent years

NIST doles out $7M in grants to ensure consumers’ online privacy and security

Georgia Tech among NIST grant recipients

4 ways to defend against DDoS attacks

Netfix plumbs pirate sites before buying TV shows

Proposed changes to WHOIS system called ‘extremely disquieting’

Air Force whacks 52-year old space fence

New, more powerful space fence to go up by 2017 but budget issues might threaten that project

Navy Yard shooter was IT worker with resume of gun violence

How did this suspect, twice arrested for reckless gun use, get a job on a military installation?