Security

Obama calls for review of surveillance programs

The president calls for more transparency about the NSA data collection and some changes to the surveillance court

Encrypted email vendor: Don’t trust private data to companies with physical ties to the U.S.

Lavabit, Silent Circle shut down secure email operations in no-win faceoff with federal law

Dangerous Linux Trojan could be sign of things to come

RSA expert details "Hand of Thief" banking Trojan

Arbor’s Fort Disco botnet has a hit list of more than 400,000 domains

Arbor Networks reveals a massive password bruteforcing attack campaign that remains active to this day.

Microsoft slams Gmail’s ‘Gspam’ in latest Scroogled attack ad

Resurrects anti-Google negative campaign with shot at Gmail's inbox ads

Time Warner’s CBS blackout could be fueling online piracy

10 Jaw-Dropping Facts About Mobile Phones

Zscaler finds a ‘big number’ of Google Play apps with overly aggressive adware

Chrome’s password security insanity can be cured

Prompted by blow-up over Chrome's apathy about password security, expert urges Google to lock passwords with a master key

Snowden revelations may cost U.S. cloud providers billions, says study

Debate begins over whether the EU can really damage U.S. cloud leadership