Security

Some privacy advocates question mobile apps agreement

A code of conduct approved this week isn't enforceable, one critic says

Latest Cisco scammer allegedly netted whopping $37 million

Suspect said to have spent haul on real estate, cars … and his kids’ college funds

Critics urge end of passwords, but alternatives not ready for prime time

Microsoft: Almost 90 percent of Citadel botnets in the world disrupted in June

The malware was removed from forty percent of computers in those botnets, the company said

Tech Market Davids vs. Goliaths, Wearables and the Future of IT

Open-source project, Crypton, seeks to make encryption easier

Crypton is a framework that lets applications encrypt data in the browser before it is sent to a remote server

Oil, gas field sensors vulnerable to attack via radio waves

Researchers with IOActive say they can shut down a plant from up to 40 miles away by attacking industrial sensors

Tight NSA spy vote gives hope to program critics

Privacy rights groups, others see 12-vote margin in U.S. House vote as a sign of growing opposition to domestic spy program

SQL flaws remain an Achilles heel for IT security groups

Another example: Five charged today with using SQL injection attacks to breach corporate networks to steal some $300 million from U.S. businesses

How to avoid a social engineering attack at Black Hat and Def Con