Security

Hacking to rig election earns college student one-year prison sentence

After getting caught red-handed with keyloggers to win a student election, a college student tries to cover it up, and receives jail time as a result.

FBI Ransomware spotted on Mac OS X

The Mac version of FBI Ransomware said to be less difficult to remove than the Windows version

Decryption orders could violate human rights, Dutch judiciary council says

Ordering someone to decrypt his files could mean he's incriminating himself, the council said

Microsoft to feds: Let us explain our dealings with the NSA

Citing Constitutional guarantees, Microsoft asks help lifting the ban on talking about NSA, FBI requests for customer information

Security company to release testing tool for SAP mobile access

Boston-based Onapsis will release a tool next month that tests if SAP systems have been correctly configured for mobile device use

Microsoft denies giving government open access to customer data

If the government is cracking encrypted data Microsoft isn't providing the tools, company says

One year under Mayer, Yahoo no longer ‘dead company walking’

In her first year as CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer focused on acquisitions, mobile

Citrix edges VMware, Microsoft in VDI face-off

BYOD adds complexity to hosted VDI implementations

Alternative fixes released for Android ‘master key’ vulnerability

Many Android devices may still be vulnerable if operators haven't sent out updates

New Android malware lowers the bar for cyberciminals