Security

Google asks to make surveillance orders public, citing First Amendment

The company has asked the US surveillance court to rule that it has free speech rights to publish data about requests

Expanded ‘2-person rule’ could help plug NSA leaks

NSA, FBI, DOJ officials tell Congress secret programs are vital to U.S. security; outline ways to keep sysadmins from leaking classified data

US states’ attorneys general to take aim at Internet ‘safe harbor’ law

The federal law limits state attorneys general seeking to prosecute online violations of their criminal laws

NASA issues Grand Challenge, calls for public, scientific help in tracking threatening asteroids

NASA trying to fast-track asteroid research and mitigation systems

US officials: Surveillance programs helped stop 50 terrorist plots

The NSA surveillance programs are subject to rigorous oversight by courts and Congress, officials say

Source code for Carberp financial malware is up for sale at a very low price, researchers say

This will likely result in other banking Trojan programs being created, researchers from Group-IB said

Google Glass privacy concerns raised by international data protection authorities

Officials asked Larry Page if they can test the frames and for details on how Google will use the data the device collects

Swedish court OKs Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm Warg’s extradition to Denmark

The decision to extradite the Pirate Bay co-founder can be appealed

Wall Street sets example for testing security defenses

Start-up tackles advanced persistent threats on Microsoft, Apple computers

CrowdStrike's Falcon allows for range of responses to enterprise network attackers