Security

Reports: NSA, FBI collecting content from Google, Facebook, other services

Major Internet companies let US agencies probe their servers, the Washington Post and the Guardian eported

Scope of NSA’s phone data snooping is ‘breathtaking’

Privacy advocates say reports about the operation confirm long-held fears

Seculert uses big data security analytics to precisely identify APTs and other malware

Hacker publishes alleged zero-day remote code execution exploit for older Plesk versions

The exploit targets a vulnerability that only affects unsupported Plesk versions, the software's creator said

Bill aims to discourage nations from sponsoring cyberattacks

The new legislation would deny US visas to cyberattackers sponsored by foreign governments

Design Automation Conference at 50: Bring on the women, cloud and maybe even open source

DAC speakers look back, forward at system design trends, including flight of talent to social network firms

Hot cloud products IT pros swear by

Cloud-based security, storage and management services are popular favorites among the IT pros who contributed to Network World's annual Fave Raves feature

Report: Secret court order gives US access to Verizon call records

The order gives the National Security Agency access to phone records and related data.

Bitcoin payments could be a landmine for companies

Bitcoin sales all recorded to a public ledger, meaning payments made to a company could lead to tracking of later payments made to that address

Online ring for trading in stolen credit card data busted

The conspirators based in Vietnam allegedly had data on over 1.1 million cards