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MIT researchers advance cloud security with end-to-end encryption
University researchers have taken an important step forward on cloud security by proving it's possible for a server to process encrypted data and to...
MIT researchers advance cloud security with end-to-end encyrption
University researchers have taken an important step forward on cloud security by proving it's possible for a server to process encrypted data and to...
Bitcoin payments could be a landmine for companies
Businesses that accept Bitcoins as payment risk making the transactions publicly traceable, which could get companies in trouble with government...
Windows 8.1 bolsters biometrics for authentication
Microsoft's next OS update offers native fingerprint reader support
McAfee offers business endpoint security suites for broader protection
Aiming to better address the security needs of businesses of all sizes that are facing increasingly complex attacks, McAfee has added two endpoint...
Spear phishing paves road for Advanced Persistent Threats
Cyber intrusions that remain undetected for long periods of time and leak information to hackers and online spooks are on the rise, spearheaded by an...
Layered defenses largely fail to block exploits, says NSS
Security experts have long touted a layered approach to cyber security as the most effective way to thwart network intruders, and the strategy is...
IT security vendors seen as clueless on industrial control systems
Many IT security vendors have a minimal understanding of industrial control systems (ICS) and try to sell technology that could easily damage the...
Experts ding DHS vulnerability sharing plan as too limited
The Department of Homeland Security's plan to selectively share information on zero-day vulnerabilities is too restrictive and should be opened up to...
Researchers develop industrial systems that watch for security breaches
University researchers have developed a methodology for enabling networked devices in an industrial control system to police each other for abnormal...
Feds' offensive fueling hacker underground, report says
The U.S. government is contributing to the Internet's underground economy by scooping up hacker tools to incorporate into offensive cyber weapons, a...
Companies, government unprepared for new wave of cybersabotage
A new wave of cyberattacks reportedly aimed at industrial control systems comes at a time when private companies and government are still struggling...
Lesson from the Google office hack: Do not trust third-parties
The recent hack of the building management system in a Google's Australian HQ demonstrates how organizations should not trust third-party installers...
Security practices wanting in virtual machine world, survey finds
While organizations have been hot to virtualize their machine operations, that zeal hasn't been transferred to their adoption of good security...
Experts wary of Pentagon cybersecurity report fingering China
A recent Pentagon report blaming the Chinese military for cyberattacks on U.S. government computers and defense contractors marks an escalation in...
Welcome sign for hijackers on 24-7 for 30% of social networkers
Online social networkers invite data marauders to compromise their accounts by choosing a convenient but risky option offered by many websites,...
LivingSocial breach scope widens on finding of 60% sharing logins
If having to reset 50 million passwords was not enough to worry about, Dashlane has found that about 60 percent of LivingSocial members reuse their...
Islamic group expands targets in bank DDoS attacks
An Islamic group that launched a third wave of high-powered denial-of-service attacks against U.S. banks in March have started targeting other...
More malware discovered from drone cyberattacks
Researchers following a cyberespionage campaign apparently bent on stealing drone-related technology secrets have found additional malware related to...
Failed authentication frequently thwarts online shoppers
About half of online shoppers are "very frequently" or "frequently" prevented from buying online good and services because they can't get their...