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Airbnb calls hosts 'micro-entrepreneurs' in need of new laws
Addressing his company's legal battle with New York over its users' data, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said on Tuesday that maybe the current laws...
Facebook forces some users to reset passwords because of Adobe data breach
Facebook locked some users out of their accounts after determining that their log-in credentials were exposed as a result of a security breach at...
Banking malware infections rise to highest level since 2002
Malicious software aimed at stealing online banking credentials surged in the third quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2002, according to...
Many IT leaders' top concerns don't jibe with organizations' priorities
Top IT pros have plenty to be thankful for these days: rising budgets, salaries and job tenures among them. But when it comes to IT management and...
How security is using IAM to manage BYOD
What do smartphones and corporate credit cards have in common? Very soon, both will be monitored by employers in an effort to detect abnormal or...
British spies reportedly spoofed LinkedIn, Slashdot to target network engineers
British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) reportedly used spoofed LinkedIn and Slashdot pages to compromise the...
Can the new HIPAA rule cut PHI breaches?
In the endless conflict over the protection of PHI -- Protected Health Information -- the good guys appear to be losing more battles, but winning the...
Payment card industry gets updated security standard with new requirements
The PCI Security Standards Council released version 3.0 of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and corresponding Payment Application Data...
DOJ continues scrutiny of underground market sellers, arrests arms vendor
The U.S. Department of Justice is scrutinizing sellers on underground online marketplaces, and on Thursday said federal agents had arrested one...
App wrapping secures sensitive data even on malware-infected, jail-broken, unmanaged mobile consumer devices
App wrapping has emerged as a way to give IT the rare opportunity to say “yes” to user choice while simultaneously enabling a more secure, extended...
NSA spying prompts open TrueCrypt encryption software audit to go viral
A unique effort to crowdsource a security audit of the popular TrueCrypt open source encryption software appears to be going viral three weeks after...
Silk Road online drug marketplace resurfaces
The Silk Road online marketplace has resurfaced about a month after U.S. officials shut down the website that was only accessible through the Tor...
Bruce Schneier wants to make surveillance costly again
The ongoing revelations of governmental electronic spying point to a problem larger than National Security Agency malfeasance, or even of security...
Google clamps down on password security in Chrome 'Canary'
Google has begun work on shutting a hole in its Chrome browser that lets casual thieves steal website and Web service passwords.
Spike in traffic with TCP source port zero has some researchers worried
A significant increase this weekend in TCP traffic with source port zero detected could be part of reconnaissance efforts in preparation for more...
5 ways that BYOD is shaking up tech support
Amid the clamor of "bring your own device" (BYOD), a question lurks in the background: "What happens to technical service and support?" Concerns for...
Adobe confirms stolen passwords were encrypted, not hashed
Researchers have revealed, and Adobe has confirmed, that the millions passwords stolen during the breach in October were not originally stored...
Beyond breach prevention: The need for adequate response
If there's been any lesson learned in the past decade, it's that despite tens of billions having been spent on anti-malware, firewalls,...
In Wake of BlackBerry's Demise, CIOs Look to Samsung, Apple and Microsoft
BlackBerry's fall means CIOs must quickly develop a new mobile strategy. The big three of enterprise mobility are familiar names -- Apple,...
CryptoLocker creators try to extort even more money from victims with new service
The creators of CryptoLocker, a piece of malware that encrypts user data and holds it for ransom, are giving users who removed the malicious program...