Microsoft To Acquire Enterprise Anti-Virus Security Provider Sybari Softwar

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Sybari Software Inc., a leading provider of security products that help more than 10,000 businesses worldwide protect their messaging and collaboration servers from viruses, worms and spam.

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IT industry's 12-point security plan

The Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), a consultative body of computer security professionals, yesterday published a 12-point list for securing America's IT infrastructure.

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Facebook Voter Registration App Asks for SSN w/o SSL

Encouraging young people to vote is a great idea, but asking for social security numbers with no encryption or security whatsoever is downright retardulous.

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MediaDefender Hacker Speaks Out

In September 2007, anti-piracy company MediaDefender's emails went public after a hacker gained access to their systems. The attacks cost the company a huge amount of money, not to mention acute embarrassment. Now the person behind the attacks speaks.

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Hackers Run Wild Spending BitTorrent Tracker’s Donations

The SuperTorrents BitTorrent tracker has been the subject of a major security breach, with hackers donating all the site's money to a religious group. The hackers even went as far as contacting the site's host and canceled all of their seedboxes.

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Big Brother Is Listening ... And Listening ... And Listening

"The NSA intercepts entire streams of electronic communications containing millions of telephone calls and e-mails. It runs the intercepts through very powerful computers that screen them for particular names, telephone numbers, Internet addresses, and trigger words or phrases. Any communications containing flagged information" are analyzed.

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Microsofts' spy patent can monitor even your heartbeat

Every aspect of computer users’ lives — from their heartbeat to a guilty smile — could be monitored and immediately analysed under the futuristic system detailed in Microsoft’s patent application. The systems work not only through desktop or laptop computers but even through mobile phones or handheld PCs

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The Pirates Can't Be Stopped

Ethan and I had first started talking over an untraceable prepaid phone...He eventually agrees to speak in person...He hands me a flash drive containing documents...He also pulls out a...sheet of paper bearing my name, the first five digits of my Social Security number, a few pictures...and addresses going back 10 years. "I had to check," he said.

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National Do Not Call Registry

The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. Most telemarketers should not call your number once it has been on the registry for 31 days. If they do, you can file a complaint at this Website. You can register your home or mobile phone for free.

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FBI Wiretaps Canceled for Non-Payment

Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay their phone bills on time.

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2504 Steps to Closing Your Facebook Account

Yes, it's true! I finally managed to close my Facebook account. It was a long, arduous road - the hardest part was slaying the Gorgon on level 16 - and I'm glad it's finally over.

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Boeing's New 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could allow passengers to access the plane's control systems,The computer network in the Dreamliner's passenger compartment, designed to give passengers in-flight internet access, is connected to everything the plane controls.

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Questions to Consider in the Coming Privacy Wars

It seems obvious that privacy is going to be a major point of contention in the near-term future. It's only going to get hotter as major online services compile huge amounts of data about us. There are a lot of "little questions" that we need to engage with as soon as possible. Here's my list of important questions, what's on yours?

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Sears: Come see the softer side of spyware

When you join an online "community," are you joining so that you can interact with like-minded users, or so that companies can track your every move on the Internet? Sears is banking on the latter, despite heavy criticism from security researchers.

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