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Microsoft Set to Update IE (Again) for August Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has issued its advanced notification for the upcoming Patch Tuesday update cycle, set to be released on Aug. 13. I personally have never...

Microsoft Improves Yammer Security

When one company buys another, a lot of things are in motion, and one area that is often overlooked in my experience is security....

Is Google’s Chrome Browser’s Password Security Strategy ‘Insane’?

For almost as long as there have been Web browsers, there have been Web browser mechanisms to help users store passwords for the sites...

Tor Privacy Network Breached: I Told You So

Approximately two and a half years ago, Tor (The Onion Router) Web anonymity project announced that was was going to build its own Web...

DEF CON Reminds Us of the Importance of Physical Security

Working in the bits and bytes software world of IT security, it's often easy to forget that the world around us still very much...

Def Con ‘Crack Me if You Can’ Contest Picks Apart Passwords

LAS VEGAS—The annual Def Con Hacking Conference is in full swing this weekend and with it comes all the events and competitions that are...

NSA Leaker Snowden Wins Black Hat Pwnie for ‘Epic 0wnage’

LAS VEGAS—For as many years as I've been coming to Black Hat, one of my favorite activities has been sitting in the Pwnie awards.The...

Why Isn’t Charlie Miller Speaking at Black Hat This Year?

One of the highlights for me in any given year that I'm at Black Hat, is seeing big name hackers do what they do...

NASA Repeatedly Attacked, Jet Propulsion Lab Compromised

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was under heavy attack over the past two years, as adversaries tried to infect machines with malware or...

RSA 2012: Chrome OS vs iCloud

Google and Apple harnessed the power of the cloud the benefits of working in the cloud with Chrome OS and iCloud, but according to...