In Pictures: The biggest Internet security challenges of 2013
From the attack on privacy and Cryptolocker to Eric Snowden and the NSA, it's been a challenging year
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US spy agency issues an alert to enterprise organizations that decrypt TLS-protected communications as part of the security strategy.
Shutdown computers that aren't patched against BlueKeep flaw that Microsoft delivered a patch for in May, warns security expert.
Cyberattacks emanating from Iran have prompted a warning from US officials to use two-factor authentication.
And that means someone else out there could too and compromise about a million vulnerable systems.
The Bluekeep flaw has Microsoft and cybersecurity agencies worried.
Robert D Lonsdale, Jr runs his business from two computers in different states. He needs to keep files synced between them, but he would "prefer not to use a cloud service."
Lincoln Spector | 31 Jul | Read more
Putting sensitive data in email messages or cloud storage should give you the heebie-jeebies, but a good dose of cryptography can give you peace of mind. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) or its open-source implementation, OpenPGP, is the gold standard of encryption online, and when used properly, has the potential to thwart even the likes of the NSA.
Eric Geier | 22 Aug | Read more
How the Snowden leaks have contributed to the larger conversation about privacy and security.
Kacy Zurkus | 26 Oct | Read more
Thoughts from Chris Inglis, former Deputy Director of NSA, about whistleblower Edward Snowden’s reasons for leaking classified NSA documents
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 31 Mar | Read more
The cracks in the armor of most enterprise websites are many including recurring holes in OpenSSL, PHP, and WordPress and are largely due to a combination of extensive customizations paired with a shortage of testing and fixing of vulnerabilities when compared with that of long-standing commercial OS software.
David Geer | 20 Jun | Read more
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, ranked as the most authoritative science and technology think tank in the U.S. (second in the world behind Max Planck Institutes of Germany), has just released its latest report on the impact of the existence and disclosure of the broad NSA national and international spying programs.
Rob Enderle | 13 Jun | Read more
The Department of Homeland Security may be complaining that encryption is interfering with their attempts to eavesdrop on criminals and terrorists -- but they're not the only ones inconvenienced.
Maria Korolov | 05 May | Read more