These days every company conducting business on the Internet must be vigilant to stave off the endless onslaught of viruses and other malware. Attackers who use software programs to make…
DetailsThe primary developer behind banking Trojan SpyEye pleaded guilty January 28 to committing wire and bank fraud, according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sentencing is scheduled…
DetailsI have a pet peeve. It’s the use of the word “folks,” which has been popularized by the current administration. I know it makes the President appear avuncular and, well, folksy.…
DetailsUnder new Department of Justice rules, technology and telecommunications companies are now allowed to provide more information about government requests for customer data. However, they will still be restricted from disclosing…
DetailsVA Tech is one of the few institutions in the US that runs a full production, dual stack IPv4/IPv6 network. We’ve been running this dual stack network since 2005. All…
DetailsOn a bitter cold January day, the President of the United States appeared before a joint session of Congress to fulfill his Constitutional obligation to “from time to time give…
DetailsGlobal security company and defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp and data storage equipment maker EMC Corp, RSA’s parent company, have announced that they will jointly invest in technology projects including…
DetailsLate Monday three separate media outlets reported on how the NSA snoops on data transmitted from cell phone apps. The New York Times, The Guardian, and ProPublica each covered how…
DetailsThe CEO of Bitcoin New York-based exchange BitInstant, Charlie Shrem, was arrested and charged with money laundering. In the federal criminal complaint, the Southern District of New York charges that…
DetailsIn an interview with the BBC well know security expert Bruce Schneier declaimed that intelligence agency attacks on Internet infrastructure have broken trust. “The fact that it has been subverted in ways…
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