Security and privacy experts have been warning about the fundamental flaws in the certificate authority system for more than 15 years now, but for the most part those warnings have gone unheeded.

Recent site breaches like those at Kernel.org and Linux have prompted the Fedora Project to contact users to change their password and SSH public key before November 30 to avoid having their accounts marked as inactive.

Everyone knows that the first year of marriage can be a tough one -around three percent of them end in the first 12 months. Looks like the same can be true of malware marriages, with the union of the Zeus and SpyEye Trojan now in question.

Search-engine poisoning has been the bane of many Internet users' existence for a long time, and it's one of many security problems that seems to not be getting any better. In some ways, it may be getting worse, actually. One of the main problems these days is the use of legitimate-looking ads that direct users to malicious sites rather than sites to download applications such as Flash or Firefox.

A group of people affected by the TRICARE data breach in September has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Defense, alleging that the department and its health care organization didn't properly safeguard personal information that was stored on backup tapes stolen last month.

The new version of NoScript, the popular browser add-on that blocks JavaScript and other embedded objects from running on Web pages, is out in alpha form and it can now run on Android-based smartphones, giving users protection against script-based attacks on their mobile devices.

Does your wireless network seem slow? A recent study by Epitiro, a UK-based broadband-analysis firm, shows that consumers lose an average of 30 percent of the data speed their broadband connection supplies when they use Wi-Fi connections in the home.

Why the slowdown? You've probably heard that some household electronic devices, including microwave ovens, baby monitors, and cordless phones, hamper Wi-Fi performance.

Recent legal developments regarding privacy and data security have added new requirements, and the failure to comply could result in substantial liability.

You didn't pay your bill. We need our computer back. And here's a picture of you typing away on it, the computer rental company told a client as it tried to repossess the machine.

Those allegations appear in a federal lawsuit alleging that the firm, Atlanta-based Aaron's Inc., loaded computers with spyware to track renters' keystrokes, make screenshots and even take webcam images of them using the devices at home. The suit filed by a Wyoming couple Tuesday raises anew questions of how invasive custodians of technology should be in protecting their equipment.

Japanese researchers have created an automotive laser system to replace spark plugs.

Tiny ceramic lasers ignite the air and fuel mixture with concentrated optical energy.

The durable laser system has the potential to improve fuel efficiency and engine performance.

Opt out of marketing data bases! Do it now! And don't give out any personal information in response to an email, even if it appears to come from your bank or favorite store.

Microsoft has issued an update to its core malware protection engine that fixes a bug that could allow an attacker to gain LocalSystem privileges on a vulnerable machine if a specific set of odd conditions exist.

Conan O'Brien said it was just "an experiment,"but his sidekick-announcer Andy Richter looked perplexed as as the stage crew wheeled out a version of IBM's Watson computer to try its hand as announcer on the Conan show on Tuesday.

The recent rash of attacks against free and open source software projects continued this week with an attack that targeted SourceForge, the popular repository for open source projects. The attack compromised a number of separate systems, including the site's CVS system.

The administrators at SourceForge detected the intrusion on Wednesday and during the investigation, they discovered that the attackers had succeeded in gaining access to several machines. After the attack was discovered, they quickly took a number of services offline, including the CVS system, Web-based code browsing, file upload capability and interactive shell services.

Spammers aren't the only ones who have figured out that social networks like Twitter and Facebook are good for business. Sophisticated hackers conducting targeted attacks are also using the networks as a tool to manage malware installations on victims' networks, according to a new report from Mandiant.

Mandiant's latest "M-Trends" report, released on Thursday, says that the company has observed an increasing number of so-called "Advanced Persistent Threats" that are hijacking legitimate social networks and Web based services, including Facebook, Google Chat and MSN as command and control networks for malware installations. The revelation is part of a larger trend that saw sophisticated attacks on commercial entities outstrip attacks on the networks of government agencies and defense industry players, Mandiant reported.

A new report from the Conficker Working Group concludes that coordinated efforts to stomp out the botnet were a mixed bag: helping to thwart the worm's efforts to register Web domains that it used to spread, but failing to remove the worm from infected Windows computers.

Hewlett-Packard is recalling about 54,000 Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers. This action follows an earlier recall issued in May 2009, in which 70,000 units were recalled

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