ITworld Security

French privacy authority gives Google 3 months to change its ways

IDGNS staff — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:51:48 +0000

France's data protection authority has given Google three months to change the way it handles users' private data, or face legal sanctions.

At prices this low, the NSA can’t afford to not spy on us

Phil Johnson — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Data storage experts estimate the cost to the NSA of storing surveillance data on all Americans - and it’s surprisingly affordable

With faster 5G Wi-Fi coming, Wi-Fi Alliance kicks off certification program

IDGNS staff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:02:59 +0000

The Wi-Fi Alliance unveiled a certification program for 802.11ac Wi-Fi (also known as 5G Wi-Fi) designed to make sure devices using the wireless technology interoperate with older hardware.

Apple pours OS X Snow Leopard another Java fix

IDGNS staff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:18:02 +0000

Apple on Tuesday patched Java 6 for OS X Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion, fixing 34 flaws that Oracle addressed the same day for Windows.

15 ways to protect your ecommerce site from hacking and fraud

IDGNS staff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:16:37 +0000

Ecommerce and security experts share their best tips and advice.

Many companies are negligent about SAP security, researchers say

IDGNS staff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:31:47 +0000

SAP has significantly improved the security of its products over the past few years but many of its customers are negligent with their deployments, which exposes them to potential attacks that could cripple their businesses, according to security researchers.

FBI director defends phone surveillance program

IDGNS staff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:57:32 +0000

A telephone records surveillance program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security Agency raises serious privacy concerns and should be reined in, some U.S. senators said Wednesday.

Amazon Web Services: We’ll go to court to fight gov’t requests for data

Nancy Gohring — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:39:55 +0000

AWS said it will disclose government requests for data to customers and help customers fight such requests

Microsoft launches security bounty programs for Windows 8.1 and IE 11 Preview

IDGNS staff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:03:59 +0000

Microsoft will pay security researchers for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in the preview version of its Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) browser, for finding novel techniques to bypass exploit mitigations present in Windows 8.1 or later versions and for coming up with new ideas to defend against exploits.

Data wiped from 630 Megaupload servers

IDGNS staff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:11:36 +0000

LeaseWeb, one of Europe's biggest hosting providers, has wiped 630 servers that contained Megaupload data and countered claims from the company that the file-sharing site wasn't warned.

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