Security

Port knocking: A security idea whose time has come

Requiring a "combination" before connecting clients to network services is a good idea -- it can't hurt, and it just might help

Do you believe in the power of telecom mergers?

Verizon and AT&T must prove they can be as agile and customer-focused as the niche players

Congress lashes agencies for Fs in cybersecurity

Failing grades at the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense prompt one congresswoman to fear her homeland is not secure

Use numbers to fight cybercrime, show told

Secuity firm Verdasys' vice president and chief scientist Dan Geer urged users to 'measure something' in how their IT systems perform

Coalition calls for action on phishing

In a report, consumer groups, technology vendors, financial services organizations and law enforcement agencies, calls on Internet companies to step up consumer education efforts

French bill may drive away open-source developers

Microsoft goes public with Blue Hat hacker conference

Microsoft promises to publish details on secretive, invitation-only security event

New Trojan encrypts data, demands ransom

Number of 'ransomware' schemes appear to be growing, Sophos exec says

Feds get failing grade in computer security report

The scorecards give failing grades to some of the agencies most critical to the nation's defense, including Fs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Update: RFID tags are subject to viruses, says study

Researchers have created a proof-of-concept, self-replicating RFID virus