Security

Security group plans for a future without passwords

The FIDO Alliance encourages stronger use of biometrics and hardware tokens instead of passwords to identify users

Warning: Today’s Windows 10 security update has a known conflict with Office

Microsoft's Gabe Aul tweets that one of today's Windows 10 Tech Preview security updates has a problem -- but doesn't mention which one

The Turla espionage operation also infected Linux systems with malware

A newly identified Linux backdoor program is tied to the Turla cyber espionage campaign, researchers from Kaspersky Lab say

Microsoft: Feds’ bid to seize Irish emails threatens US citizens’ privacy

The US government would not allow another country to seize data stored on US soil in the same way, Microsoft says in a court filing

Microsoft falls short (again) in communicating about Windows 10 patch KB 3020114

The problem isn't with the bug, it's with the way Microsoft handled the bug. Redmond still hasn't updated the KB with a workaround

The 5 worst big data privacy risks (and how to guard against them)

There are enormous benefits from big data analytics, but also massive potential for exposure. Here's how to protect yourself and your employees

NSA spy program targets mobile networks worldwide

The beginning of the end of the private mail server

Thanks to overzealous filtering by mail relays, the small mail server is becoming an endangered species

A shadowy consortium opposes your Internet privacy

A cabal of communications companies wants to kill a new Internet standard that will make your Web experience faster and safer

Destructive malware that hit Sony Pictures similar to other data wiping programs

Researchers find similarities between Trojan program used against Sony Pictures and others used in South Korea and Saudi Arabia