Security

Google readies automated tool for those wanting to disappear from search results

Online tool will have a mechanism to prevent unauthorized takedowns, said a German DPA with knowledge of the matter

Google Apps users getting encrypted messaging that goes beyond Gmail

Google teams with ZixCorp to extend encryption service to emails sent to and received from non-Google mail systems

Google, Microsoft, Apple get perfect scores on user privacy report

Electronic Frontier Foundation gauges companies on protection

Microsoft posts tips for overcoming Windows 8.1 Update KB 2919355 errors

Microsoft has finally posted official (if partial) guidance on overcoming the seven most common errors when installing the must-have Windows 8.1 Update

Hortonworks snaps up and open sources Hadoop security solution

Hortonworks has acquired XA Secure and is preparing to contribute its functionality back to the community as an Apache project

Hortonworks snaps up and open sources Hadoop security solution

Snowden: The NSA planted backdoors in Cisco products

'No Place to Hide,' the new book by Glenn Greenwald, says the NSA eavesdrops on 20 billion communications a day -- and planted bugs in Cisco equipment headed overseas

How to fix problems with ‘revoked UEFI module’ patches KB 2920189 and 2962824

If you're trying to apply this month's Black Tuesday patches to UEFI systems or 'gen 2' VMs, watch out for glitches

Patch elephantiasis: Black Tuesday brings 1GB downloads

If you're trying to install this week's Black Tuesday patches, you may have to wait (and wait and wait) for almost 1GB of downloads. Here's why

Microsoft’s .Net Framework security updates further effort to phase out RC4 encryption

The company advises customers to stop using the RC4 cipher in TLS connections because of known weaknesses in the algorithm