Security

Fraudsters use charities to test credit cards

As businesses get better at denying stolen credit cards, thieves are starting to use donations to charity as a means of testing card validity

Hackers go Robin Hood?

Court dismisses lawsuit against U.S. wiretapping

Update: Lawsuit against the NSA for a wiretapping program is dismissed because the plaintiffs haven't been hurt by the agency's actions

Security company launches eBay for bugs

Startup offers marketplace where details on unpatched software flaws can be bought and sold

Secure applications in a secure ecosystem: the next challenge

Reinventing a more secure Internet means adding authentication and building in access rights

Mpack installs ultrainvisible Trojan

Sophisticated piece of malware hides operates from within Windows kernel, thus avoiding detection by all but the most advanced security tools

GAO: Data breaches don’t often result in ID theft

Government report also cautions against adoption of notification laws that increase business costs without providing significant benefits to consumers

Talking Trojan says ‘bye bye’ to victims’ data

Despite mocking note, BotVoice.A's "brainless vandalism" can be spread only through p-to-p networks or storage devices

Microsoft to release six security updates next week

The updates will include three 'critical' patches for Windows and Excel

Mozilla security guru backs industry confab

Mozilla's Window Snyder says it may be helpful for the open-source community to gather at an industry-focused security conference