CIA endorses cloud computing, but only internally (Patrick Thibodeau/Computerworld)

Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
CIA endorses cloud computing, but only internally  —  While it can improve security, the agency won’t be outsourcing data to Google or Amazon  —  Computerworld – WASHINGTON — One of the U.S. government’s strongest advocates of cloud computing is also one of its most secretive operations: the Central Intelligence Agency.

Source: CIA endorses cloud computing, but only internally (Patrick Thibodeau/Computerworld)

Securing the web (Larry Hardesty/MIT News Office)

Larry Hardesty / MIT News Office:
Securing the web  —  More and more, malicious hackers are exploiting web site security holes to attack their victims’ computers.  Programmers try to identify those holes in advance and plug them with code that performs security checks; but if they find a hundred holes and miss one, their programs are still insecure.

Source: Securing the web (Larry Hardesty/MIT News Office)

Big-Box Breach: The Inside Story of Wal-Mart's Hacker Attack (Kim Zetter/Threat Level)

Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Big-Box Breach: The Inside Story of Wal-Mart’s Hacker Attack  —  Wal-Mart was the victim of a serious security breach in 2005 and 2006 in which hackers targeted the development team in charge of the chain’s point-of-sale system and siphoned source code and other sensitive data to a computer in Eastern Europe, Wired.com has learned.

Source: Big-Box Breach: The Inside Story of Wal-Mart's Hacker Attack (Kim Zetter/Threat Level)

McAfee releases new security suite for Macs (Lance Whitney/CNET News)

Lance Whitney / CNET News:
McAfee releases new security suite for Macs  —  Updated 1:45am PST Tuesday with pricing information.  —  McAfee has released a new security suite designed to help businesses better handle security for their growing segment of Macintosh computers.  —  Targeting small to large companies …

Source: McAfee releases new security suite for Macs (Lance Whitney/CNET News)