Glass Dragon: China's Cyber Offense Obscures Woeful Defense

The official line in Washington D.C. is that there’s a new Cold War brewing, with an ascendant China in the place of the old Soviet Union, and cyberspace as the new theater of war. But work done by an independent security researcher suggests that the Chinese government is woefully unprepared to...

Report: UK Firm Offered Custom Malware to Egyptian Security Services

Documents spilled into public by the political unrest in Egypt in recent months has shone a spotlight on the shadowy world of for-profit, custom malware creation for governments around the world. The anti malware firm F-Secure first called attention to documents uncovered by protesting Egyptians...

Facebook Used Social Authentication To Shield Tunisian Protesters

Faced with the Tunisian government’s efforts to hack the Facebook accounts of protesters, Facebook’s security team stepped up its use of social authentication to help secure protester’s accounts. A new account of the role of the Facebook in aiding widespread protests against the regime in Tunisia...