internet security

I see they have a program that can break or compromise web security. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security Assuming I use GPG to generate a 2048-bit key with a good pass phrase, and do all my encryption/decryption offline to produce email attachments...

I have a question about security. I know the prevailing wisdom is that the most secure method of storing a password is with a salted hash, so that it is encrypted in a way that can never be decrypted. What I was wondering is why this is considered a better way to operate than simply encrypting...

I've been using linux to access the internet and I got to the stage where I didn't bother putting windows back on (I was dual-booting for a while) last time I reinstalled. I've put Windows 7 on my other computers and they've put out an update for it which you can only download from windows (it...

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet (CNET) Of course it's not really "control", it's just the power to destroy. I wonder what sort of thing would provoke an official declaration of cybersecurity emergency.