Stories by Paul Wagenseil

The Heartbleed Internet security flaw has made a mess that might not be cleaned up for awhile

The disruptions, centered in western Europe, were largely unnoticed even when occurring. They may prompt a fix for a security flaw in the domain name system underpinning the Internet

Tips: Do not give any online retailer your credit card information; use two-factor authentication in g-mail; and do not "daisy chain" e-mail accounts

ISPs redirected traffic early this week to protect customers from DNSChanger malware, but the move could be seen as just kicking the can down the road

The drive can overwrite its memory cells with junk data so it can't be read or send an electric pulse to flood the memory cells and burn them out

These devices are completely open and available to be exploited, a researcher says