Personal records for more than 309,000 students and staff were exposed this week in a "sophisticated" database attack at the University of Maryland, the university said Wednesday.
Jeremy Kirk | 20 Feb | Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice has made the right decision to not prosecute WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange for publishing leaks from former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, if a recent report in the Washington Post is correct, press freedom advocates said.
Grant Gross | 27 Nov | Read more
It is an accepted axiom of computer and network security that the human being is the weakest link. Researchers at the University of Maryland are applying traditional criminology concepts to demonstrate that human beings may be the weakest link for the attackers as well. The insights learned may help improve computer defenses and <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/223483/mcafee_corporate_espionage_is_the_currency_of_cybercrime.html">thwart potential attacks</a>.
Tony Bradley | 30 Nov | Read more