The compromised Web sites included those belonging to Fortune 500 companies, weapons manufacturers and the U.S. Postal Service's www.usps.gov.

Four key categories of cyberthreats will likely dominate the security landscape during the next year.

Commentary: The public and the IT security industry have a lot of work to do to secure cyberspace.

Level of expatriate voting expected to be high for the presidential election, according to Overseas Vote Foundation.

Jetsetting federal workers should be careful about how they use the Internet connections supplied by hotels, as most are not secured properly.

A systems administrator for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing almost 20,000 pieces of computer equipment.

Amazon expects to offer companies the ability to run their apps on its hosted computing platform using Microsoft Windows Server or Microsoft SQL Server.

The Marine Corps is procuring 9,300 handheld and 6,100 vehicle-mounted radios through the Consolidated Interim Single Channel Handheld Radio Program.

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center has placed a $9.8 million order for pre-production sets of the next generation of aircraft radio terminals, based on the Joint Tactical Radio System software-defined radio and its waveforms.

DHS' cyber security chief says the government’s IT systems are safer, but there is still more work to be done.

The three documents, part of NIST's 800 series of special publications, are for wireless links and industrial controls.

Housing and Urban Development Department is moving toward service-oriented architecture to promote responsible, sustainable home ownership and maximize options for safe and affordable housing.

Law would make it easier for libraries to digitize collections containing works whose copyright holders are unknown.

Alternatives to traditional databases can deliver speed and simplicity.

Phoebus platform avoids TCP latency to help get research networks up to speed.

The activation of the Large Hadron Collider should produce an embarrassment of riches—namely, the wealth of data that will be generated by the world’s largest particle supercollider.

The state is waging a legal war against vendors of scareware apps, which are designed to pressure computer users into buying software or a service.

Four scientists who developed a program to improve wind forecasting have won NOAA’s Technology Transfer Award for their help in improving the accuracy of military supply airdrops.

Clickjacking happens when users are directed to malicious Web sites where hackers lay in wait to take control of a user's browser profile.

The “private browsing” feature in Internet Explorer 8 can prevent others from seeing what Web sites you’ve been visiting, but it doesn’t protect you against malicious code.