50% of cloud deployments are insecure, but Newvem’s new ‘Cloud Care’ will check yours for free

People have health care, and now clouds have "cloud care." The only difference? Cloud care is free.

Stormpath gives companies an easier way to authenticate users, with $8.2M

Cloud service providers need to authenticate hundreds of thousands of users every day. Stormpath wants to take over that responsibility.

Real names on Facebook safe for now, as German court says Irish law applies to its citizens

"The decisions are more than amazing," Thilo Weichert, a German privacy commission, said in a statement.

Reddit says Bitcoins are as good as gold (and credit cards)

Community news sharing site Reddit is the latest in a small (but growing) list of online services that are now accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment.

Adobe working on fix for ‘critical’ vulnerability in Reader and Acrobat

A dangerous hole in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat programs may let hackers completely take over your machine. The company confirmed that attacks are currently happening "in the wild" and that it is working on a fix.

Cylance gets $15M to put a little more prevention into your security plan

Security firm Cylance received $15 million in its first round of funding today. It hopes to use data and analysis to determine your likelihood of attack.

Broken Jawbone: Hackers steal email and passwords from users

Jawbone, which creates speakers and fitness devices, announced it was hacked this morning. Emails and hashed passwords were compromised.

Not content to wait on congress, President Obama signs cyber security executive order

While congress has yet to reach any sort of lasting solution regarding the nations growing cyber security problems, President Barack Obama has decidedly taken the first big step in an executive order signed earlier today.

Hacked TV station broadcasts emergency zombie alert

Montana TV station KRTV reported Monday that it was hacked and broadcast a hilarious and terrifying alert about the impending zombie apocalypse.

Social tracker: It knows where you are, when you’re there, and when you’ll be back

A tool created in a joint research project between the U.S. government and a defense contractor scrapes Foursquare, Facebook, and Twitter to predict where you'll be next.

Bad cyber security bill CISPA heading back to the House

Rumors of CISPA's demise were apparently greatly exaggerated, according to various privacy rights advocates and organizations today.

Secret Service probing hack on former president George W. Bush’s email

The Secret Service is looking to a hack on the email accounts of former President George W. Bush and five of his family members and friends.

3D printing piracy: ‘finally you can get exactly what you want’

In the future, any new product designs will be instantly copied, 3D scanned, and re-sold as 3D printing instructions, meaning that anyone will be able to own just about anything, almost for free.

Adobe issues another emergency Flash fix after Mac & Windows attacks

Adobe has issued an emergency fix to its Flash software, yet another incident where Flash shows vulnerabilities to hacks and exploits.

Steam quietly fixes bug that makes your private game info public

Steam, a platform where people can play games and keep track of stats, quietly fixed a bug that let people view your private profile information.