The weak link was evidently a Bethesda, Md. defense contractor with an employee who downloaded peer-to-peer file-sharing software onto a computer with the sensitive file, a major security mistake Obama's Marine One secrets in Iran? A Pittsburgh TV station is reporting that a computer file containing...

A Pennsylvania company that monitors peer-to-peer file-sharing networks discovered a potentially serious security breach involving President Obama’s helicopter, Marine One, NBC affiliate WPXI in Pittsburgh reported. Sensitive information about Marine One was reportedly found by Tiversa employe...

RTFA: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7824939.stm The US National Security Agency has helped put together a list of the world’s most dangerous coding mistakes. The 25 entry list contains errors that can lead to security holes or vulnerable areas that can be targeted by cyber criminals. E...

Photo Illustration: Getty Images, iStockphoto Oh ho! Last night we learned that the kids at the State Department simply couldn't bear their curiosity about Barack Obama's passport file — it was just sitting there, after all, behind a password-protected encrypted firewall; you can hardly blame ...