National security experts said many questions remained about U.S. counterterrorism policy, including drone strikes.
Security experts said it makes sense that cybercriminals are turning to social networking sites.
Security experts said it was still too early to pinpoint the source of the attack.
Independent security experts said the scope of its complexity and method of operation suggests Flame was sponsored by a nation-state.
Security experts said 11 other flaws were known to malicious hacking groups.
Security experts said the attack used more sophisticated techniques than most distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks and targeted the Web's infrastructure, which led to other sites performing slowly.
Also helping are federal sentencing guidelines for convicted bank robbers introduced in 1987, which allow judges to add years for a criminal history or use of a weapon, security experts said.
Besides adopting enhanced security measures for big games, such as additional police on the field, universities need to do a better job of educating their fan base and conveying the need for restraint in celebration, security experts said.
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Microsoft has gradually been losing market share, largely due to concerns over security, experts said.
They had claimed the attack came in retaliation for France's recent military intervention against Islamist rebels in neighboring Mali, but security experts have said it must have taken weeks of planning to hit the remote site.
But the numbers don't paint a complete picture, said security experts.
Basically, companies should be careful in selecting firms to set up and host their e-commerce sites by getting references, using established firms and asking about privacy and security upfront, the experts said.
Security experts consulted by CNN said swabbing hands is a good move, and privacy advocates said they support the new swabbing protocols, provided the agency tests only for security-related objects and does not discriminate when it selects people to be tested.
The relatively muted reaction in Honduras to the May 11 incident in the country's Mosquitia region, reveals much about the Central American country's relationship with the United States and the dire security situation it faces, experts said.
The precision of the Brussels heist suggests extensive help from airport insiders, said air-security experts, who noted that all airports employ thousands of low-paid workers and face high staff turnover.
Government and hospital officials didn't comment on the reason for the transfer or Mr. Tsarnaev's current condition, but experts said the higher security offered at Devens likely contributed to the decision.
Last year, a report by the UN Security Council's Group of Experts said that M23 leaders "receive direct military orders" from Rwanda's chief of defence staff, Gen Charles Kayonga, "who in turn acts on instructions from the minister of defence", Gen James Kabarebe.
Despite the setback, officials from the Department of Commerce and the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, along with security experts from Microsoft, Cisco and other companies, said Thursday that they are making progress on a plan for cooperation and collaboration in the effort to protect the nation's digital infrastructure.
Following the toppling of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, experts said, Libya also suffers from lax security.
The British charity Oxfam said it was sending water engineers and food security experts on Wednesday to assess the extent of the damage.
Security experts who have been able to confirm the intrusion through access logs provided by Dmitri said Microsoft must tighten its defenses.
The Times said in an extensive article dated Wednesday that it had worked with computer security experts to monitor, study and then eject the attackers.
"The criminals responsible for this spam campaign are experts at exploiting social engineering to propagate their botnets, " said Bradley Anstis from security firm Marshal.
Speaking at the same forum, President Barack Obama's former national security adviser said he believes 2012 will be a pivotal year in dealing with Iran, which experts believe is creating materials for a nuclear weapon.
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After months of investigation by the computer security firm Mandiant, experts are still unsure how the hackers initially infiltrated the Times's computer systems, the report said.
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