Wired senior staff writer Kim Zetter won a feature writing award from the Society for Professional Journalists of Northern California last week for her riveting story on how researchers discovered and dissected Stuxnet, a worm intricately programmed to wreak havoc on an Iranian nuclear facility.

And in a bit of nice timing, Zetter has officially committed to writing a book, tentatively titled Countdown To Zero Day, expanding on the tale. The book will investigate the implications of what is considered to be the first known virus intended to destroy critical infrastructure and the first shot...

For the second time in two years WikiLeaks announced it was suspending publication of secret documents due to financial difficulties.

The site has already failed to make good on months-old claims that it has a cache of new secrets to unleash, including internal documents from Bank of America, and the new announcement would postpone their publication even longer. WikiLeaks announced on Monday that it was halting publication because it was running out of cash and needed to focus on fundraising.

At the same time, the site announced that it planned to launch a new submission system on Nov. 28, a...