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Hack Reports Fly Ahead of China, US Presidents’ Meeting

Numerous new accusations have kept cyberespionage firmly in the media spotlight in the run-up to President Barack Obama's meeting this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

Chinese Hackers May Have Pinched US Military Designs

Chinese hackers were accused of stealing the designs for more than two dozen U.S. military weapons systems in a report appearing Monday in The Washington Post ...

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‘Comment Crew’ Back in Action Against US Cybertargets, Says Mandiant

China and Iran were accused last week of renewing their cyberattacks on U.S. computer systems after a brief hiatus ...

Intel Puts Its Chips on ‘New Devices’

Intel's new CEO Brian Krzanich showed Tuesday he's ready to put his stamp on the chipmaking giant by announcing a company reorganization that includes a division for new devices ...

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Island Nation’s Web Domain Now Paradise for Spammers

Chances are you've never heard of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, but you may be familiar with its former Internet domain: PW ...

Microsoft Plans Meek Summer Update to WP8

It appears that Microsoft won't be rocking the Windows Phone 8 boat very much until 2014 ...

Bank Internet Links Can Give Hackers Keys to Vaults

Willie Sutton once said that he robbed banks because that's where the money was. If Sutton were living today, he might have made the career move to hacker ...

Obama May Pick Twitter Lawyer for Privacy Post

The Obama administration appears to be sending a message to privacy advocates that it's taking their issue seriously by creating a new position devoted to it -- and choosing a high-profile tech lawyer to occupy it ...

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Scan of Entire Internet Reveals Too Many Leaky Devices

There are 3.7 billion IP addresses on the Internet, and HD Moore has pinged every one of them ...

Airbnb Declares No Vacancies for Anonymity

Authentication requirements for some travelers looking for shared accommodations around the world will be getting a little tougher ...

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Report: Criminals Put a Bull’s-eye on Web Infrastructure

Cybercriminals have begun focusing their malicious endeavors on the sinew of the Internet to reap greater rewards ...

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Social Sharing May Be Eroding Office Security

It's no secret that security experts don't have a lot of love for social media. Information freely available at social media sites makes it easier for net marauders to fashion targeted attacks on organizations ...

Mystery Computer Problem Grounds All AA Flights

American Airlines created a nightmare for its customers for at least two hours Tuesday. Its electronic reservation system wentdown in the middle of the afternoon, forcing the carrier to hold allflights until after 4:30 p.m. ET. The incident may have exposed a rift between AA and Sabre, the company managing its computerized reservations system, which used to be part of the airline...

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Report: Big Biz Shakes Off Hack Attacks

A lot of noise has been made about the consequences of data breaches for companies, but a recent survey of some of the largest U.S. businesses may have wrapped those noisemakers in a muffler ...

Google Gives Play a Spring Cleaning

Google has revamped its Google Play Android app with designs on making it easier to use and better for discovering content. The search giant is also thinning its app catalog by removing what it considers to be low quality offerings. ...

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Trusteer Ventures Into the Chinese Hackers’ Den

China has a reputation as a center for international hacking, so why would a U.S. security company want to set up shop there? ...

Feds Crown Winners of Robocall Whacking Contest

Nothing steams consumers like robocalls, which is why the Federal Trade Commission launched a contest last year calling for ideas to tackle the nuisance. The winners of that challenge were announced Tuesday ...

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Scant Brain Power Behind Massive DDoS Attack

One of the largest denial of service attacks in the history of the Internet didn't take rocket science to execute ...

Linux Devs Take Win 8 Secure Boot Complaint to EC

Microsoft is once again being challenged in Europe over alleged anti-competitive practices ...

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Cyberattackers Brewed Special Malware Cocktail for South Korea

Cybersecurity news had a distinctive international flavor last week ...

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