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Apple's new encryption to lock out government
Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)
Apple is rolling out new privacy protections for iPhones and iPads, with a new system that makes it impossible for the company to unlock a device even with a wa...
China says US hacking charges 'fabricated out of thin air'
Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)
Beijing on Thursday strongly denied a US congressional panel's claim that Chinese government-linked hackers had launched dozens of cyberattacks on American defe...
US accuses China of hacking into defense contract firms
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese hackers believed to be linked to Beijing conducted dozens of cyberattacks on US defense contractors between 2012 and 2013, potentially compromising mili...
US bolstering cyber defense with new corps: NSA chief
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
The US military is building a new cyber defense corps that can be used to protect the nation and possibly for offensive purposes, the commander of the unit said...
Government data requests up 150 pct in 5 years: Google
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
Google said Monday that worldwide government requests for user data rose 150 percent over five years, as the Internet giant renewed its call for reforms to allo...
New cyber-protection system on market
Sep 15, 2014 (UPI)
The first all-in-one cloud-based monitoring and investigative platform has been launched by Cyveillance, a provider of cyber-intelligence solutions. Called Cybe...
Turing biopic wins Toronto film festival top prize
Sep 14, 2014 (AFP)
"The Imitation Game," a biopic of British codebreaker Alan Turing starring Benedict Cumberbatch, won the Toronto film festival's top prize Sunday, confirming it...
US threatened Yahoo with huge fine over surveillance
Sep 11, 2014 (AFP)
US authorities threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it failed to comply with a secret surveillance program requiring it to hand over user data in the name...
Lockheed Martin to help in Aussie data processing system revamp
Sep 10, 2014 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Australia is to provide centralized data processing services to Australia's Department of Defense. The services, under a contract worth about $7...
Bush-era memos: president can wiretap Americans at all times
Sep 06, 2014 (AFP)
The US Justice Department has released two memos detailing the Bush administration's legal justification for monitoring the phone calls and emails of Americans ...
Hacking Gmail with 92 Percent Success
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
A team of researchers, including an assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, have identified a weakness bel...
High fingerprint matching rate for NEC technology
Aug 22, 2014 (UPI)
Fingerprint identification technology from NEC Corporation of America achieved top place in testing by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. ...
US hospital firm: Chinese hackers stole patient data
Aug 18, 2014 (AFP)
Community Health Systems, a major US hospital operator, said Monday that hackers likely from China broke into its systems and stole identification data for some...
China launching 'severe' cyber attacks on Taiwan: minister
Aug 13, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan's science and technology minister said Wednesday that China is launching frequent cyber attacks on the island despite warming ties between the two former...
China tightens controls on Internet messaging apps
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
China is banning users of Internet messaging services from posting political reports without permission, and demanding they promise to "uphold the socialist sys...
General Dynamics Fidelis joins CrowdStrike Intelligence Exchange
Aug 06, 2014 (UPI)
General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions is providing enhanced protection capability for customers through a partnership with CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike i...
Judge rejects Microsoft's defense of overseas data
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
A judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Microsoft to derail a warrant demanding that email data from servers in Ireland be turned over to US prosecutors. Microsof...
Microsoft challenging US on overseas data
Jul 30, 2014 (AFP)
In a case closely watched by the tech sector, Microsoft will challenge Thursday a US court order requiring it to give prosecutors electronic mail content associ...
Country Web domains can't be seized: regulator
Jul 30, 2014 (AFP)
The Internet's regulatory authority said Wednesday that country-specific Web domains cannot be seized in court proceedings, as it sought to quash an effort to r...
Canada says China hacked science agency computers
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
Canada accused China on Tuesday of hacking into the computers of its research and development arm, which Beijing strongly denied. China partners each year with ...
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