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Rep proposes amendment to curb NSA spying, White House is not on board

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Rep proposes amendment to curb NSA spying, White House is not on board

07.24.2013 6:11 AM

The White House is opposed to an amendment to a defense spending bill that would limit spending on mass surveillance by the National Security Agency.

Does your IP address betray you to data-harvesters?

07.20.2013 2:45 PM

In today's world of hackers, stalkers, and cybercriminals, not to mention government spy programs and commercial sites that collect data about you in order to target ads, does your IP address rat you out to these information-gatherers?

 

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SIM card hack has severe implications for business

07.22.2013 12:47 PM

Individuals are at risk from new SIM card vulnerabilities, but businesses have it even worse.

Lawmakers push for federal data breach notification law

07.18.2013 12:42 PM

Lawmakers plan to resurrect national data breach notification legislation that has failed to pass in past sessions of Congress, but some advocates don't agree on what should be included in a bill.

U.S. lawmakers vote against reining in NSA phone records collection

07.24.2013 4:35 PM

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly rejected an effort to stop the National Security Agency from collecting millions of U.S. residents' telephone records.

New vulnerability in Java 7 opens door to 10-year-old attack, researchers say

07.18.2013 12:20 PM

A new vulnerability in Java 7 could allow attackers to bypass the software's security sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the underlying system.

National policy sought to alert consumers of data breaches

07.21.2013 11:42 AM

Technology trade group executives make the case for a single, nationwide standard for notifying customers in the event of a breach.

Researcher: SIM cards vulnerable to hacking

07.21.2013 10:43 PM

Millions of mobile phones may be vulnerable to spying due to the use of outdated, 1970s-era cryptography, according to new research due to be presented at the Black Hat security conference.

Canonical takes Ubuntu forums offline in wake of password breach

07.22.2013 8:00 AM

As for now the breach doesn't seem malicious as much as it is pointing out a security flaw.

SIM card vulnerabilities easy to fix, researcher says

07.23.2013 11:50 PM

A pair of severe security problems in millions of SIM cards should be easy for operators to fix, according to the German security researcher who found the issues.

US leads 'dirty dozen' of spam traffickers, Sophos study says

07.20.2013 10:30 AM

Sophos has selected its "dirty dozen" of countries that relay spam for the second quarter of 2013, and the U.S. has taken the top spot.

Report: Android spyware infections on the rise

07.23.2013 12:50 PM

About 1 percent of Android devices are infected with malware, according to Alcatel-Lucent's Kindsight Security Labs.

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