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FAQs about hacks: Everything you need to know about the Syrian Electronic Army

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FAQs about hacks: Everything you need to know about the Syrian Electronic Army

08.28.2013 8:54 AM

What is the Syrian Electronic Army? What are they after? Should you be scared? Read on for the answers.

Not even long passwords will save you from a hack attack

08.27.2013 8:09 AM

Long passwords alone just won't cut it in now that the latest Hashcat update can crack 55 character passwords in relatively short order.

 

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Facebook got 25,000 government requests about users in the first half of 2013

08.27.2013 11:05 AM

Facebook's general counsel says that the vast majority of requests relate to criminal cases.

HyTrust enforces two-person approval for VMware security

08.25.2013 9:20 PM

Following up on customer feedback from U.S. intelligence agencies, VMware security systems provider HyTrust has updated its virtual security appliance so actions taken by administrators can be delayed until external approval for that action is granted.

Court documents: NSA collected thousands of domestic communications in 2011

08.22.2013 5:26 AM

According to a declassified document from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the National Security Agency acquired thousands of digital communications from Americans as of 2011 -- a misuse of its authority, the Electronic Freedom Foundation contends.

Privacy groups criticize proposed $8.5 million Google settlement

08.23.2013 4:40 AM

Five U.S. privacy groups have opposed a proposed $8.5 million settlement with Google in a class action lawsuit over search privacy, as it fails to require Google to change its business practices, they said.

Middle Eastern 'Molerats' hackers step up attacks

08.24.2013 7:55 AM

A wave of cyberattacks against Israeli and Middle Eastern targets this summer was the work of a highly active but shadowy hacktivist group that has started using Remote Access Trojans, security firm FireEye has warned.

China suffers major DDoS attack on .cn domain

08.26.2013 7:10 AM

China's Internet on early Sunday morning suffered a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that briefly disrupted and slowed access to sites in the .cn domain.

New York Times website hacked

08.27.2013 3:02 PM

Less than two weeks after suffering a prolonged website outage, the New York Times was knocked offline again on Tuesday--apparently as the result of a malicious hacking attack.

Hack of New York Times holds a lesson for all businesses

08.28.2013 10:08 AM

You may not be the New York Times or Washington Post, but recent attacks highlight weaknesses that all businesses should be aware of.

Cisco patches serious vulnerabilities in Unified Communications Manager

08.22.2013 6:24 AM

Cisco Systems has released new security patches for several versions of Unified Communications Manager (UCM) to address vulnerabilities that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands, modify system data or disrupt services.

Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

08.26.2013 6:24 AM

The U.S. National Security Agency reportedly cracked the encryption used by the video teleconferencing system at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

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