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Apple's Ping dinged by spam
The new iTunes-based social network is getting hit by comment spam since Apple apparently left it vulnerable through a lack spam or URL filtering, according to Sophos.
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U.N. exec: Cyberwar could be 'worse than tsunami'
Proposal for a global "cyberpeace" treaty has met "a lot of resistance" from industrialized nations, says head of U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union.
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Facebook adds new remote log-out security feature
Facebook users who log in from multiple devices will soon have a way to make sure they are only logged in on the computer they are currently using.
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Nigerian scam tops list of decade's online cons
Notices of winning the lottery and requests from Russian women who want to know you better are also up there on Panda Security's ranking of decade's top Net swindles.
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India wants local servers from RIM, Google, Skype
India plans to ask the three companies to set up local servers in the country so that security agencies can monitor customer communications.
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Twitter plans to record all links clicked
In a move that could raise privacy concerns, the microblogging site said Wednesday evening that it will record and analyze every link users click on when using its Web site or any of the thousands of third-party apps.
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China requires cell phone subscriber IDs
New subscribers are asked for identification and existing subscribers are being encouraged to register their IDs with their numbers in what the Chinese government calls a crackdown on spam and fraud.
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Quantum crypto cracked, researchers say
Researchers claim to have cracked the quantum cryptography equipment used to cloak highly sensitive communications by banks and defense agencies.
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Sweden reopens rape probe of Wikileaks founder
After dropping a rape case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange last month, Sweden is reopening it for further investigation, according to reports.
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Cars: The next hacking frontier?
Efforts to make autos safer and more energy efficient with embedded computers and wireless technologies are also increasing security risks, experts say.
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Gmail, Skype now in India's crosshairs
India is poised to send notices to Google and Skype about the government's inability to monitor e-mail and conversations.
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3M to buy biometrics firm Cogent for $943 million
Cogent, which sells biometric ID systems to governments, law enforcement, and businesses, will be swallowed up by the massive conglomerate.
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RIM sidesteps BlackBerry ban in India
Indian officials say they will not ban BlackBerry services while they evaluate solutions that would allow them to satisfy security requirements.
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'LOL is this you?' spam spreading via Facebook chat
Spam message, which Facebook says it's looking into, is similar to ones used on Twitter earlier this year.
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Google working on Gmail spam issue
Company says it's fixing problem that first surfaced midweek for a small percentage of users whose e-mail messages were resent multiple times.
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RIM extends olive branch to Indian government
RIM offers to create industry forum to discuss ways in which India can access BlackBerry information while still preserving corporate security.
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Bad flash drive caused worst U.S. military breach
Breach in 2008 was wake-up call for Defense Department to create new cybersecurity strategy, says U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III.
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Rustock botnet responsible for 39 percent of all spam
The Rustock botnet is shrinking in size but its spam attacks are increasing in scale and intensity, security vendor Symantec said.
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Windows DLL bug hits dozens of apps
A flaw in the way Windows handles dynamic-link library and related files likely affects hundreds of applications and has already been used in malicious attacks in the wild.
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