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Article | 9/05/2013 US lawmakers introduce apps privacy bill
New legislation introduced by a group of U.S. lawmakers would require mobile application developers to obtain consent from consumers before collecting...
Article | 9/05/2013 Adobe warns customers of unpatched critical flaw in ColdFusion
Adobe has warned users of its ColdFusion application server platform of a critical vulnerability that could give unauthorized users access to sensitiv...
Article | 9/05/2013 Name.com forces customers to reset passwords following security breach
Domain registrar Name.com forced its customers to reset their account passwords on Wednesday following a security breach on the company's servers that...
Article | 9/05/2013 Microsoft releases fix-it for Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability
Microsoft has released a temporary fix for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8, which was used by hackers in a prominent attack against th...
Article | 9/05/2013 Researchers find hundreds of insecure building control systems
Intruders used to creep in through ventilation ducts. Now they break in using the software that controls the ventilation.
Article | 8/05/2013 Study: US military too reliant on foreign-made equipment
The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at ...
Article | 8/05/2013 Senators want sanctions against countries supporting cyberattacks
Two U.S. senators will push Congress or President Barack Obama's administration to pursue trade and immigration sanctions against China and other coun...
Article | 8/05/2013 Spamhaus DDoS suspect extradited to the Netherlands
A 35-year-old Dutchman suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on antispam organization Spamhaus was extradited from Spain to the Netherland...
Article | 8/05/2013 Highly critical vulnerability fixed in Nginx Web server software
The development team behind the popular Nginx open-source Web server software released security updates on Tuesday to address a highly critical vulner...
Article | 8/05/2013 Stealthy Web server malware spreads further
A stealthy malicious software program is taking hold in some of the most popular Web servers, and researchers still don't know why.
Article | 8/05/2013 Proposed U.S. law aims to counter cybertheft with import bans
A bill proposed in the U.S. Senate aims to block imports of products containing U.S. technology stolen online, a move that appears primarily directed ...
Article | 7/05/2013 FTC sends warning letters to 10 data brokers
More than 20 percent of data brokers checked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission allegedly violated a U.S. privacy law when sharing personal data wit...
Article | 7/05/2013 EU data protection vote delayed again
An important vote on the future of the European Union's privacy laws has been delayed again.
Article | 7/05/2013 Apple's privacy policy violates German data protection law, Berlin court rules
Apple violates German data protection law by asking for users' broad, overall consent in its privacy policy, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled.
Article | 7/05/2013 AutoIt scripting increasingly used by malware developers
AutoIt, a scripting language for automating Windows interface interactions, is increasingly being used by malware developers thanks to its flexibility...