Computerworld - Email is at the center of the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus, one of the country's most decorated generals. The incident, which has shined a spotlight on cyber harassment, online privacy and digital ...
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The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition to test the ability of amateur cyber defenders to protect a simulated government IT system. The competition is designed and run by the government's communications ...
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Developer of"black silicon"laser texturing process for imaging and PV applications signs deal with In-Q-Tel. Laser-textured"black"silicon In-Q-Tel(IQT),the technology venture wing of the US Central Intelligence Agency(CIA),has ...
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The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition aimed at finding software developers to defend critical national infrastructure. The move comes in response to an increasing number of cyber-attacks aimed at ...
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The U.S. government -- minus key spy operations -- spent $11.36 billion to protect classified data in 2011, according to the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) The number has increased substantially over the past decade, from ...
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Two UK teenage members of hacktivist group LulzSec have pleaded guilty to charges linked with attacks on several high-profile websites. Ryan Cleary, 19, and Jake Davis, 18, admitted being part of LulzSec, an offshoot of the Anonymous ...
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The controllers of Flame,the most powerful cyber weapon discovered to date,have recently sent a kill command that removes the malware from some infected computers. However,the attackers are still in control of some ...
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Microsoft has released a security update for its Windows operating system to block three fraudulent certificates used by Flame,the most powerful cyber weapon discovered to date. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab,who discovered Flame ...
More than a hundred remote sensing satellites will be built over the next decade,at an estimated value of$17 billion. Satellite view The need for more and better imaging data will be the major driver behind a"healthy"market for ...
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