Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based solar module giant, said on March 11, 2013, that it has signed a forbearance agreement with the holders of more than 60% of the firm's 3% convertible notes. The forbearance agreement between Suntech and ...
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Enterprises that use mobile device management (MDM) systems to protect their corporate data on employees' mobile phones are not safe from attacks from spyphones, researchers warned at BlackHat Europe on Thursday. Over the next five years, ...
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China has offered to open discussions with the US on the issue of cyber security, following tit-for-tat accusations by both sides of hacking and stealing data from government and corporate websites. The Chinese offer follows comments by ...
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Strategies Unlimited has issued new figures since the first edition of this article. Solid State Technology now brings you updated figures and additional information on the worldwide LED market. LED component revenue for lighting ...
The Reserve Bank of Australia's computer systems have fallen victim to cyber hacking in at least two highly sophisticated online attacks. Documents released by the RBA show that the central bank was the victim of a "highly targeted" email ...
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Recent reports from antivirus companies seem to suggest that the number of Android malware threats is growing. However, there are still many skeptics who say the extent of the problem is exaggerated. The security industry has an ...
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Recently, consumers nationwide have received a phone call from federal employees, informing them that they're among the first Americans selected to receive health-insurance cards as part of the Affordable Care Act. Before they mail out ...
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China and India were the top two “victim” countries in the Asia Pacific, according to a recent Web threat report. Conducted by Web and mobile security firm Websense, the 2013 Threat Report also ranked Taiwan, Philippines, ...
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Skeptical consumers, take heed: If you receive a notice that your personal data has been breached, pay attention and take free self-help steps to protect yourself from identity fraud. Data-breach notifications have become an increasingly ...
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Evernote, developer of business and consumer productivity software for note taking and doing research, is forcing all of its 50 million users to change their passwords after detecting a hacker intrusion on its systems. The attacker gained ...
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Evernote, which makes business and consumer productivity software for things like taking notes and doing research, is forcing all of its 50 million users to change their passwords after detecting a hacker intrusion on its sytem. The ...
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Security researchers have identified an ongoing cyber-espionage campaign that compromised 59 computers belonging to government organizations, research institutes, think tanks and private companies from 23 countries in the past 10 days. ...
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A cyber espionage operation dubbed MiniDuke has targeted government organisations in as many as 23 countries, security vendors said on Wednesday. The malware uses well-crafted PDF documents to trick recipients into opening the malicious ...
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Microsoft has disclosed that it recently fell victim to the same type of cyberattack that targeted Apple and Facebook. "During our investigation, we found a small number of computers, including some in our Mac business unit, that were ...
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Bit9 said a common Web application vulnerability was responsible for allowing hackers to ironically use the security vendor's systems as a launch pad for attacks on other organizations. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company sells a ...
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