Tens of millions of network-enabled devices including routers, printers, media servers, IP cameras, smart TVs and more can be attacked over the Internet because of dangerous flaws in their implementation of the UPnP (Universal Plug and ...
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Twitter has launched a service called Vine that lets people share video snippets from iPhones and iPod touch devices. Perpetually looping videos clips up to six seconds each can be shared using Vine or easily embedded in "tweets" fired ...
Governments around the world are requesting more information about internet users than ever before. That's according to statistics released by Google in its latest bi-annual transparency report. In the second half of 2012, the operator ...
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Google has reported a "steady increase" in government requests to hand over data from internet users in the second half of 2012. The web giant's semiannual "transparency report" showed the most requests came from the United States, with ...
Many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the Virut malware were disabled last week in a coordinated takedown effort, Spamhaus, an organization dedicated to fighting spam, announced Saturday. ...
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is bringing its technical and management staff to China for the first time as a way to increase collaboration between the nation's Internet industry and the Web standards group. W3C said on Sunday it ...
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The Virut botnet suffered a major setback last week, after it was announced that many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the malware had been disabled. This was the result of coordinated ...
Computerworld - With Facebook's new search service out in the open, the social network seems to be on a collision course with search giant Google. "It appears that's the path Facebook is on," said Jeff Kagan, an independent industry ...
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China’s Internet population reached 564 million at the end of December, an increase of 26 million over the past six months, according to a non-profit research group in the country. The new figure brings China’s Internet ...
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IDG News Service - China's Internet population reached 564 million at the end of December, an increase of 26 million over the past six months, according to a non-profit research group in the country. The new figure brings China's Internet ...
The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) will help provide tools to governments and businesses to better protect themselves online. The EC3 will focus on illegal online activities by organised crime groups and will place a significant amount ...
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Internet users should consider disabling Java in their browsers because of an exploit that can allow remote attackers to execute code on a vulnerable system, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) recommended late Thursday. ...
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Security experts have flagged a zero-day exploit in Oracle's Java software,urging users to disable it to prevent hackers remotely controlling their computers. "Java is a mess.It's not secure,"said James Blasco,labs manager for internet ...
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A cybersecurity proposal released Wedneday by the influential Business Roundtable supports many of the provisions contained in the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act(CISPA)that was passed by the U.S.House of ...
The U.S. on Thursday said it ordered sanctions against Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Reza Taghipour, and other entities and persons responsible for engaging in censorship in their country. Taghipour is ...
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