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Personal Data of 20 Million Bank and Credit Card Users in South Korea Has Been Leaked
Jan 19, 2014The personal data of at least 20 million bank and credit card users in South Korea has been leaked, state regulators said Sunday, one of the country's biggest ever breaches. Many major firms in the South have seen customers' data leaked ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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The Price of Bitcoins Moved to Regulate Use of Bitcoins
Dec 10, 2013The price of bitcoins may be soaring, but China isn’t too thrilled with the virtual currency. On Thursday, it moved to regulate use of bitcoins, stating that its financial institutions could not deal in the virtual currency. ...
Tags: bitcoins, usage, investment
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Huawei's Carrier Networking Group Is No Longer Focused on The U.S. Market
Apr 25, 2013After facing a congressional battering over security concerns, Huawei's carrier networking group is no longer focused on the U.S. market, and instead expects to find ample business in other parts of the world. "Apparently, due to whatever ...
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Mt. Gox Is Temporarily Shutting Down Following an Uptick in Activity
Apr 15, 2013Mt. Gox, the largest exchange for buying and selling bitcoins, is temporarily shutting down following an uptick in activity on the site sparked by a massive drop in the digital currency's price. The Tokyo-based exchange is suspending ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Trading Price
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Apple Issued an Apology to Chinese Consumers
Apr 2, 2013APPLE has issued an apology to Chinese consumers after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. A statement Apple posted in Chinese on its website on Monday said the ...
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China Has Offered to Open Discussions with The US
Mar 13, 2013China 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 ...
Tags: China, US, Cyber Security
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Pegasystems Has Partnered with Vormetric to Boost Its Cloud Security
Mar 13, 2013Pegasystems has partnered with Vormetric to boost its cloud security following a number of hacking attacks on high profile websites. There have been no attacks on Pegasystems, which is a provider of business process management (BPM) and ...
Tags: Pegasystems, cloud security, websites
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China's Foreign Minster on Saturday Called on Nations to Cooperate on Internet Security
Mar 12, 2013China's foreign minster on Saturday called on nations to cooperate on Internet security, rather than wage cyberwarfare, as he denied accusations in a recent report that the country's military was behind hacking attacks. "Cyberspace needs ...
Tags: Internet security, cyberwarfare, China
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A Recent Security Report Backing The Claims Used Scientifically Flawed Evidence
Feb 22, 2013China's Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday refuted the accusations that the nation's military supports cyberespionage, and said a recent security report backing the claims used scientifically flawed evidence. The ministry made the ...
Tags: cyberespionage, cyberattacks, cyber
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China Denies That Its Military Supports Cyber Espionage
Feb 22, 2013China’s Ministry of National Defence on Wednesday denied recent accusations that the nation’s military supports cyber espionage, saying that a security report backing the claims used scientifically flawed evidence. The ...
Tags: China, accusations, cyber espionage
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Mega Will Accept The Virtual Currency Bitcoin for Subscriptions
Feb 20, 2013Mega will accept the virtual currency bitcoin for subscriptions for more storage space on the file-sharing service, cofounder Kim Dotcom announced on Twitter. Mega is the second prominent website in a week to say it will accept payment in ...
Tags: sharing service, Mega, online
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Cyber Attacks on Major US Media Outlets Has Intensified Worries Over Chinese Hackers
Feb 5, 2013A String of cyber attacks on major US media outlets has intensified worries over Chinese hackers, who analysts say are probably linked to the secretive Beijing government. The attacks, part of a series of incidents traced to Chinese ...
Tags: Hacking Incidents, Fears, China
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An Average of 96% of The Top 100 Paid Mobile Apps Have Been Hacked,a Study Has Revealed
Dec 27, 2012An average of 96% of the top 100 paid mobile apps have been hacked, a study has revealed. Android is the most susceptible platform, according to the State of Security in the App Economy report by security firm Arxan Technologies. The ...
Tags: mobile apps, iOS apps, Google Android platform, Hackers
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An Increasing Number of Vulnerability Researchers Will Focus Their Attention on ICS
Dec 21, 2012An increasing number of vulnerability researchers will focus their attention on industrial control systems(ICS)in the year to come,but so will cyberattackers,security experts believe. Control systems are made up of supervisory software ...
Tags: SCADA security, ICS, critical infrastructure, control systems
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Years Ago The Typical Hacking Scenario Look for Public-Facing IP Addresses.
Dec 18, 2012Years ago the typical hacking scenario involved a lone attacker and maybe some buddies working late at night on Mountain Dew, looking for public-facing IP addresses. When they found one, they enumerated the advertising services (Web server, ...