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U.S. judge says FBI can't hack crime suspect's computer
26.04.2013
A judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has denied FBI's petition to install spying software on and using the built-in camera of an unidentified suspect's computer in order to discover his or her identity and gather evidence of the crime from the computer's hard drive, memory and storage.
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Digital cameras easily turned into spying devices, researchers prove
25.03.2013
Users' desire to share things online has influenced many markets, including the digital camera one.
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Who are the enemies of the Internet?
12.03.2013
In their latest report on online surveillance, Reporters Without Borders have named Bahrain, China, Iran, Syria and Vietnam as "state enemies" of the Internet due of their continuous and intensive efforts at spying on journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders and political dissidents.
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Bank of America says leaked data did not come from their systems
28.02.2013
Bank of America has confirmed that some of the data included in the massive leak by Anonymous-affiliated group "Par:AnoIA" does belong to them, but that it didn't come from their owns systems, but those of a third-party contractor.
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Encryption no longer seen as just an IT issue
26.02.2013
There has been a steady increase in the deployment of encryption solutions used by organizations over the past eight years.
Spotlight

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.
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