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South Korea's Power Structure Hacked, Digital Trail Leads to China

South Korean intelligence claims China-based hackers stole confidential material from the country's diplomatic and security services throughout 2010. If a new report is correct, hackers inside the People's Republic of China gained access to personal computers and PDAs belonging to much of South Korea's power structure.READ»

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Why You Should Start a Company in ... Atlanta

It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in ...READ»

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The Criminal Face of Facebook, Twitter: Stock Fraud and Spam Tools

"Crime expands to fill the space available" should be a well-known epithet: Evidence it's true is revealed in news that social networking phenomenas Facebook and Twitter were used in a classic stock fraud trick.READ»

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IT Security Firm: Fear Students

College kids today are into rampant immoral hacking, according to a new survey of U.K. students. What can be done?READ»

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Prove You're Human. Type Our Slogan

Fed up with trying to interpret those meaningless distorted CAPTCHA word-pictures? New York-based startup Solve Media wants to turn your irritation into ad dollars. READ»

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iFive: Amazon Loves Lovefilm, RIAA Hacked, Linux Loophole, Google Security Bump, Napster Completes the Circle

Welcome to another week of work folks! Here's today's early news digested for your groggy post-weekend head:READ»

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70% of Singapore Citizens Preyed Upon by Cyber Criminals, Few Seek Help

Many small businesses say they don't have time to report crime.READ»

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German Privacy Law Would Ban Firms From Using Facebook to Vet Potential Employees

Google given the wink over Facebook in Germany's proposed privacy lawREAD»

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Cameron Diaz Ranked as the Internet's Riskiest Celebrity

McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrities list came out today, and it's got a couple of surprises. Sorry to Ms. Diaz, who was excellent in at least one movie, but searching her name is just asking for trouble.READ»

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Intel Expands its Empire: Buys McAfee for $7.7 Billion

Intel has just announced it's going to buy one of the most well-known PC security firms, McAfee. It's going to be handing over $7.68 billion to seal the deal, too.READ»

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Hackers Hijack Gmail in China [Updated]

In the U.S., we've been complaining about Gmail. In China, they're complaining too, but for a very different reason.READ»

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iFive: Facebook vs. Google, Saudis and RIM Agree, Spain Cold on EVs, Smartphone Security Highlighted, Oracle Boss on Hurd Affair

While you were sleeping (fitfully as the storm raged outside), innovation was wondering if the word "sky" within another word (example: Skype) was subject to copyright, and if so, would anyone called Skylar find that they were, as a ...READ»

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Germany Flirts With BlackBerry Ban

Government contracts are a big part of BlackBerry's business in the U.S. If President Obama's constant use of the device is not evidence enough, senator John McCain was once attributed as the phone's inventor. But that's not the case ...READ»

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Never Mind Facebook, Smartphones Ripe for Privacy Violations

Malware targeting smartphones has been in the news a bit recently, thanks to some Windows snafus. But did you ever stop to think that the really scary thing about smartphones, according to security folk, is all your lovely data aboard ...READ»

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Malware Tracker Map Gives Live Worldwide Coverage of Infected Computers

Right now, there are 1.5 million computers in the U.S. that are suspected to be infected with malware, although that figure seems inordinately low, but we'll come to that in a bit. I know this because of Malware Tracker, a Google Maps ...READ»

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On a Wing and a Prayer, Dalai Lama Tweets to Chinese

Today the Dalai Lama will get to broadcast his thoughts to many thousands of Chinese, 140 characters at a time. He's considered an undesirable to the authorities there, remember, and his team has had to resort to some holy hacking to ...READ»

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McAfee Update Causing Tens of Thousands of Spontaneously Broken Computers

A flawed update from anti-virus software maker McAfee is causing tens of thousands of Windows computers to become inoperable--and McAfee's response time is not inspiring.READ»

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Email Spam, Online Spam, and General Conduct

E-mail spam is the most common form of internet spamming. It involves sending unsolicited commercial messages to many recipients. Unlike legitimate commercial e-mail, spam is generally sent without the explicit permission of the recipients, and frequently contains various tricks to bypass e-mail filtering. The most dedicated spammers are often those making a great deal of money, or engaged in illegal or immoral activities, such as pornography, online casinos, and internet scams.READ»

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Chinese Attack on Google Aimed at Universal Password System

Some more information about the hack on Google's servers a few months back has come to light, and it's a little scary: The hackers were going after Google's universal password system, Gaia. READ»

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How Much Energy Does a Tweet Consume?

How much energy does it take to shoot off a single tweet? Not that much, according to Raffi Krikorian. Earth2Tech tells us that the Twitter developer recently gave a talk at Chirp entitled "Energy/Tweet," where he claimed that a ...READ»

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Driving Web Traffic - Common SEO Practices

What good is having a store without customers? A TV commercial with no viewers? Similarly, a website without visitors is a waste of cyberspace and money. The reality is that many businesses have ineffective website marketing that fails to deliver sufficient return for the time, effort and money spent. READ»

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KippsDeSanto Announces Formation of CyberSecurity & Intelligence Advisory Council

CIA’s Former CIO and Past Deputy Director of NSA Introduced as Council Members at CyberSecurity & Intelligence Perspectives EventREAD»

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Is Online Banking Safe? Pros and Cons of Internet Banking

One of the biggest advantages of Internet is that it considerably simplifies many routine operations, making it possible to access a variety of banking services online.READ»

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Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Expert

Melissa Hathaway is one of the country's foremost cybersecurity experts, having worked under both Presidents Bush (43) and Obama in executive-level positions.READ»

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Google: Vietnam Pulling Similar Anti-Free Speech Cyberattacks to China

Google, probably still sore after its fight with the spiky Chinese authorities, has nevertheless opened a new front in its battle against Net censorship: It's discovered a huge cyberattack against people who contradict the Vietnamese ...READ»