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US utilities under daily, constant cyberattacks: report
A new report claims that a number of U.S.-based utilities are fending off cyberattacks on a daily basis.
Chinese cyberattack on Google exposed spy data: US officials
An attack which took place against Google exposed sensitive data concerning U.S. surveillance targets.
Hire DDoS attack service 'legal' and connected to FBI
A service which boots websites offline for payment is legitimate, says the owner. But why a backdoor monitored by the FBI?
LulzSec group sentenced; hacker combats child porn allegations
Core members of LulzSec have been sentenced for their campaigns, but according to the defense, some of the victims were "thoroughly deserving" of what happened to them.
U.S. attorney general: Government should get a warrant before email, cloud storage snooping
The U.S.' highest ranking lawyer supports changes to existing email and online storage snooping laws, which are currently under scrutiny in the U.S. House.
FBI trains bank executives on cyberattack threats
U.S. bankers have been given temporary security clearance to share data on cyberattack investigations.
U.S. government becomes 'biggest buyer' of malware
Amid a growing battle between federal government agencies and hackers, cyberwarriors, and cyber-enemy nation states, the U.S. is ramping up its malware stockpile to 'hack back' at those who attack it.
May's Patch Tuesday to fix two critical flaws in Internet Explorer
This coming Tuesday, Microsoft will issue fixes for 33 vulnerabilities in total, including two critical flaws relating to Internet Explorer, affecting all versions of Windows.
Microsoft releases emergency patch for critical IE8 zero-day exploit
Users running Internet Explorer 8 — an estimated 23 percent of all IE users — should update their systems with an out-of-band emergency patch to prevent a zero-day flaw.