US comes under fire over 'discriminatory' cybercrime law
Officials have criticized a new law aimed at improving national security, labeling it "discriminatory" against Chinese firms.
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US Air Force designates cyber tools as weapons
Officials say new designations will allow the programs to compete for funding.
CISPA voting session slated for this week
Should firms be exempt from lawsuits stemming from data sharing, and should citizen privacy become a victim?
Surprise, surprise: House committee to amend CISPA in secret, again
As is with most cases, "classified information" — the alternative buzzword for "national security" — is cited as the reason why the controversial "privacy killer" CISPA will be amended in secret. But it's OK; it's only people's privacy at risk here.
April's Patch Tuesday to fix two critical flaws in Windows, IE
Microsoft will later on this month fix nine flaws in total, including two critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and all versions of Windows.
Suspected hackers behind Carberp botnet, Eurograbber arrested
The masterminds allegedly behind a cybercrime ring which stole millions of dollars from the financial industry and consumers have been arrested.
U.S. government can't intercept iMessage, but it can still serve Apple a search warrant
One U.S. law enforcement agency is struggling to snoop on messages sent by Apple devices, claiming they "cannot be intercepted." But lack of transparency on Apple's part may mean the technology giant is facing an influx of search warrants — and yet we don't know about it.
California introduces 'right to know' data access bill, and why Silicon Valley will hate it
As California considers going above and beyond what the EU gives its citizens in data access request rights, technology and Web firms in Silicon Valley will likely fight any hopes of such rights hopping across the Atlantic.
Microsoft releases law enforcement Skype, user content disclosure figures
Weeks after US privacy groups called on Microsoft to disclose law enforcement requests to Skype, amid controversy over China surveillance and snooping, the software giant did. While China appears low in the table, the devil is in the details.