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Security vendor Trustwave named in Target-related suit

Trustwave should have detected and prevent the attacks, the suit claims

By Jeremy Kirk

Mar 26, 2014 2 mins

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EA Games site hacked to steal Apple IDs

The attackers sought credentials and other personal information through a phishing scheme, researchers said

By Zach Miners

Mar 19, 2014 3 mins

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Secusmart puts its BlackBerry encryption chip to work on the desktop

Secusmart is also behind a new voice encryption app that could help multinational, multiplatform enterprises

By Peter Sayer

Mar 14, 2014 3 mins

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Some Samsung Galaxy devices contain a file access backdoor, Replicant developers say

A software program shipped with some Samsung mobile devices allows access to the file system through the modem, the developers said

By Lucian Constantin

Mar 13, 2014 4 mins

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Lawmakers fail to ask NSA chief about agency’s malware plans

Instead, a House subcommittee deferred questions about 'damage' of leaks to a classified briefing

By Grant Gross

Mar 12, 2014 2 mins

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Joomla receives patches for zero-day SQL injection vulnerability, other flaws

An exploit for the SQL injection vulnerability has been publicly available for over a month, said security researchers from Sucuri

By Lucian Constantin

Mar 10, 2014 4 mins

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NSA created ‘European bazaar’ to spy on EU citizens, Snowden tells European Parliament

National spy agencies across Europe are allowing the NSA to piece together their data into a larger picture, Snowden said

By Loek Essers

Mar 7, 2014 5 mins

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Cisco patches vulnerabilities in small business routers and wireless LAN controllers

The flaws can be exploited to gain unauthorized access or cause denial-of-service conditions

By Lucian Constantin

Mar 6, 2014 3 mins

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Tracking with metadata: It’s not all bad

Human rights groups are using metadata to verify the authenticity of eyewitness footage

By Zach Miners

Mar 6, 2014 3 mins

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Withdrawal vulnerabilities enabled bitcoin theft from Flexcoin and Poloniex

The flaws allowed hackers to overdraw accounts on the two websites without being detected

By Lucian Constantin

Mar 5, 2014 5 mins

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