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World governments buying software security holes – SmartPlanet.com

World governments buying software security holes
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A well-known occurrence of this approach to espionage happened when Israel and the United States allegedly used vulnerabilities named Duqu, Flame and Stuxnet to disrupt and gather intelligence on Iran's nuclear program. Its success is partly why so

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The Morning Briefing: Computer security – SmartPlanet.com

“The Morning Briefing” is SmartPlanet’s daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we’re reading about computer security. 1.) Norton introduces personalised security offering. Symantec company Norton has released a new membership …
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Phishing attacks: will we ever stop them? – SmartPlanet.com

As recently reported here at this site, a recent IBM survey concludes that mass phishing attacks — in which users receive phony emails that prompt them to either log into malicious sites or to send confidential data — have been on the wane. However, in …
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