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Android 4.4.3 update rolling out to Nexus, Motorola, and Play devices now

Nexus, Motorola, and Google Play Edition devices are getting Android 4.4.3 this week, but has Google fixed the camera battery drain issue affecting Nexus 5 devices?

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A Message to Graduates – We Want You!

We are in the midst of graduation season where students say goodbye to their academic institutions and begin taking steps towards what they’ve been preparing for most (or at least for the past four...

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Germany Opens Criminal Probe Over Merkel Phone Tapping

BERLIN – Germany’s federal prosecutor said Wednesday he had opened an investigation over alleged snooping by the US National Security Agency (NSA) on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone. “I...

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Google Previews End-to-end Encryption Extension for Chrome

Google has released a preview version of a new Chrome extension designed to give users the ability to encrypt, decrypt, digital sign, and verify signed messages within their Web browser using OpenPGP.

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Ladies First Choice Acknowledges Insider Breach

2,365 customers’ contact details, medical care provider information and order histories were stolen by a former employee.

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Stolen Laptop Exposes Alaska Political Donors’ Financial Information

More than 1,000 donors’ names, addresses, phone numbers, occupations, employers’ names, and bank account or credit card details may have been exposed.

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Data Breach at Arkansas State University Affects 50,000 People

Some partial Social Security numbers and some full Social Security numbers were exposed.

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As hackers feast on stolen data, profiting from fraud gets harder

An unknown hacker exploited some Apple devices using a built-in feature for disabling and locating stolen devices called Find My iPhone, turning the feature against rightful device owners instead.

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Advanced Threats Boost Demand for Next-Generation Firewalls, UTMs: Report

NGFW and UTM Market Predicted to Top $5 Billion by 2018

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Mobile Ad Libraries Put Enterprise Data at Risk, Firm Says

Mojave Networks Introduces Mobile Application Reputation Feature

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OpenSSL fixes another severe vulnerability

[UPDATED] Still cleaning up after the Heartbleed debacle, OpenSSL is issuing fixes for several vulnerabilities, one of them exploitable to run arbitrary code on the client or server.

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Skype Users Face Security Risk Due to Unencrypted Data

Microsofts Skype is an extremely popular VoIP/video conferencing tool that is used by both individuals and business organizations, but with over 300 million users, the security risks affecting it have...

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Six Clicks: Encryption for your webmail

Those who want maximum privacy for their email have a tough time using difficult software. Google is attempting to do better with Gmail, but there’s already a decent webmail solution.

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Apple’s fingerprint reader missing one special touch

Is the new Touch ID edition going back to its roots and prepping for a much bigger authentication goal beyond Apple’s walled garden?

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UK Government Wants More Jail Time for Hackers

In the speech delivered at the start of the parliamentary session, Queen Elizabeth II revealed the UK government’s plans to hand out tougher sentences for those found guilty of launching cyber attacks.

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Security is a Journey, Not a Destination

Organizations Need to Look at Their Security Model Holistically and Gain Continuous Protection and Visibility Along the Entire Journey…

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Employee Error Exposes Hurley Medical Center Data

An undisclosed numbers of employees’ and retirees’ names and Social Security numbers were mistakenly exposed.

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New Phishing Campaign Leverages Malicious Dropbox Links

The link direct victims to a zip file hosted on Dropbox, which delivers a malicious executable.

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Big data creates storage security headaches for CISOs

According to the analysts 80 percent of companies underestimate the importance of security to big data.

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Alabama Prison Officers Jailed for Identity Theft

Bryant Thompson was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and Quincy Walton was sentenced to seven years.

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