We'll Never Know What Google's Doing With the NSA

The National Security Agency is a lot of things. Transparent is not one of them. 

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Microsoft's Superhero Cyber Crime Fighting Unit

When Microsoft's not making software or technological marvels in its labs, it's fighting crimes with its Digital Crimes Unit.

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Beware the Fake YouTube Site That's Sabotaging Syria's Uprising

Now that we know way too much about Bashar al-Assad's personal life, we need to extend a warning so that his regime doesn't end up knowing too much about yours.

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Dell Just Dropped Over a Billion Dollars on Hacker Protection

Dell, the company that's perhaps best known for it's line of colorful, college student-friendly laptops, is getting into the cyber security business with its fairly sizable purchase of SonicWALL, Inc.

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Hackers Discover Government Employees Watch Porn

A group of hackers calling themselves Th3 Consortium and  claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous and LulzSec broke into yet DigitalPlaground.com, the third porn site it's hacked in as many weeks, stealing 72,000 passwords and 40,000 credit card numbers.

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The U.S. Military's New Plan to Deter China

The Obama administration's new defense strategy unveiled today says China is actively trying to curb America's military might but, in covert and overt ways, the Defense Department is bulking up its presence in the Middle Kingdom's backyard.

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Google Wallet Has Some Holes in It

After all the lengths Google went to assure us of Google Wallet's security, it turns out the mobile payments system stores a lot of unencrypted information on your smart phone's database.

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The Spam-Slinging Habits of China's Internet Water Army

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The Dirty Details of Facebook's Porn Attack

On Thursday afternoon, Facebook confirmed that a "coordinated spam attack" has been sending a torrent of hardcore porn and gore into Facebook users' news feeds. It's not pretty.

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The Hackers Are Coming for Your Smartphone

As attacks on mobile devices skyrocket, the prospect of falling victim to a hacker seems like it's no longer a question of "if" but rather "when." 

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Congress Could Make Facebooking at Work a Felony

According to provisions in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

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Twitter's Hands-Off Approach to Tweeted Terrorism

Twitter's security and free speech policies don't always mix

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Capitol Hill Finally Responds to the Anonymous Attacks

A new online security bill will punish companies that get hacked

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How Did We Miss the World's Largest Cyber Attack?

Researchers detail an international hacking plot that's been running for five years

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Hackers Respond to Hacking Arrests with More Hacking

Anonymous cracked two government websites and America's cybercrime chief resigned suddenly

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LulzSec Disbanded 'Because It Was Classy'

It was all about going out on top, says a founding member

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Pentagon: The Internet Is Now a War Zone

A long-awaited cybersecurity plan details how the nation should defend itself online

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The Infamous Hacker Facebook Hired as a Developer

Meet George Hotz, aka GeoHot

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Five Best Monday Columns

On Obama's prudence, the Syrian people, and Shakespeare's appeal in China

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LulzSec Document Release Targets Arizona Law Enforcement

The hacker group says the attack is in retaliation to anti-immigration legislation

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