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Posted in Network World on December 1st, 2011 by NetworkWorld
WikiLeaks on Thursday released a broad study of the brisk global trade in surveillance products, which founder Julian Assange claimed exposes a broad risk to peoples' privacy, while also launching a revamped submissions platform.
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Posted in Network World on November 30th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
New details on a hidden smartphone software application that collects data on user activities has sparked renewed debate over smartphone privacy.
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Posted in Network World on November 30th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Security looks at operational risk, but most big companies have officers called risk managers who actually buy insurance policies for the company. What's on their minds? If you run a security operation, you should know, because your work and their work are intertwined.
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Posted in Network World on November 30th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
The hackers behind the Duqu botnet have shut down their snooping operation, according to Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab.
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Posted in Network World on November 30th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
A new bill introduced by senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee would allow intelligence agencies to share classified cyber-threat information with approved U.S. companies, while encouraging companies to share their own information.
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Posted in Network World on November 30th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
In 2003, Atir Raihan began work on a product that has gone on to gain infamy in the world's security industry. His idea: to build a spyware program for mobile phones that would allow people to catch a cheating spouse.
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Posted in Network World on November 30th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Facebook users: Get ready for more changes in the way the social network operates.
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Posted in Network World on November 30th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
After angering users with one privacy misstep after another, Facebook yesterday settled charges by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it had deceived users and shared information it had told them would be private.
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Posted in Network World on November 29th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
To make it simpler for businesses to comply with the multiplicity of data protection regimes across Europe, Viviane Reding envisages letting European Union companies set their own privacy rules -- as long as they agree with one national data protection authority (DPA) to make them legally binding on all business units within the same group, wherever they may be.
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Posted in Network World on November 29th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
In the security popularity contest of the moment, Cisco and Juniper are down and Palo Alto Networks and Check Point are up when it comes to network firewalls, according to one research firm.
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