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Hackers Hold Australian Medical Center’s Records for Ransom

Photograph by Gunter ZieslerAn Australian medical center is fighting hackers who have encrypted patient records and demanded ransom. An Australian medical center is facing the possibility that its...

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How Paper Bills Could Protect You From Cyber Theft

Photograph by Peter DazeleyHackers are increasingly wiring money directly out of victims' online bank accounts - without ever typing a keystroke. As a computer security reporter, I’m often asked for...

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Attack of the Android Zombies

Photograph by David Paul Morris/BloombergThose free Android apps you download may end up costing you more than you know. (Corrected date when Cloudmark published its report.) A scourge of the personal...

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AnchorFree to Bundle Mobile and Desktop Security Tools

Photograph by Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty ImagesAnchorFree's services are popular in countries such as Syria where governments may censor online content. Silicon Valley startup AnchorFree makes...

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Facebook Fixes Webcam Vulnerability After Receiving Tip

Photograph by David Paul Morris/BloombergFacebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg introduced a video-calling feature to his site last year. Facebook has patched a security vulnerability that...

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A National Digital ID, Courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service?

  Photograph by Jin Lee/BloombergPatrons use automated self service booths at the U.S. Postal Service in New York. When China passed a new law two weeks ago requiring people to give their real names...

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One-Third of Cyber Attack Traffic Originates in China, Akamai Says

Photograph by ImagineChina/CorbisChina has been the top source of cyber-attack traffic since the last quarter of 2011, according to a study by Akamai. About one-third of the world’s cyber attack...

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Control-Systems Bugs Jump After Stuxnet Nuclear Plant Attack

Photograph by Bradley C. Bower/BloombergThe control room at Exelon Corp.’s Limerick nuclear power generating station in Limerick, Pennsylvania. Control systems are a dream for hackers and Hollywood...

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Stuxnet Had Earlier, Potentially Explosive Version, Symantec Says

Photograph by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo A technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, in 2007. The developers behind Stuxnet, the computer worm that damaged an...

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Forget the Batphone. Here Comes the Merkelphone

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is getting a new phone. In fact, she’s buying almost 10,000 of them, for something in the neighborhood of $31 million. This summer, the German government will get the...

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