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  Aircraft security exploit gives researcher full access to navigation controls

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 11, 2013 03:44 pm + 39 comments

  A hacker could gain complete control over a plane's navigation using an Android smartphone, Continue reading…

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  Dropbox rebrands business offerings as it continues to go after corporate customers

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 10, 2013 01:22 pm + 12 comments

  Dropbox has been working on making its services more appealing to enterprise customers for some time Continue reading…

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  Microsoft reportedly preparing two-factor authentication for Outlook.com accounts

  By Tom Warren on April 9, 2013 08:28 am + 30 comments

  Microsoft appears to be readying two-factor authentication for access to its accounts system. L Continue reading…

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  Phishing attacks hit users of Bitcoin banker Coinbase after data leaks

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 5, 2013 01:48 pm + 6 comments

  Users of Coinbase, a Silicon Valley-funded startup that offers some Bitcoin banking services, have Continue reading…

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  Bitcoin service Instawallet 'suspended indefinitely' after hack

  By Adi Robertson on April 3, 2013 04:26 pm + 39 comments

  Bitcoin wallet site Instawallet has been taken offline after a security compromise, the latest in a Continue reading…

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  Quantum-encrypted information transmitted by flying plane for first time

  By Carl Franzen on April 2, 2013 05:50 pm + 14 comments

  In a boost to future secret agents and a blow to their would-be eavesdroppers, German researchers Continue reading…

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  China voices strong opposition to US cyber-espionage law

  By Amar Toor on March 30, 2013 11:41 am + 75 comments

  China has come out in strong opposition to a new US law that restricts government purchases of Continue reading…

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  Several iOS developers targeted with iMessage denial-of-service attack

  By Dieter Bohn on March 29, 2013 07:06 pm + 66 comments

  One of the nicer features of Apple's iMessage messaging platform is the fact that it can work on the Continue reading…

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  Password denied: when will Apple get serious about security?

  By Tim Carmody on March 29, 2013 12:45 pm + 310 comments

  Last Friday, The Verge revealed the existence of a dead-simple URL-based hack that allowed anyone to Continue reading…

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  The digital arms race is funding a black market for exploits

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 29, 2013 05:06 am

  There's a huge industry out there that no one really talks about: the market for your security. As T Continue reading…