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  EyeVerify lets you secure your smartphone with your eyes (hands-on)

  By Tom Warren on February 24, 2013 11:17 am + 26 comments

  Android might have face unlock, which has been defeated previously with photos, but EyeVerify is Continue reading…

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  Microsoft says it was also attacked by hackers, small number of PCs infected with malware

  By Tom Warren on February 22, 2013 06:22 pm + 80 comments

  Microsoft has revealed that it has also "recently experience a similar security intrusion" to the Continue reading…

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  After so many hacks, why won't Java just go away?

  By Joshua Kopstein on February 22, 2013 12:30 pm + 261 comments

  If you've been paying any attention to the security breaches hitting Apple, Facebook, Twitter, NBC, Continue reading…

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  HTC settles with FTC over leaving Carrier IQ and other logging tools open to hackers

  By Adi Robertson on February 22, 2013 12:11 pm + 15 comments

  HTC has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over security problems that left Continue reading…

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  After high-profile hacks, Twitter announces email security upgrade

  By Carl Franzen on February 21, 2013 01:09 pm + 22 comments

  Twitter is adding a new layer of security to the emails it sends out to users, implementing a new Continue reading…

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  Cyber criminals exploit Java vulnerability to hack Apple, Facebook, and Twitter

  By Bryan Bishop on February 19, 2013 08:19 pm

  Twitter, Facebook, and Apple have all been the victim of recent attacks by hackers. While US Continue reading…

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  US prepares economic countermeasures in light of recent cyberattacks

  By Bryan Bishop on February 19, 2013 06:26 pm + 26 comments

  The recent rash of hacking attacks shows no sign of slowing — Apple today announced it had fallen Continue reading…

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  Amazon fires security firm accused of mistreating workers

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 18, 2013 08:11 am + 36 comments

  After opening an investigation into allegations that a security firm with ties to neo-nazism was Continue reading…

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  Kim Dotcom teases new 'secure' and private Mega email, chat, voice, and video services

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 16, 2013 09:54 pm + 56 comments

  As part of a (brief) rant on Twitter today about the dangers of using web services that are based in Continue reading…

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  Apple will 'deliver a fix' to the iOS 6.1 lockscreen vulnerability in a future software update

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 14, 2013 03:37 pm + 23 comments

  It's only been a few weeks since Apple released iOS 6.1, but a number of issues have already cropped Continue reading…