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  Microsoft Security Essentials fails anti-virus certification test, Redmond challenges results

  By Tom Warren on January 17, 2013 04:08 am + 126 comments

  Microsoft's popular Security Essentials anti-virus software has failed to gain the latest Continue reading…

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  'Red October' malware has been stealing government and industrial secrets for 5 years

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 15, 2013 01:22 am + 52 comments

  Kaspersky Labs reports that over the past five years, a co-ordinated malware campaign called "Rocra" Continue reading…

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  US Department of Homeland Security advises disabling Java following fresh zero-day vulnerability

  By Ben Kersey on January 12, 2013 07:16 am + 74 comments

  A new Trojan horse has been discovered that exploits a flaw found in Java, leaving computers running Continue reading…

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  Israel starts training teenagers to create 'digital Iron Dome'

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 2, 2013 06:22 am + 141 comments

  Israel's Prime Minister officially opened a new national program to train teenagers in the art of Continue reading…

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  Stuxnet strikes again, Iranian official says

  By Adrianne Jeffries on December 25, 2012 06:06 pm + 52 comments

  Is Stuxnet back? A provincial defense official in southern Iran is claiming that one of the largest Continue reading…

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  Google's Android malware scanner detects only 15 percent of malicious code in test (update)

  By Chris Welch on December 10, 2012 01:36 pm + 135 comments

  With Android 4.2, Google has taken steps to address the lingering threat of malware on its mobile Continue reading…

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  US accused of launching cyberattack against French government

  By Amar Toor on November 21, 2012 07:37 am + 101 comments

  Earlier this year, the French government fell victim to a sophisticated cyberattack that forced a Continue reading…

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  US officials claim Iran behind cyberattack on Saudi oil firm, suggest it's a retaliation

  By Dante D'Orazio on October 24, 2012 10:42 am + 19 comments

  Iran may be retaliating to US- and Israeli-sponsored cyberattacks like Stuxnet and Flame, both of Continue reading…

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  Carriers and developers feed on growing Android security fears — but are they real?

  By Nathan Ingraham on September 20, 2012 03:53 pm + 128 comments

  It's been a common refrain from both mobile security firms and Android detractors for much of the Continue reading…

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  The Wild West of hacking: Symantec hunts down the 'Elderwood Gang'

  By Justin Rubio on September 7, 2012 01:18 pm + 10 comments

  The hackers behind "Operation Aurora" — a highly coordinated cyber attack against 34 companies, Continue reading…