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Thomas Claburn

What Huawei, ZTE Must Do To Regain Trust

October 17, 2012

The U.S. is not the only country scrutinizing the security of Chinese-made telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE. Without major changes,...

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Craig Mathias

Should You Buy From Huawei?

October 15, 2012

Congress says U.S. companies should not purchase products from Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE, citing national security concerns. I say Congress is...

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Mathew J. Schwartz

Advertisers' 'Do Not Track' Protests Fail Smell Test

October 12, 2012

An almost comic war of words continues between advertisers and Microsoft regarding do not track technology in Internet Explorer 10. Funny thing:...

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Mathew J. Schwartz

Weaponized Bugs: Time For Digital Arms Control

October 09, 2012

Thriving trade in zero-day vulnerabilities means dangerous bugs get sold to the highest bidder, and that puts everyone else at risk.

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Mathew J. Schwartz

Cyber Spying Justice: Unserved

October 08, 2012

After toothless FTC judgment against rent-to-own PC companies in spying case, Congress needs to make surveillance of customers in their own homes...

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Rachel Dines

Goodbye DR, Hello Resiliency

October 08, 2012

No enterprise can afford downtime in today's business climate. To stay always-on, you must create an environment of business resiliency that goes...

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David F. Carr

Attack Of The Rude Facebook Shoes

September 17, 2012

What should you tell your Facebook friends to do when their accounts are hijacked by rogue sites that spam their feeds or worse? Here are some...

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Tim Wilson

How Cybercriminals Choose Their Targets

September 17, 2012

Attackers look for companies with poor defenses and a lack of security skills, so no business, not even an SMB, is immune.

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Mathew J. Schwartz

The Case For A Cyber Arms Treaty

August 24, 2012

In the wake of Stuxnet, could an international 'cyber arms' agreement forestall U.S. cyber warfare with China and other countries?

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Eric Zeman

Apple Suggests iMessage As SMS Bug Work-Around

August 20, 2012

Rather than fixing a security problem discovered last week, Apple tells users concerned with SMS spoofing to use its iMessage product instead of...

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