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Web-Connected Cars Bring Privacy Concerns
Cars will soon be so linked into wireless networks they will be like giant rolling smartphones—with calling systems, streaming video, cameras, and apps capable...
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White House Opens More Federally Funded Scientific Research to the Public
A new White House directive will allow the general public more access to federally funded scientific research, the Obama administration announced at the end of...
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Tech, Telecom Giants Take Sides as FCC Proposes Large Public Wifi Networks
The U.S. Federal Communications Committee recently submitted a proposal to create super Wi-Fi networks across the country that would enable users to make calls...
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Pentagon to Boost Cybersecurity Force
The Pentagon has approved plans to expand its cybersecurity force more than fivefold to protect the U.S.'s critical computer systems and conduct offensive computer...
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Cybersleuths Try to Mine Newtown Killer Adam Lanza's Hard Drive
Some of the most important clues about what drove Adam Lanza to mass murder probably sit on the computer that the reclusive, technical-minded 20-year-old used as...
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In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung
So sprawling is Samsung’s modern-day empire that some South Koreans say it has become possible to live a Samsung-only life: You can use a Samsung credit card to...
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Cybercity Allows Government Hackers to Train For Attacks
The Pentagon is building a virtual city that will enable government hackers to practice attacking and defending the computers and networks that increasingly run...
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Web Monitor: 100 Percent of Syria's Internet Just Shut Down
It appears that the Syrian government may have just taken a drastic measure it has conspicuously avoided over the nearly two years of fighting: cutting itself off...
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When Is a Cyberattack an Act of War?
On the night of Oct. 11, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stood inside the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, housed in a former aircraft carrier moored at a New...
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In Cyberattacks, Hacking Humans Is Highly Effective Way to Access Systems
The emails arrived like poison darts from cyberspace.
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Google's Restricting of Anti-Muslim Video Shows Role of Web Firms As Free-Speech Arbiters
Google lists eight reasons on its "YouTube Community Guidelines" page for why it might take down a video. Inciting riots is not among them.
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Gps Technology Finding Its Way Into Court
The rapid spread of cellphones with GPS technology has allowed police to track suspects with unprecedented precision—even as they commit crimes. But the legal fight...
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Tridium's Niagara Framework: Marvel of Connectivity Illustrates New Cyber Risks
John Sublett and his colleagues had an audacious, digital-age plan. They wanted to use the Internet to enable businesses to manage any kind of electronic device...
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.S., Israel Developed Flame Computer Virus to Slow Iranian Nuclear Efforts, Officials Say
The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed...
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'big Data' from Social Media, Elsewhere Online Redefines Trend-Watching
From a trading desk in London, Paul Hawtin monitors the fire hose of more than 340 million Twitter posts flying around the world each day to try to assess the collective...
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Cyber Search Engine Shodan Exposes Industrial Control Systems to New Risks
It began as a hobby for a teenage computer programmer named John Matherly, who wondered how much he could learn about devices linked to the Internet.
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.s. Accelerating Cyberweapon Research
Former and current U.S. officials say the Pentagon is ramping up projects to develop next-generation cyberweapons that can disrupt enemy military networks even...
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U.s. Accelerating Cyberweapon Research
The Pentagon is accelerating efforts to develop a new generation of cyberweapons capable of disrupting enemy military networks even when those networks are not...
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