News tagged with espionage
No patch for human stupidity: hackers
Hackers at DefCon have long understood that there is no patch for human stupidity. Last week, security researchers uncovered yet another strain of malicious software aimed at smartphones that run Google's ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Ex-Akamai worker to plead guilty to spy charge
(AP) -- A former employee of a website content delivery company has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of foreign economic espionage for providing company trade secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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German managers 'keep phones in biscuit tins'
A German chemicals company said on Monday its managers have begun keeping their mobile phones in biscuit tins during meetings in order to guard against industrial espionage.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Australia's spy agency ASIO gets cyber wing
Australia's spy agency ASIO has established a 'cyber' intelligence unit to counter possible terror attacks on computer systems from abroad, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said.
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Cuba says US waging 'cyberwar' against Havana
Cuban authorities are accusing the United States of waging "cyberwar" against the communist-ruled island -- an effort that Havana claims includes an American contractor on trial for espionage.
Mar 09, 2011 |
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NATO networks vulnerable to cyber threat: US
NATO's military networks are not fully protected against cyber threats and the alliance must make good on a pledge to erect a virtual wall by 2012, a top US defence official said Tuesday.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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WikiLeaks founder is jailed in Britain in sex case
(AP) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and jailed without bail Tuesday in a sex-crimes investigation, but his organization scarcely missed a beat, releasing a new batch of the secret cables ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Ellison: Oracle has $4 billion case against SAP
(AP) -- Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison turned up the pressure in an industrial espionage trial Monday by testifying that archenemy SAP AG should have paid $4 billion for licenses to Oracle software.
Nov 08, 2010 |
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As trial looms, Oracle taking aim at HP's new CEO
(AP) -- Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison is escalating his attacks on his friend-turned-foe Hewlett-Packard Co.
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked
(AP) -- Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former ...
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Feb 08, 2010 |
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SKorean, US firms embroiled in chip espionage case
(AP) -- The world's top producers of computer memory chips are embroiled in an apparent case of industrial espionage after South Korean prosecutors indicted 18 people over alleged technology theft.
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock
(AP) -- Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Rare economic espionage case going to trial
(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Cybersecurity starts at home and in the office
(AP) -- When swine flu broke out, the government revved up a massive information campaign centered on three words: Wash your hands. The Obama administration now wants to convey similarly clear and concise ...
Oct 04, 2009 |
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Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP
(AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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