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Groups launch $200M gigabit-per-second broadband project
An Ohio startup company has raised $200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the company announced Wednesday. Read More


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Banking malware monitors victims by hijacking webcams and microphones, researchers say
A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their webcams and microphones, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab. Read More

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Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds
Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found Wednesday in a setback for Oracle. Read More


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LinkedIn: 'Finish to-do list' rarely gets crossed off to-do list
Most to-do lists aren't worth the paper that about half of them are written on, according to a survey of 6,500 professionals conducted by LinkedIn. Read More

Bredolab botnet author sentenced to 4 years in prison in Armenia
The creator of the Bredolab malware received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia on Monday for using his botnet to launch DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that damaged multiple computer systems owned by private individuals and organizations. Read More

Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue
Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced Wednesday. Read More


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Pwnium hacking contest winners exploited 16 Chrome zero-days
Google yesterday revealed that the two researchers who cracked Chrome in March at the company's inaugural "Pwnium" hacking contest used a total of 16 zero-day vulnerabilities to win $60,000 each. Read More

Intel launches cloud-based single sign-on service
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New Nmap probes IPv6 networks
Preparing for the eventual widespread conversion to IPv6, the Nmap Project has updated its namesake security scanning tool so it can scan IPv6 networks using a variety of novel techniques. Read More

 
 
 

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