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Hackers rejoice: Sony pulls Korea film, bows to criminal pressure

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Saturday, December 20th, 2014

Following a devastating cyberattack on internal servers, Sony has decided to pull the controversial film ‘The Interview’ and has finally bowed to the demands of hackers.

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Poll Shows Broad Impact of Cyberattacks

Just fewer than half of Americans say that a retailer, bank or credit-card company has told them or a household member that their payment card details were stolen in a data breach, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

Posted on: December 20, 2014 12:28 pm

Verizon’s New, Encrypted Calling App Plays Nice With the NSA

Verizon is the latest big company to enter the post-Snowden market for secure communication, and it’s doing so with an encryption standard that comes with a way for law enforcement to access ostensibly secure phone conversations.

Posted on: December 16, 2014 1:07 am

Lessons cyberdefense may be able to teach us about managing Ebola

We in the computer world are all too familiar with what we’ve long called “viruses,” the malware that infects our machines and networks.

Posted on: October 20, 2014 12:59 pm

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