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Hackers controlling millions of PCs disrupted in Europol sweep

February 25, 2015 admin alibaba, criminals, european, europol, gained-traction, infrastructure, microsoft-corp, nick, policies, symantec-corp, the-operation

By Anthony Deutsch and Jim Finkle AMSTERDAM/BOSTON (Reuters) – A cybercrime operation that stole banking information by hacking more than 3 million computers in Indonesia, India and other countries has been disrupted by European police with assistance from three technology companies, officials said on Wednesday. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre coordinated the operation out of its headquarters in The Hague, targeting the so-called Ramnit botnet, a network of computers infected with malware

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BlackBerry working with Google to secure Android devices

February 25, 2015 creative alibaba, enable-its, european, gained-traction, highly-secure, microsoft-corp, nick, secure-some, the-operation, waterloo

BlackBerry Ltd said on Wednesday that it is working with Google Inc to enable its software to manage and secure some of Google's Android devices, a move that builds on BlackBerry's recent partnership with Samsung Electronics Co.

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Google wins dismissal of U.S. lawsuit over Android app limits

February 20, 2015 publisher default, forcing-handset, higher-because, illegally, illegally-drove, make-the-search, microsoft-corp, real-estate, samsung, samsung-galaxy, screen, search, search-engine, such-as-samsung, such-as-youtube

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Google Inc of harming smartphone buyers by forcing handset makers that use its Android operating system to make the search engine company's own applications the default option. Consumers claimed that Google required companies such as Samsung Electronics Co to favor Google apps such as YouTube on Android-powered phones, and restrict rival apps such as Microsoft Corp's Bing. They said this illegally drove smartphone prices higher because rivals could not compete for the “prime screen real estate” that Google's apps enjoyed

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French minister visits U.S. Internet firms about militants’ messaging

February 20, 2015 creative government, internet, intruders-had, islamic-state, microsoft, microsoft-corp, ministerial, such-as-islamic

France's chief internal security official is traveling to California's Silicon Valley to discuss his government's concerns about violent jihadist social media messaging with leading tech and Internet companies. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told a Washington news conference on Thursday that “all the Internet operators were welcoming me,” including Twitter Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc.

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NSA, British spies hack Gemalto to tap mobile calls: Intercept

February 19, 2015 publisher 450-wireless, agencies, digital, intercept, islamic-state, microsoft-corp, ministerial, mobile-phones, national

(Reuters) – Digital security company Gemalto NV was hacked by American and British spies to steal encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications, news website Intercept reported, citing documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The hack by the National Security Agency (NSA) and UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) allowed the agencies to monitor a large portion of voice and data mobile communications around the world without permission from governments and telecom companies, according to the report. NSA could not be immediately reached for comment.

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Revenge porn operator agrees to plea to criminal charges in Los Angeles

February 19, 2015 admin 450-wireless, bbc, dobuzinskis, hunter-moore, islamic-state, microsoft-corp, mobile-phones, post-the-full, posted-explicit, posting-online, practice, several-states, the-attention, their-consent, women-or-men

(Refiles story dated February 18, correcting first name of defendant to Hunter instead of Michael in second paragraph) By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man who posted explicit photos of women on his so-called revenge porn website, some taken from hacked email accounts, has agreed to plead guilty in Los Angeles to hacking and identity theft charges, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The plea agreement between Hunter Moore, 28, and federal prosecutors comes nearly three years after BBC News called him “The net’s most hated man” and reported that he was known to post the full name and location of people whose naked photos he featured on his site. Revenge porn, which involves posting online photos of women or men without their consent, typically by jilted ex-lovers, has drawn the attention of lawmakers in several states who have approved legislation intended to stop the practice.

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Hackers infect Forbes.com to spy on visitors: researchers

February 10, 2015 publisher adobe-systems, california, chinese, defense, financial-news, flash, health, microsoft, microsoft-corp, only-identified, purely-domestic, said-on-tuesday, time, unprepared

By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – The Forbes.com financial news site was infected by Chinese hackers with spying software that targeted specific visitors, including those at U.S. financial services and defense firms, according to two cybersecurity firms. The hackers infected Forbes.com in November by inserting malware into a Forbes.com “Thought of the Day” widget that appears when any page on Forbes.com is accessed, cybersecurity firms iSight Partners Inc and Invincea Inc said on Tuesday

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Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results

December 12, 2014 publisher arrest-at-home, berlin, cylance, engine-on-its, friends, microsoft, microsoft-corp, most-foreign, picture, quickly-find, san, tool-on-monday, zenica

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc has stopped including results from Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine on its social networking site. The move, confirmed by a company spokesperson, comes as Facebook has revamped its own search offerings, introducing a tool on Monday that allows users to quickly find past comments and other information posted by their friends on Facebook

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Microsoft partners with Dropbox for online file-sharing

November 5, 2014 admin computex, dropbox, functionality, his-mobile, microsoft-corp, million-users, mobile, mobile-apps, office, service-called, silicon-valley, taipei

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said it teamed up with online file-sharing company Dropbox Inc to allow Office software users to manage and share files through Dropbox's website and mobile app. Microsoft said the functionality would be included in the next updates to the Office mobile apps, to be rolled out in the next few weeks, and online accessibility would be available in the first half of 2015