Microsoft Xbox Live back up, Sony PlayStation Network still down

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp's Xbox Live was back up on Friday while Sony Corp's PlayStation Network remained offline for a second day after a hacker group claimed responsibility for attacking the two Internet gaming services. Gamers on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network experienced connection problems and delays on Christmas Day, one of the busiest times of the year for the video game industry

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Apple pushes first ever automated security update to Mac users

BOSTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc has pushed out its first-ever automated security update to Macintosh computers to help defend against newly identified bugs that security researchers have warned could enable hackers to gain remote control of machines. The company pushed out the software on Monday to fix critical security vulnerabilities in a component of its OS X operating system called the network time protocol, or NTP, according to Apple spokesman Bill Evans.NTP is used for synchronizing clocks on computer systems. ..

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South Korea official says cannot rule out North’s hand in hack of nuclear operator

By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has not ruled out the involvement of North Korea in a cyberattack on the country’s nuclear power plant operator and has requested the United States to help in investigations, an official involved in the proceedings said on Tuesday. Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co Ltd (KHNP), which runs South Korea’s 23 nuclear power reactors, said on Monday that its computer systems had been hacked but only non-critical data had been stolen. Operations were not at risk, it said

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