Security experts say LinkedIn suffered data breach – msnbc.com

BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Computer security experts in the United States and Europe warned they have uncovered evidence that the social networking site LinkedIn has suffered a data breach that compromised the passwords of an unknown number of its users.
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End of Windows XP support era signals beginning of security nightmare

Microsoft’s recent announcement that it will end support for the Windows XP operating system in two years signals the end of an era for the company, and potentially the beginning of a nightmare for everyone else. Read more

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Cyberweapon Warning From a Computer Security Expert – New York Times

MOSCOW — When Eugene Kaspersky, the founder of Europe’s largest antivirus company, discovered the Flame virus that is afflicting computers in Iran and the Middle East, he recognized it as a technologically sophisticated virus that only a …
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Sophisticated cyber-battles raise fears of cyber-blowback – msnbc.com


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Sophisticated cyber-battles raise fears of cyber-blowback
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Whether a cyberweapon can boomerang depends on its state of the art, according to computer security experts. On that point, there are deep divisions over Flame. Russian digital security provider Kaspersky Lab, which first identified the virus,
Why antivirus companies like mine failed to catch Flame and StuxnetArs Technica

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