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Snowden docs show CIA’s attempts to hack Apple devices

We also describe how we modified both the Mac OS X updater to install an extra kernel extension … backdoors into encryption implementations that could also be exploited by hackers. ”I want to be absolutely clear that we have never worked with any …
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Iran holds exhibition on West’s nuclear sabotage attempts – Tehran Times

Iran holds exhibition on West's nuclear sabotage attempts
Tehran Times
Iran has repeatedly defused cyber worms and malware, including Stuxnet and Flame viruses that targeted the country's oil sector, which provides 80 percent of Iran's foreign revenue. In 2010, the so-called Stuxnet virus temporarily disrupted operation

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Phishing attack attempts to steal Google passwords via Red Cross website

“Please log into Google Docs, and then you’ll be able to read my message.” “I’ve provided a handy link…”
Naked Security – Sophos

Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project (Dan DeFelippi/Razor Fast)

Dan DeFelippi / Razor Fast:
Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project  —  Yesterday morning I woke up much earlier than I wanted.  Instead of lying in bed, wishing I was asleep, I decided to get up and check out Hacker News.  Better to waste my time reading industry news than lying around.

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