Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
LivingSocial Confirms $175 Million Amazon Investment — The rumors are true! Amazon and daily deals site LivingSocial have just officially confirmed their partnership, with the e-tailer investing a whopping $175 million in the latter. This comes at an interesting time for both companies …
It was unclear where the attack came from. Karlung said Monday that such attacks normally use a virus to prompt several computers to call a site simultaneously to overload it. The virus makes it difficult to stop the attack.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Iran confirms massive Stuxnet infection of industrial systems — Nation’s atomic energy experts met last week to discuss ways to eradicate worm, say reports — Computerworld – Officials in Iran have confirmed that the Stuxnet worm infected at least 30,000 Windows PCs in the country …
AT&T has confirmed that a security breach on the iPad 3G exposed the e-mail addresses and ICC IDs of its customers before the company was able to fix the problem on Tuesday. A group of computer experts named after an …
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