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| Hungarian hacker gets 30 months for extortion plot on Marriott
A Hungarian hacker who attempted to extort money from Marriott International Inc. by stealing confidential data from its computers and threatening to expose it was sentenced to 30 months in prison.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/17/~4/NtEztK6_2e0" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Anonymous grabs email from firm that defended Marine in Haditha case
In what's turning out to be quite a busy Friday for the hacking collective, Anonymous today said it has broken into the website of a law firm that represented a U.S. Marine accused of killing civilians in Haditha, Iraq.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/17/~4/A2ta6fKpRUI" height="1" width="1"/> |
| German gov't endorses Chrome as most secure browser
Germany's cyber security agency today recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser, citing the application's sandbox and auto-update features.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/17/~4/wRm6dDN4IiQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
| PHP 5.3.10 fixes critical remote code execution vulnerability
The PHP Group released PHP 5.3.10 on Thursday in order to address a critical security flaw that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on servers running an older version of the Web development platform.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/17/~4/bukxPXLUUls" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Google reveals Android malware 'Bouncer,' scans all apps
Google yesterday unveiled an automated system that scans Android apps for potential malware or unauthorized behavior, a move critics have long called the company to make.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/17/~4/eaEkHZeC7jI" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Lawsuit raises questions about email privacy at work
A recent lawsuit filed against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is drawing attention to the question of whether employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy when using personal email accounts on workplace computers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/17/~4/Oa0NOx-kaWw" height="1" width="1"/> |
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