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CYBERATTACKS

BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 12, 2014
White House, spy agencies deny NSA exploited 'Heartbleed' bug
The White House and U.S. intelligence agencies said on Friday that neither the National Security Agency nor any other part of the government was aware before this month of the "Heartbleed" bug, denying a report that the spy agency exploited the glitch in widely used Web encryption technology to gather...
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 9, 2014
'Heartbleed' bug undoes Web encryption, exposes private data
A newly discovered bug in widely used Web encryption technology has made data on many of the world's major websites vulnerable to theft by hackers in what experts say is one of the most serious security flaws uncovered in recent years.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 29, 2014
U.S. urges restraint in cyberspace
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, pushing for openness ahead of a trip to China, said Friday in an unusual live broadcast from a secretive base that the Pentagon would exercise restraint in using the military in cyberspace and urged other nations to do so as well.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 10, 2014
Suspected Russian spyware targets Europe, United States
A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyberespionage programs uncovered to date.
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 6, 2014
DDoS cyberattacks grow bigger, smarter, more damaging
Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyberattacks is costing millions and straining the structure of the Internet.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2013
Beware the Internet and the danger of cyberattacks
Economics columnist Robert J. Samuelson has had it with the Internet. He says its astonishing capability to access information is not worth the dangers from cyberwar.

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