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SIM cards vulnerable to hacking, says researcher
Millions of mobile phones may be vulnerable to spying due to the use of outdated, 1970s-era cryptography, according to new research due to be presented at the Black Hat security conference. Read More


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True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking
Stings, penetration pwns, spy games -- it's all in a day's work along the thin gray line of IT security. Read More

Apple's developer site was hacked; customer information is safe
A funny thing happened to Apple's Developer Center over the last few days. It was down. And stayed down. And though Apple put up a message on the developer website indicating that things would be back to normal soon, no one quite knew what was going on. Until now. Apple on Sunday emailed developers and informed them that there was a security breach on Apple's developer site this past Thursday. Read More

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Samsung is close to inking a deal with the FBI and the U.S. Navy for mobile devices --placing a foot into the door that was previously blocked by BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion). Read More

Apple confirms hack of its developer website
Apple on Sunday admitted that its developer website, which has been offline since Thursday, had been hacked and some information may have been stolen. Read More

 

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