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DHS chief: What we learned from Stuxnet
If there's a lesson to be learned from last year's Stuxnet worm, it's that the private sector needs to be able to respond quickly to cyber-emergencies, the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said. Read More



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Google patches 27 Chrome bugs, pays out record bounties
Google today patched 27 vulnerabilities in Chrome as it boosted the "stable" build of the browser to version 11 on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The company paid out a record $16,500 in bounties to researchers who reported a majority of the bugs, beating the previous biggest payday by several hundred dollars. Read More

Apple responds to concerns about iPhone location data
Apple on Wednesday responded to concerns over the iPhone's gathering of location data in the form of a lengthy Q&A document on its website. Read More

Lawmakers quiz Apple, Google about location tracking
Minnesota Senator Al Franken and the attorney general of Illinois have separately pressed Apple and Google to provide more information about the location data they collect about their end users. Read More

Feds to remotely uninstall Coreflood bot from some PCs
The DOJ's plan to uninstall Coreflood is the latest step in a coordinated campaign to cripple the botnet , which controls more than 2 million compromised computers. However, users must sign a consent form before FBI tells malware to delete itself. Read More



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