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Google joins FIDO Alliance in fight against password dependency
Google has taken a formal step in the fight against password dependency by joining the FIDO Alliance, a group aimed at developing alternative methods to verify identities online.
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Infosec 2013: BlackBerry talks up “mature” tech ahead of Q10 launch
With the company's trademark physical-keyboard smartphone returning this weekend in the BlackBerry Q10, Mike Brown told ITProPortal that his firm's enterprise pedigree gives it the edge over rivals.
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Infosec 2013: BAE Systems Detica claims China hacking group has "restarted espionage campaigns"
The Chinese military unit accused of hacking US organisations has become active again, according to security group BAE Systems Detica.
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Infosec 2013: Bitdefender previews Android privacy app Clueful
We met up the Bitdefender team at Earls Court who showed us the new Android security app Clueful, set to arrive in Google Play during May, which combats the growing problem of mobile privacy invasion.
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LulzSec leader nabbed by Australian police on hacking charges
Australian authorities have arrested a self-avowed leader of hacktivist collective LulzSec, on charges of having breached a government websites in an online attack earlier this month.
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China dominated cyber espionage in 2012
A new report found that "state-affiliated actors tied to China are the biggest mover in 2012. Their efforts to steal IP comprise about one-fifth of all breaches in this dataset."
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AP Twitter feed hacked, tweets false report of White House attack
Minutes after the offending tweet appeared, the AP took to its Facebook page to say that "the Associated Press Twitter account (@AP) has been hacked.
Analysis
Infosec 2013: 'Security must home in on data - not its surroundings'
“It always comes back to the data centric approach as supposed to trying to build these segmenting walls and imposing different filters across a machine," says Dave Anderson of Voltage Security.
