Cyber Security News
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Several major U.S. utilities are under “constant” cyberattack and haven’t taken precautions to protect critical systems from Iran, North Korea and other adversaries, according to a congressional survey of more than 100 companies accounting for much of the nation’s power system.
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Updated 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
President Barack Obama, turning the U.S. strategic focus to Asia, will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month in their first face-to-face talks since China’s power transition ended in March.
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Websense Inc., a website-filtering company that is shifting into Internet security, will be acquired by private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners for about $906 million.
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A Texas man was sentenced today in federal court in Trenton, New Jersey, to 71 months in prison for conspiracy to manipulate stock prices through a “botnet” network.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. sued Roche Holding AG’s Genentech unit seeking a court order that it doesn’t infringe patents used to make treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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Advanced cyber attack tools have become readily available for use by foreign governments and terrorists to infiltrate or cripple U.S. computer networks, two federal law enforcement officials told a congressional panel.
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The U.S. Defense Department is investigating intrusions by Chinese cyber-spies into the computer systems of defense contractor QinetiQ North America, the Pentagon said.
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Intel Corp., the world’s largest chipmaker, offered to buy Finland’s Stonesoft Oyj for $389 million in cash to expand the product offering of its McAfee security-software business.
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Among defense contractors, QinetiQ North America is known for spy-world connections and an eye- popping product line. Its contributions to national security include secret satellites, drones, and software used by U.S. special forces in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
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Australia is committing to buying 100 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons system, as the nation released its long-term defense strategy that seeks to balance competing interests of the U.S. and China in the Asia-Pacific.
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