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All rights reservedFri, 19 Jul 2013 03:51:55 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/security/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/government-says-olympics-paid-off-economic-boost-051743566.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ai3nKIlXB8VldqyIk0vvzw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T075155Z_1_CBRE96I0LUL00_RTROPTP_2_OLYMPICS-BRITAIN-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photograph shows fireworks exploding over the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games" align="left" title="File photograph shows fireworks exploding over the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games" border="0" /></a>By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) - The economic benefits of hosting the Olympics in London already outweigh the nine billion pounds of public money spent on the Games, the government said on Friday. A year on, the Games remain a fond memory for most Britons who recall the triumphs of runner Mo Farah and cyclist Chris Hoy but have gone back to their daily routines in a country where the economy is showing signs of life after a long stagnation. Keen to show that the London 2012 Games had a lasting impact, the government said it calculated Britain had enjoyed a 9. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/government-says-olympics-paid-off-economic-boost-051743566.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 03:51:55 -0400Reutersgovernment-says-olympics-paid-off-economic-boost-051743566<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/government-says-olympics-paid-off-economic-boost-051743566.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ai3nKIlXB8VldqyIk0vvzw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T075155Z_1_CBRE96I0LUL00_RTROPTP_2_OLYMPICS-BRITAIN-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photograph shows fireworks exploding over the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games" align="left" title="File photograph shows fireworks exploding over the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games" border="0" /></a>By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) - The economic benefits of hosting the Olympics in London already outweigh the nine billion pounds of public money spent on the Games, the government said on Friday. A year on, the Games remain a fond memory for most Britons who recall the triumphs of runner Mo Farah and cyclist Chris Hoy but have gone back to their daily routines in a country where the economy is showing signs of life after a long stagnation. Keen to show that the London 2012 Games had a lasting impact, the government said it calculated Britain had enjoyed a 9. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/former-cia-boss-says-aware-evidence-huawei-spying-055549842.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jo2iR9DsBpb696Q3QpEkvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T061546Z_1_CBRE96I0HEE00_RTROPTP_2_US-HUAWEI-SECURITY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Former head of CIA Michael Hayden talks to reporters as he departs a closed-door session with the House Select Committee on Intelligence at the Capitol in Washington, December 12, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" align="left" title="Former head of CIA Michael Hayden talks to reporters as he departs a closed-door session with the House Select Committee on Intelligence at the Capitol in Washington, December 12, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" border="0" /></a>SYDNEY (Reuters) - The former head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency said he is aware of hard evidence that Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has spied for the Chinese government, the Australian Financial Review newspaper reported on Friday. Michael Hayden, also the former head of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), said in an interview with the paper that Huawei had &quot;shared with the Chinese state intimate and extensive knowledge of the foreign telecommunications systems it is involved with&quot;. &quot;I think that goes without saying,&quot; he was quoted as saying. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/former-cia-boss-says-aware-evidence-huawei-spying-055549842.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 01:55:49 -0400Reutersformer-cia-boss-says-aware-evidence-huawei-spying-055549842<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/former-cia-boss-says-aware-evidence-huawei-spying-055549842.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jo2iR9DsBpb696Q3QpEkvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T061546Z_1_CBRE96I0HEE00_RTROPTP_2_US-HUAWEI-SECURITY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Former head of CIA Michael Hayden talks to reporters as he departs a closed-door session with the House Select Committee on Intelligence at the Capitol in Washington, December 12, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" align="left" title="Former head of CIA Michael Hayden talks to reporters as he departs a closed-door session with the House Select Committee on Intelligence at the Capitol in Washington, December 12, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst" border="0" /></a>SYDNEY (Reuters) - The former head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency said he is aware of hard evidence that Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has spied for the Chinese government, the Australian Financial Review newspaper reported on Friday. Michael Hayden, also the former head of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), said in an interview with the paper that Huawei had &quot;shared with the Chinese state intimate and extensive knowledge of the foreign telecommunications systems it is involved with&quot;. &quot;I think that goes without saying,&quot; he was quoted as saying. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-testing-ground-chinese-cyber-army-011049528.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vcadn7jQOwPpKBdzLd6f3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T011049Z_1_CBRE96I03AH00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-TAIWAN-CYBER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A hacker works on his laptop in Taipei" align="left" title="A hacker works on his laptop in Taipei" border="0" /></a>By Michael Gold TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is the frontline in an emerging global battle for cyberspace, according to elite hackers in the island&#039;s IT industry, who say it has become a rehearsal area for the Chinese cyberattacks that have strained ties with the United States. The self-governing island, they say, has endured at least a decade of highly-targeted data-theft attacks that are then directed towards larger countries. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-testing-ground-chinese-cyber-army-011049528.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 21:10:49 -0400Reuterstaiwan-testing-ground-chinese-cyber-army-011049528<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-testing-ground-chinese-cyber-army-011049528.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vcadn7jQOwPpKBdzLd6f3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T011049Z_1_CBRE96I03AH00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-TAIWAN-CYBER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A hacker works on his laptop in Taipei" align="left" title="A hacker works on his laptop in Taipei" border="0" /></a>By Michael Gold TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is the frontline in an emerging global battle for cyberspace, according to elite hackers in the island&#039;s IT industry, who say it has become a rehearsal area for the Chinese cyberattacks that have strained ties with the United States. The self-governing island, they say, has endured at least a decade of highly-targeted data-theft attacks that are then directed towards larger countries. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-says-olympics-paid-off-economic-boost-230540152.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DIztZ_a8E5agxoNtD2RsUw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T230540Z_1_CBRE96H1S5K00_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-OLYMPICS-BRITAIN-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games" align="left" title="The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games" border="0" /></a>By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) - The economic benefits of hosting the Olympics in London already outweigh the nine billion pounds ($13.7 billion) of public money spent on the Games, the British government said on Friday. A year on, the Games remain a fond memory for most Britons who recall the triumphs of runner Mo Farah and cyclist Chris Hoy but have gone back to their daily routines in a country where the economy is showing signs of life after a long stagnation. Keen to show that the London 2012 Games had a lasting impact, the government said it calculated Britain had enjoyed a 9. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/britain-says-olympics-paid-off-economic-boost-230540152.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 19:34:02 -0400Reutersbritain-says-olympics-paid-off-economic-boost-230540152<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-says-olympics-paid-off-economic-boost-230540152.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DIztZ_a8E5agxoNtD2RsUw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T230540Z_1_CBRE96H1S5K00_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-OLYMPICS-BRITAIN-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games" align="left" title="The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games" border="0" /></a>By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) - The economic benefits of hosting the Olympics in London already outweigh the nine billion pounds ($13.7 billion) of public money spent on the Games, the British government said on Friday. A year on, the Games remain a fond memory for most Britons who recall the triumphs of runner Mo Farah and cyclist Chris Hoy but have gone back to their daily routines in a country where the economy is showing signs of life after a long stagnation. Keen to show that the London 2012 Games had a lasting impact, the government said it calculated Britain had enjoyed a 9. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasdaq-forum-website-hacked-passwords-compromised-222228804.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZcHTAuxqJMvW4AzcozYq3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T222228Z_1_CBRE96H1Q5R00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-NASDAQ-CYBERCRIME-WEBSITE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File of pedestrians walk past the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York&#039;s Times Square" align="left" title="File of pedestrians walk past the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York&#039;s Times Square" border="0" /></a>By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cyber-criminals targeted Nasdaq OMX Group&#039;s community forum website and gained access to the email usernames and passwords of the members of the site, which took two days to come back online on Thursday evening. The New York-based exchange operator said in an emailed letter to users of the forum that no e-commerce or transactions of any kind were taking place on the website. The forum was open to the general public to join. Nasdaq spokesman Joseph Christinat could not say how many people&#039;s information may have been compromised. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nasdaq-forum-website-hacked-passwords-compromised-222228804.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 18:22:28 -0400Reutersnasdaq-forum-website-hacked-passwords-compromised-222228804<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasdaq-forum-website-hacked-passwords-compromised-222228804.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZcHTAuxqJMvW4AzcozYq3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T222228Z_1_CBRE96H1Q5R00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-NASDAQ-CYBERCRIME-WEBSITE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File of pedestrians walk past the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York&#039;s Times Square" align="left" title="File of pedestrians walk past the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York&#039;s Times Square" border="0" /></a>By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cyber-criminals targeted Nasdaq OMX Group&#039;s community forum website and gained access to the email usernames and passwords of the members of the site, which took two days to come back online on Thursday evening. The New York-based exchange operator said in an emailed letter to users of the forum that no e-commerce or transactions of any kind were taking place on the website. The forum was open to the general public to join. Nasdaq spokesman Joseph Christinat could not say how many people&#039;s information may have been compromised. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (AP) ? One of Britain's most senior security officials has been assigned to review a cybersecurity center operated by Chinese company Huawei following concerns that the telecommunications firm ? which is playing an increasingly large role in Britain's Internet infrastructure ? can't be relied on to police its own systems.http://news.yahoo.com/britain-review-huaweis-uk-based-cyber-center-121519450.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:50:30 -0400Associated Pressbritain-review-huaweis-uk-based-cyber-center-121519450<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-review-huawei-cyber-centre-allay-security-fears-111317714.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Rj7raOjAjiFvV0NrvvHeOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T111317Z_1_CBRE96H0V7900_RTROPTP_2_HUAWEI-CFO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks at a Huawei mobile phone as he shops at an electronic market in Shanghai" align="left" title="A man looks at a Huawei mobile phone as he shops at an electronic market in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will review security at a cyber centre in southern England run by China&#039;s Huawei to ensure that the British telecommunications network is protected, the government said on Thursday. Worries about state eavesdropping of phone data and emails shot up the political agenda last month when former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden disclosed details of Washington&#039;s U.S. PRISM surveillance system. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/britain-review-huawei-cyber-centre-allay-security-fears-111317714.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:53:32 -0400Reutersbritain-review-huawei-cyber-centre-allay-security-fears-111317714<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-review-huawei-cyber-centre-allay-security-fears-111317714.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Rj7raOjAjiFvV0NrvvHeOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T111317Z_1_CBRE96H0V7900_RTROPTP_2_HUAWEI-CFO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks at a Huawei mobile phone as he shops at an electronic market in Shanghai" align="left" title="A man looks at a Huawei mobile phone as he shops at an electronic market in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will review security at a cyber centre in southern England run by China&#039;s Huawei to ensure that the British telecommunications network is protected, the government said on Thursday. Worries about state eavesdropping of phone data and emails shot up the political agenda last month when former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden disclosed details of Washington&#039;s U.S. PRISM surveillance system. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-review-huawei-cyber-centre-allay-security-fears-111248944.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/psioYlM_5TooZfmCIGDuSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T111248Z_1_CBRE96H0V5J00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-SECURITY-BRITAIN-HUAWEI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past a Huawei company logo outside the entrance of a Huawei office in Wuhan" align="left" title="A man walks past a Huawei company logo outside the entrance of a Huawei office in Wuhan" border="0" /></a>By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will review security at a cyber center in southern England run by China&#039;s Huawei to ensure that the British telecommunications network is protected, the government said on Thursday. Worries about state eavesdropping of phone data and emails shot up the political agenda last month when former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden disclosed details of Washington&#039;s U.S. PRISM surveillance system. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/britain-review-huawei-cyber-centre-allay-security-fears-111248944.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:51:53 -0400Reutersbritain-review-huawei-cyber-centre-allay-security-fears-111248944<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-review-huawei-cyber-centre-allay-security-fears-111248944.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/psioYlM_5TooZfmCIGDuSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T111248Z_1_CBRE96H0V5J00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-SECURITY-BRITAIN-HUAWEI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past a Huawei company logo outside the entrance of a Huawei office in Wuhan" align="left" title="A man walks past a Huawei company logo outside the entrance of a Huawei office in Wuhan" border="0" /></a>By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will review security at a cyber center in southern England run by China&#039;s Huawei to ensure that the British telecommunications network is protected, the government said on Thursday. Worries about state eavesdropping of phone data and emails shot up the political agenda last month when former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden disclosed details of Washington&#039;s U.S. PRISM surveillance system. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/congress-needs-lesson-passwords-133317495.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0rGqJ6sZOTM1IFYnUhs.uw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Congress_Needs_a_Lesson_in-694874cde06a84a869c246caa0222ed6" width="130" height="86" alt="Congress Needs a Lesson in Passwords" align="left" title="Congress Needs a Lesson in Passwords" border="0" /></a>Anonymous claims to have hacked the emails and passwords of some Congress persons and a bunch of their staffers, revealing that the members of our esteemed government have terrible password habits. The list came via the Anonymous twitter handle?OpsLastResort?in protest of the NSA domestic spying revelations. The document claims to have the &quot;current valid credentials&quot; of more than 2,000 people. But, out of the kindness of their hearts, they &quot;HAVE REMOVED SOME OF THE PASSWORDS AND SHUFFLED THE ORDER OF THE REMAINING ONES. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/congress-needs-lesson-passwords-133317495.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:33:17 -0400The Atlantic Wirecongress-needs-lesson-passwords-133317495<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/congress-needs-lesson-passwords-133317495.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0rGqJ6sZOTM1IFYnUhs.uw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Congress_Needs_a_Lesson_in-694874cde06a84a869c246caa0222ed6" width="130" height="86" alt="Congress Needs a Lesson in Passwords" align="left" title="Congress Needs a Lesson in Passwords" border="0" /></a>Anonymous claims to have hacked the emails and passwords of some Congress persons and a bunch of their staffers, revealing that the members of our esteemed government have terrible password habits. The list came via the Anonymous twitter handle?OpsLastResort?in protest of the NSA domestic spying revelations. The document claims to have the &quot;current valid credentials&quot; of more than 2,000 people. But, out of the kindness of their hearts, they &quot;HAVE REMOVED SOME OF THE PASSWORDS AND SHUFFLED THE ORDER OF THE REMAINING ONES. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ericsson-profit-miss-sours-hopes-quick-turnaround-094502267.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7ASDszTfK.x3_OJThS47ng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T132551Z_1_CBRE96H0R3H00_RTROPTP_2_US-ERICSSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The exterior of Ericsson&#039;s headquarters are seen in Stockholm April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Bob Strong" align="left" title="The exterior of Ericsson&#039;s headquarters are seen in Stockholm April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Bob Strong" border="0" /></a>By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - World No. 1 mobile network gear maker Ericsson posted second quarter operating profit well below expectations on Thursday, bruising hopes of a quick recovery at its core network unit. In a quarter hit by a large one-off charge, sales and margins at Ericsson&#039;s networks unit were well below expectations, underlining competition from Chinese equipment vendors like Huawei as well as global economic gloom and currency headwinds. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ericsson-profit-miss-sours-hopes-quick-turnaround-094502267.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:25:51 -0400Reutersericsson-profit-miss-sours-hopes-quick-turnaround-094502267<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ericsson-profit-miss-sours-hopes-quick-turnaround-094502267.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7ASDszTfK.x3_OJThS47ng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T132551Z_1_CBRE96H0R3H00_RTROPTP_2_US-ERICSSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The exterior of Ericsson&#039;s headquarters are seen in Stockholm April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Bob Strong" align="left" title="The exterior of Ericsson&#039;s headquarters are seen in Stockholm April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Bob Strong" border="0" /></a>By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - World No. 1 mobile network gear maker Ericsson posted second quarter operating profit well below expectations on Thursday, bruising hopes of a quick recovery at its core network unit. In a quarter hit by a large one-off charge, sales and margins at Ericsson&#039;s networks unit were well below expectations, underlining competition from Chinese equipment vendors like Huawei as well as global economic gloom and currency headwinds. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/local-boy-saltman-shaken-wretched-open-start-081047297.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WLJdntO5TdZjFm4ScILH.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T083505Z_1_AJOE96H0NUJ00_RTROPTP_2_OZASP-GOLF-OPEN-20130718.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Sunday morning hackers know the feeling well. You step on the first tee and duff your first shot out of bounds, then take another ball and do exactly the same. Scotland&#039;s Lloyd Saltman did just that at Muirfield on Thursday when he began his British Open challenge with a first-hole horror show which ended with an ugly quadruple-bogey eight. Saltman, who came though qualifying at nearby Musselburgh, rallied briefly but ended up carding an eight-over 79. &quot;Once it starts moving on the wind here it&#039;s gone,&quot; Saltman told reporters. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/local-boy-saltman-shaken-wretched-open-start-081047297.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 07:01:06 -0400Reuterslocal-boy-saltman-shaken-wretched-open-start-081047297<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/local-boy-saltman-shaken-wretched-open-start-081047297.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WLJdntO5TdZjFm4ScILH.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T083505Z_1_AJOE96H0NUJ00_RTROPTP_2_OZASP-GOLF-OPEN-20130718.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Sunday morning hackers know the feeling well. You step on the first tee and duff your first shot out of bounds, then take another ball and do exactly the same. Scotland&#039;s Lloyd Saltman did just that at Muirfield on Thursday when he began his British Open challenge with a first-hole horror show which ended with an ugly quadruple-bogey eight. Saltman, who came though qualifying at nearby Musselburgh, rallied briefly but ended up carding an eight-over 79. &quot;Once it starts moving on the wind here it&#039;s gone,&quot; Saltman told reporters. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Adds quotes) By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland, July 18 (Reuters) - Sunday morning hackers know the feeling well. You step on the first tee and duff your first shot out of bounds, then take another ball and do exactly the same. Scotland's Lloyd Saltman did just that at Muirfield on Thursday when he began his British Open challenge with a first-hole horror show which ended with an ugly quadruple-bogey eight. Saltman, who came though qualifying at nearby Musselburgh, rallied briefly but ended up carding an eight-over 79. ...http://news.yahoo.com/golf-saltman-suffers-hackers-curse-first-hole-bares-104103490.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 06:41:03 -0400Reutersgolf-saltman-suffers-hackers-curse-first-hole-bares-104103490Sadly enough, NEC?s share price rose 2.6% on the news that it is going to shutter its mobile phone unit. It?s a tragic epitaph?for what was once a?genuinely exciting brand. It?s also a sad reminder of the profound failure of Japan?s?technology industry. The global smartphone market is?currently?shaken by?a cluster of vital, hungry challenger vendors?of China and India,?including Huawei, ZTE, Micromax, Karbonn and?Spice. Japanese mobile phone powerhouses like Sharp, Toshiba, Matsushita and NEC have been left in the dust. Only Sony still soldiers on, grimly and joylessly. Let us briefly relive the glory that was NEC?s handset?wizardry at the height of its powers. In the early 1990s, NEC briefly attained 12% mobile phone market share in the U.S. Like all Japanesehttp://news.yahoo.com/nec-sorrow-japan-190043521.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:00:43 -0400BGR Newsnec-sorrow-japan-190043521NEW YORK (AP) ? Network Solutions, a company that provides tools for companies, groups and individuals to operate websites, says a hacking attack caused service disruptions to its customers.http://news.yahoo.com/hacking-attack-blamed-network-solutions-outage-165833838.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:54:38 -0400Associated Presshacking-attack-blamed-network-solutions-outage-165833838<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attacks-stock-exchanges-put-markets-risk-report-215934407.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xLtspVdMIGaL8Qd.Q30lVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T215934Z_1_CBRE96F1P3G00_RTROPTP_2_NASDAQ-ACQUISITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Nasdaq logo is seen on the exterior of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York" align="left" title="The Nasdaq logo is seen on the exterior of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York" border="0" /></a>By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Around half of the world&#039;s securities exchanges were the target of cyber-attacks last year, according to a paper based on a survey of 46 exchanges released on Tuesday. The prevalence of attacks along with the interconnected nature of the markets creates the potential for widespread impact, said the joint staff working paper by the International Organization of Securities Commissions&#039; (IOSCO) research department and the World Federation of Exchanges Office. &quot;There could be systemic impacts ... ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attacks-stock-exchanges-put-markets-risk-report-215934407.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 17:59:34 -0400Reuterscyber-attacks-stock-exchanges-put-markets-risk-report-215934407<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cyber-attacks-stock-exchanges-put-markets-risk-report-215934407.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xLtspVdMIGaL8Qd.Q30lVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T215934Z_1_CBRE96F1P3G00_RTROPTP_2_NASDAQ-ACQUISITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Nasdaq logo is seen on the exterior of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York" align="left" title="The Nasdaq logo is seen on the exterior of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York" border="0" /></a>By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Around half of the world&#039;s securities exchanges were the target of cyber-attacks last year, according to a paper based on a survey of 46 exchanges released on Tuesday. The prevalence of attacks along with the interconnected nature of the markets creates the potential for widespread impact, said the joint staff working paper by the International Organization of Securities Commissions&#039; (IOSCO) research department and the World Federation of Exchanges Office. &quot;There could be systemic impacts ... ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-accuses-north-cyber-attacks-082634618.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/urstDugMxn9wdS1jLx0xpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T133215Z_1_CBRE96F11LT00_RTROPTP_2_KOREA-NORTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits a Mushroom Farm in this undated photo released by North Korea&#039;s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang" align="left" title="North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits a Mushroom Farm in this undated photo released by North Korea&#039;s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea accused North Korea on Tuesday of mounting cyber attacks on the websites of its presidential office and other government agencies, saying it had identified signature malicious computer codes and an internet address. The cyber attacks took place last month, on the anniversary of the beginning of the 1950-53 Korean War which left the peninsula divided between the rival countries. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-accuses-north-cyber-attacks-082634618.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 09:32:15 -0400Reuterssouth-korea-accuses-north-cyber-attacks-082634618<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-accuses-north-cyber-attacks-082634618.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/urstDugMxn9wdS1jLx0xpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T133215Z_1_CBRE96F11LT00_RTROPTP_2_KOREA-NORTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits a Mushroom Farm in this undated photo released by North Korea&#039;s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang" align="left" title="North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits a Mushroom Farm in this undated photo released by North Korea&#039;s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea accused North Korea on Tuesday of mounting cyber attacks on the websites of its presidential office and other government agencies, saying it had identified signature malicious computer codes and an internet address. The cyber attacks took place last month, on the anniversary of the beginning of the 1950-53 Korean War which left the peninsula divided between the rival countries. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-blames-north-korea-061633820.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qu6GjjwGZMLmjcub_vUU3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/0573cee1c89ab617370f6a7067002628_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korea blames North Korea for cyberattack" align="left" title="South Korea blames North Korea for cyberattack" border="0" /></a>South Korean investigators on Tuesday blamed rival North Korea for a cyberattack last month on dozens of South Korean media and government websites, including those of the president and prime minister. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-blames-north-korea-061633820.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 07:47:37 -0400Associated Presssouth-korea-blames-north-korea-061633820<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-korea-blames-north-korea-061633820.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qu6GjjwGZMLmjcub_vUU3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/0573cee1c89ab617370f6a7067002628_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korea blames North Korea for cyberattack" align="left" title="South Korea blames North Korea for cyberattack" border="0" /></a>South Korean investigators on Tuesday blamed rival North Korea for a cyberattack last month on dozens of South Korean media and government websites, including those of the president and prime minister. ...</p><br clear="all"/>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Yahoo is allowing people to place claims on inactive email addresses that are being given a second life.http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-accepting-requests-inactive-email-ids-205604767.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 18:43:07 -0400Associated Pressyahoo-accepting-requests-inactive-email-ids-205604767<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/australia-election-threatens-shape-34-billion-broadband-plan-210800867.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bqTn1iBt0Yz9rnzM7V.7QQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T210800Z_1_CBRE96E1MQU00_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRALIA-ELECTION-NBN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="NBN Co workers arrange fibre-optic cables used in the National Broadband Network in west Sydney" align="left" title="NBN Co workers arrange fibre-optic cables used in the National Broadband Network in west Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - The future of an ambitious project to connect almost all Australia&#039;s far-flung inhabitants to high-speed internet, the largest infrastructure enterprise in the country&#039;s history, is hanging on the outcome of an upcoming federal election. The Labor government and conservative Liberal-led opposition have vastly differing plans for the A$37.4 billion ($34.2 billion) National Broadband Network (NBN), potentially hurting some business stakeholders and opening the door to others, including China&#039;s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/australia-election-threatens-shape-34-billion-broadband-plan-210800867.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 17:08:00 -0400Reutersaustralia-election-threatens-shape-34-billion-broadband-plan-210800867<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/australia-election-threatens-shape-34-billion-broadband-plan-210800867.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bqTn1iBt0Yz9rnzM7V.7QQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T210800Z_1_CBRE96E1MQU00_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRALIA-ELECTION-NBN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="NBN Co workers arrange fibre-optic cables used in the National Broadband Network in west Sydney" align="left" title="NBN Co workers arrange fibre-optic cables used in the National Broadband Network in west Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - The future of an ambitious project to connect almost all Australia&#039;s far-flung inhabitants to high-speed internet, the largest infrastructure enterprise in the country&#039;s history, is hanging on the outcome of an upcoming federal election. The Labor government and conservative Liberal-led opposition have vastly differing plans for the A$37.4 billion ($34.2 billion) National Broadband Network (NBN), potentially hurting some business stakeholders and opening the door to others, including China&#039;s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-affair-chance-truce-cyber-war-u-n-161334837.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lpW7R0y1t6vwSQSkYO2Eew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T161619Z_2_CBRE96E193G00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-SECURITY-CYBERTRUCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Former intelligence agency contractor Snowden speaks to human rights representatives in Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" align="left" title="Former intelligence agency contractor Snowden speaks to human rights representatives in Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" border="0" /></a>By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Edward Snowden&#039;s revelations about U.S. Internet surveillance have created a chance for countries to call a halt to a cyber war, a senior U.N. official said on Monday. &quot;It gives us an opportunity, and I keep saying let&#039;s build bridges,&quot; said Hamadoun Tour?, head of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is working with Interpol and the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime to work out how to police cyberspace. The accusations by Snowden, a former U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-affair-chance-truce-cyber-war-u-n-161334837.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 12:16:19 -0400Reuterssnowden-affair-chance-truce-cyber-war-u-n-161334837<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-affair-chance-truce-cyber-war-u-n-161334837.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lpW7R0y1t6vwSQSkYO2Eew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T161619Z_2_CBRE96E193G00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-SECURITY-CYBERTRUCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Former intelligence agency contractor Snowden speaks to human rights representatives in Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" align="left" title="Former intelligence agency contractor Snowden speaks to human rights representatives in Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo airport" border="0" /></a>By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Edward Snowden&#039;s revelations about U.S. Internet surveillance have created a chance for countries to call a halt to a cyber war, a senior U.N. official said on Monday. &quot;It gives us an opportunity, and I keep saying let&#039;s build bridges,&quot; said Hamadoun Tour?, head of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is working with Interpol and the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime to work out how to police cyberspace. The accusations by Snowden, a former U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Russian teenager Sergey Sirotkin could become Formula One's youngest ever driver next season as part of a financial lifeline keeping the Swiss Sauber team in the sport. Cash-strapped Sauber announced on Monday a partnership with three Russian entities, including the National Institute of Aviation Technologies which is headed by the 17-year-old driver's father Oleg. The other two are the Investment Cooperation International Fund and the State Fund of Development of the North-West Russian Federation. ...http://news.yahoo.com/sauber-fast-track-russian-teenager-f1-151315553.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:15 -0400Reuterssauber-fast-track-russian-teenager-f1-151315553(Adds detail) By Alan Baldwin LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Russian teenager Sergey Sirotkin could become Formula One's youngest ever driver next season as part of a financial lifeline keeping the Swiss Sauber team in the sport. Cash-strapped Sauber announced on Monday a partnership with three Russian entities, including the National Institute of Aviation Technologies which is headed by the 17-year-old driver's father Oleg. The other two are the Investment Cooperation International Fund and the State Fund of Development of the North-West Russian Federation. ...http://news.yahoo.com/motor-racing-sauber-fast-track-russian-teenager-f1-150413151.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 11:04:13 -0400Reutersmotor-racing-sauber-fast-track-russian-teenager-f1-150413151<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/researchers-hack-verizon-device-turn-mobile-spy-station-095949992.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BT26B5xYzTa6_z4xHj961g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T095949Z_1_CBRE96E0RS100_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIRETAPS-VERIZON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A photo illustration shows the Verizon wireless carrier icon on a mobile phone screen in Encinitas" align="left" title="A photo illustration shows the Verizon wireless carrier icon on a mobile phone screen in Encinitas" border="0" /></a>By Jim Finkle NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two security experts said they have figured out how to spy on Verizon Wireless mobile phone customers by hacking into devices the U.S. carrier sells to boost wireless signals indoors. The finding, which the experts demonstrated to Reuters and will further detail at two hacking conferences this summer, comes at a time of intense global debate about electronic privacy, after top-secret U.S. surveillance programs were leaked by a former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, last month. &quot;This is not about how the NSA would attack ordinary people. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/researchers-hack-verizon-device-turn-mobile-spy-station-095949992.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 07:57:29 -0400Reutersresearchers-hack-verizon-device-turn-mobile-spy-station-095949992<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/researchers-hack-verizon-device-turn-mobile-spy-station-095949992.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BT26B5xYzTa6_z4xHj961g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T095949Z_1_CBRE96E0RS100_RTROPTP_2_USA-WIRETAPS-VERIZON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A photo illustration shows the Verizon wireless carrier icon on a mobile phone screen in Encinitas" align="left" title="A photo illustration shows the Verizon wireless carrier icon on a mobile phone screen in Encinitas" border="0" /></a>By Jim Finkle NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two security experts said they have figured out how to spy on Verizon Wireless mobile phone customers by hacking into devices the U.S. carrier sells to boost wireless signals indoors. The finding, which the experts demonstrated to Reuters and will further detail at two hacking conferences this summer, comes at a time of intense global debate about electronic privacy, after top-secret U.S. surveillance programs were leaked by a former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, last month. &quot;This is not about how the NSA would attack ordinary people. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-ask-feds-stay-away-convention-defuse-tension-062506640.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.hZh2LTJrZkh5dubnKTpPQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-11T200156Z_2_CBRE96A0HUF00_RTROPTP_2_MEDIA-TECH-SUMMIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="ICANN&#039;s Vice President and CSO, and a member of the DHS Advisory Committee Moss speaks at the Reuters Global Media and Technology Summit in New York" align="left" title="ICANN&#039;s Vice President and CSO, and a member of the DHS Advisory Committee Moss speaks at the Reuters Global Media and Technology Summit in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The annual Def Con hacking convention has asked the U.S. federal government to stay away this year for the first time in its 21-year history, saying Edward Snowden&#039;s revelations have made some in the community uncomfortable about its presence. &quot;It would be best for everyone involved if the Feds call a &#039;time-out&#039; and not attend Def Con this year,&quot; conference founder Jeff Moss said in an announcement posted Wednesday night on the convention&#039;s website. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-ask-feds-stay-away-convention-defuse-tension-062506640.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 16:01:56 -0400Reutershackers-ask-feds-stay-away-convention-defuse-tension-062506640<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-ask-feds-stay-away-convention-defuse-tension-062506640.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.hZh2LTJrZkh5dubnKTpPQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-11T200156Z_2_CBRE96A0HUF00_RTROPTP_2_MEDIA-TECH-SUMMIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="ICANN&#039;s Vice President and CSO, and a member of the DHS Advisory Committee Moss speaks at the Reuters Global Media and Technology Summit in New York" align="left" title="ICANN&#039;s Vice President and CSO, and a member of the DHS Advisory Committee Moss speaks at the Reuters Global Media and Technology Summit in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The annual Def Con hacking convention has asked the U.S. federal government to stay away this year for the first time in its 21-year history, saying Edward Snowden&#039;s revelations have made some in the community uncomfortable about its presence. &quot;It would be best for everyone involved if the Feds call a &#039;time-out&#039; and not attend Def Con this year,&quot; conference founder Jeff Moss said in an announcement posted Wednesday night on the convention&#039;s website. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-now-leery-inviting-nsa-conventions-181949265.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OzvHxy0MGkuMrXa8WhaEIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Hackers_Are_Now_Leery_About-c65ba4dac3ddeb2f5bb32a2089625830" width="130" height="86" alt="Hackers Are Now Leery About Inviting the NSA to Their Conventions" align="left" title="Hackers Are Now Leery About Inviting the NSA to Their Conventions" border="0" /></a>DefCon, one of the premier gatherings of hackers in the United States, has a message for the government officials who normally attend: Not this year. After all, if you can&#039;t trust the NSA, who can you trust?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-now-leery-inviting-nsa-conventions-181949265.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 14:19:49 -0400The Atlantic Wirehackers-now-leery-inviting-nsa-conventions-181949265<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-now-leery-inviting-nsa-conventions-181949265.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OzvHxy0MGkuMrXa8WhaEIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Hackers_Are_Now_Leery_About-c65ba4dac3ddeb2f5bb32a2089625830" width="130" height="86" alt="Hackers Are Now Leery About Inviting the NSA to Their Conventions" align="left" title="Hackers Are Now Leery About Inviting the NSA to Their Conventions" border="0" /></a>DefCon, one of the premier gatherings of hackers in the United States, has a message for the government officials who normally attend: Not this year. After all, if you can&#039;t trust the NSA, who can you trust?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/khalid-sheikh-mohammed-designed-vacuum-cleaner-cia-prison-112631628.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v_Ty3eRlf30bzikGXZwx0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed_Designed_a-01b1d958a38754452d3be455ac6dded3" width="130" height="86" alt="Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Designed a Vacuum Cleaner From His CIA Prison" align="left" title="Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Designed a Vacuum Cleaner From His CIA Prison" border="0" /></a>The man long considered responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks has been in prison a long time?so long that he appears to have had time to reinvent common household appliances. A new report from the Associated Press claims that?Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was captured by the CIA in 2003, was allowed to spend of his free time working on designs for a new vacuum cleaner.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/khalid-sheikh-mohammed-designed-vacuum-cleaner-cia-prison-112631628.htmlThu, 11 Jul 2013 07:26:31 -0400The Atlantic Wirekhalid-sheikh-mohammed-designed-vacuum-cleaner-cia-prison-112631628<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/khalid-sheikh-mohammed-designed-vacuum-cleaner-cia-prison-112631628.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v_Ty3eRlf30bzikGXZwx0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed_Designed_a-01b1d958a38754452d3be455ac6dded3" width="130" height="86" alt="Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Designed a Vacuum Cleaner From His CIA Prison" align="left" title="Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Designed a Vacuum Cleaner From His CIA Prison" border="0" /></a>The man long considered responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks has been in prison a long time?so long that he appears to have had time to reinvent common household appliances. A new report from the Associated Press claims that?Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was captured by the CIA in 2003, was allowed to spend of his free time working on designs for a new vacuum cleaner.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nato-cyber-defense-center-fights-tide-hacking-attempts-160438923.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hF19ZBGkeVS8s7942OFYCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-10T160438Z_1_CBRE96918O600_RTROPTP_2_POLAND.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code around the shadow of a man holding a laptop computer in an office in Warsaw" align="left" title="An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code around the shadow of a man holding a laptop computer in an office in Warsaw" border="0" /></a>By Adrian Croft MONS, Belgium (Reuters) - Crouched behind banks of computer screens flashing data, NATO analysts try to stay ahead of millions of suspected attempts to hack the Western alliance&#039;s computer networks, as cyber defense moves to the center of NATO operations. NATO&#039;s cyber defense nerve center, operating from the alliance&#039;s operational headquarters at Mons in southern Belgium, monitors potential attacks on NATO computer systems installed at 55 locations around the world. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nato-cyber-defense-center-fights-tide-hacking-attempts-160438923.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 12:04:38 -0400Reutersnato-cyber-defense-cente

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