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  • World gets together on cyberattack early warning

    Twenty-six countries have united to form a global cyber-security group: the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (Impact).

  • US Homeland Security wants a cyber-nuclear bomb

    The US wants to help defend against cyber attacks by embarking on a project that would build the equivalent of an online nuclear bomb.

  • RFID passports take off

    Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.

  • Notebooks, iPods banned on UK flights

    Air travellers leaving the United Kingdom on Thursday faced the strictest security measures in years: iPods, mobile phones, laptops, and even books and magazines were no longer permitted as carry-on items.

  • 130 arrested in Net fraud crackdown

    More than 130 people have been arrested as part of the latest effort by law-enforcement agencies to crack down on Internet fraud, according to the Justice Department.

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  • How Estonia's attacks shook the world

    The idea that attacks on computer systems could provide an alternative method of spreading terror and disruption has been a concern for governments since IT systems began to proliferate.

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