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WASHINGTON - (AFP) - A former civilian guard at a US consulate in China pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he planned to sell secrets to Chinese security officials, the US Justice Department said. Bryan Underwood, a 32-year-old American who worked at the US consulate in the southeastern Chinese city of Guangzhou, pleaded guilty to "attempting to communicate national defense information to a foreign government."

It's almost as though the criminal hackers will be soon able to read your mind. And new research suggests that maybe they will be able to do so. Personal information, such as “bank cards, PIN numbers, area of living, the knowledge of the known persons,” might be inadvertently leaked through the use of brain-computer interface (BCI) devices used in high-end gaming consoles.

SolarWinds, an Austin, Texas-based software maker known for its cost effective IT management solutions, today launched SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager (FSM), a multi-vendor firewall management solution.

FORT MEADE, Maryland, Aug 30, 2012 (AFP) - US Army Private Bradley Manning will go on trial on February 4 next year over charges that he "aided the enemy" by passing a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks, a judge said Thursday.

IT intrusion tools, sometimes known as lawful interception technologies, are a fixture in the headlines when it comes to privacy. One of the firms offering such abilities to governments and law enforcement is Gamma International, with their FinFisher suite. Researchers from The Citizen Lab have released new data that examines the mobile side of FinFisher, as well as possible locations for its use.

According to IDG News, who spoke to Adam Gowdiak, the founder and CEO of Polish security firm Security Explorations, Oracle was told about the issues currently leaving Java users exposed to attack back in April. In response, US-CERT has come forward in order to urge users and IT teams to disable Java.

NEW DELHI - (AFP) - India ended its ban on bulk text messages Thursday, two weeks after imposing restrictions to halt the spread of threats and rumours that sparked an exodus of migrants fearing attack.

Enterprises Experience 643 “Advanced Malware” Infections Each WeekAccording to FireEye’s most recent threat report released today, organizations are seeing a massive increase in advanced malware that is working its way inside enterprise walls by bypassing traditional IT security defenses.

In my previous SecurityWeek column, I wrote about how information is at the heart of most U.S. bills to secure the Internet. From CISPA to CSA to SECURE IT, all of these bills have one common tactic they are looking to tap: information sharing. My colleagues and I have a more descriptive saying for exactly what this is.

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