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WASHINGTON - The New York Times and Guardian newspapers called Thursday for US leaker Edward Snowden to be granted clemency for his revelations on US government spying.

WASHINGTON - The Syrian Electronic Army hacker group set its sights on Skype's social media accounts Wednesday to accuse Microsoft of spying on user data. Microsoft-owned Skype's Twitter account displayed the message: "Don't use Microsoft emails(hotmail,outlook),They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments.More details soon #SEA."

Apple has added its name to the list of companies denying they have ever cooperated with the National Security Agency to create backdoors in any of its products.

A pair of security researchers uncovered a way to hack some SD cards and potentially go undetected.

Security Measures Include Monitoring Local Internet and Mobile Network Traffic to Detect Plotting of New Attacks MOSCOW - Successive-day bombings on a railway station and trolleybus in Russia's heartland expose the challenge President Vladimir Putin faces in ensuring a safe Olympics on the edge of the violence-plagued North Caucasus.

Last month, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) released its proposed changes for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)

Leaked information about the National Security Agency's operations has reportedly exposed a catalog of tools the spy agency uses to compromise popular software and hardware.

Photo messaging service Snapchat downplayed an attack against its service outlined by last week by security researchers.

The Briar Group has come forward with confirmation that customers at its eight Boston-area restaurants may have had their credit card data stolen.Details on the security breach are limited but the company said the theft of credit card data "may have occurred from sometime in October 2013 to early November 2013."

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BERLIN - The US National Security Agency has collected sensitive data on key telecommunications cables between Europe, north Africa and Asia, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday citing classified documents.

NEW YORK - A US judge ruled Friday that the National Security Agency's mass surveillance of telephone calls is lawful, fanning a legal conflict likely to be decided ultimately by the Supreme Court. Federal judge William Pauley in New York threw out a petition from the American Civil Liberties Union and said the program was vital in preventing an Al-Qaeda terror attack on American soil.

Following the recent disclosure of a massive data breach that affected nearly 40 million customers, retail giant Target has now confirmed that encrypted PIN data from card transactions was accessed by hackers.

Researchers have reportedly found a vulnerability in a security system embedded in Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone that could allow an attacker to steal data.

During the past few months, advancements in CryptoLocker put ransomware on the public's radar in a major way. But according to researchers at Trend Micro, enhancements in the world of ransomware have not stopped as the year as 2013 has come to a close.