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While the concept of sandboxing isn’t new, it wasn’t until a few years ago that it entered the mainstream network security vocabulary and enterprises began using on-premises sandboxing appliances to test suspicious executables for malware. And while the results have been impressive -- especially compared to systems that rely exclusively on signature-based antivirus software -- there has been some criticism of late with respect to sandboxing’s potential and, especially, its limitations.

The market for fake Twitter followers is going strong.

SINGAPORE - The Singapore government said Monday it was on "heightened vigilance" following threats from the activist hackers' group Anonymous, but denied that any of its websites had already been compromised.

SYDNEY - Australia and the United States mounted a joint surveillance operation on Indonesia during 2007 UN climate talks in Bali, a report said Sunday in revelations likely to exacerbate strained ties with Jakarta.

BERLIN - Germany and the United States are to strike a two-way deal not to spy on each other in the wake of the diplomatic furore sparked by the Edward Snowden revelations, a German newspaper reported.

LONDON - Spy agencies in Germany, France, Spain and Sweden are carrying out mass surveillance of online and phone traffic in collaboration with Britain, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the Guardian newspaper reported Saturday.

WASHINGTON - Six of the biggest US technology firms are urging Congress to rein in the National Security Agency by requiring more transparency about surveillance and improved privacy protections.

It's OK to Monitor Computer Activities; Employees Accept It, Security and Productivity Require It

SINGAPORE - Activist group Anonymous hacked a Singapore newspaper website Friday over Internet freedom in the city-state, where government agencies are now reportedly on alert for wider cyber attacks.

WASHINGTON - The powerful Senate Intelligence Committee green-lighted a measure Thursday that maintains US spy agencies' controversial authority to conduct dragnet data collection, but critics said it fell well short of much-needed reforms.

Silent Circle and Lavabit are teaming up together to form a coalition of companies to create a more secure way to do email.

UNITED NATIONS  - The US government has guaranteed the United Nations that it is not intercepting its secret communications, a spokesman said Wednesday while not being drawn on reports of past spying.

A new study by researchers with Kaspersky Lab found that the number of attacks on their customers exploiting Java reached more than 14 million between September 2012 and August 2013.

How many times do we hear about people failing to heed warnings of potential danger from natural or man-made disasters only to be negatively affected? Researchers Robin Dillon-Merrill and Catherine Tinsley at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business took a look at this phenomenon in a paper entitled “How Near-Miss Events Amplify or Attenuate Risky Decision Making.” It all boils down to the fact that we tend to view the outcome as the indicator of success or failure.

WASHINGTON - The US National Security Agency has tapped into key communications links from Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.