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The new iTunes-based social network is getting hit by comment spam since Apple apparently left it vulnerable through a lack spam or URL filtering, according to Sophos.
Proposal for a global "cyberpeace" treaty has met "a lot of resistance" from industrialized nations, says head of U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union.
Notices of winning the lottery and requests from Russian women who want to know you better are also up there on Panda Security's ranking of decade's top Net swindles.
In a move that could raise privacy concerns, the microblogging site said Wednesday evening that it will record and analyze every link users click on when using its Web site or any of the thousands of third-party apps.
New subscribers are asked for identification and existing subscribers are being encouraged to register their IDs with their numbers in what the Chinese government calls a crackdown on spam and fraud.
After dropping a rape case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange last month, Sweden is reopening it for further investigation, according to reports.
Efforts to make autos safer and more energy efficient with embedded computers and wireless technologies are also increasing security risks, experts say.
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