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Google warns Iranian users of politically-motivated phishing
13.06.2013
A massive phishing campaign believed to be motivated by the upcoming Iranian presidential election has been spotted targeting Iranian Gmail users, the company warned in a blog post.
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Google ups (some) bug bounties
07.06.2013
Google has once again decided to raise the sums that researchers can earn by offering information about bugs in the company's web services and properties (YouTube, Blogger, Orkut, Google Search, and so on).
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NSA has direct access to Google, Facebook, Apple servers
07.06.2013
After yesterday's news that Verizon is compelled to share all phone call metadata with the NSA on a daily basis comes the incendiary revelation that the spy agency has direct access to the servers - and the data contained on them - of a host of big U.S.
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Google researcher publishes Windows 0-day exploit
06.06.2013
Less than two weeks after Google researcher Tavis Ormandy released information about a new Windows zero-day vulnerability on the Full Disclosure mailing list and asked for help in creating an exploit, he has returned with one and added that there is another one already in circulation.
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U.S. judge orders Google to share user info with the FBI
04.06.2013
Google has been ordered to comply with FBI requests for user information that came in the form of National Security Letters (NSLs) by U.S.
Spotlight

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
Posted on 12 June 2013. | nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

To hack back or not to hack back?
Posted on 12 June 2013. | If you think of cyberspace as a new resource for you and your organization, it makes sense to protect your part of it as best you can. But is it a good idea?

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal
Posted on 11 June 2013. | Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.
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