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China revises state secrets law, press on web leak

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China's top legislature reviewed for the first time a draft revision to the Law on Guarding State Secrets, underlining the cutoff of Internet or other public network access to the country's confidential information, the country's official news agency Xinhua reported on Monday.
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Ex-government cyber official, exec mulled for czar job

Microsoft's security chief and a veteran of Clinton's and Bush's national security teams are leading candidates for cybersecurity czar, a job that needs White House access and clout to protect networks that underpin the U.S. economy.
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HP to sell Symantec backup on consumer PCs

Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's biggest PC maker, will help sell online backup services from Symantec Corp, which is looking to expand its consumer business beyond its line of Norton security products.
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Microsoft reports record number of security flaws

Microsoft Corp issued software to fix 31 security flaws in its programs, a single-day record for the company whose products are targeted by hackers because they sit on the vast majority of computers.
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China security tight in Tiananmen

China smothered Tiananmen Square with police on Thursday to prevent commemoration of the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters 20 years ago, as Washington demanded Beijing account for those killed.
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U.S. court dismisses suits in warrantless wiretaps

A U.S. District Court on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits against telecommunications companies in a warrantless wiretap case, ruling that former President George W. Bush's administration had properly requested the cases closed for national security reasons.
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BlackBerry maker warns on security vulnerability

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd has issued a security patch for the popular device, whose users include U.S. President Barack Obama, warning that it is vulnerable to attacks by hackers.
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China boosts security ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Chinese security forces blanketed Tiananmen Square on Wednesday ahead of the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, and a day after Twitter and other Internet services in China were blocked.
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Obama to name White House cybersecurity czar

President Barack Obama said he will name a White House-level czar to coordinate government efforts to fight cybercrime, saying such acts have become epidemic and even touched his presidential campaign.
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Obama to select cyber czar

President Barack Obama has said that the US has had inadequate protection over its computer networks for too long, adding that he will name a new cyber czar to oversee the nations computer defense system.
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Obama to name White House cyber official

President Barack Obama said on Friday he would name a top cybersecurity official to the White House as he released a report that recommended how to safeguard the nation's cyber network.
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McAfee to buy small security company for $33 mln

McAfee Inc, the world's No. 2 security company, said on Friday it will buy privately held SolidCore Systems Inc, a maker of programs to protect automated bank tellers and other specialized computers.
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Cyber chief needs to be in White House: experts

The cybersecurity chief named to battle Internet viruses and larger challenges facing the information technology networks used by U.S. companies and national defense should be based in the White House, experts told a congressional panel on Friday.

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