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Hacker defaces Facebook fan page of children's theme park

After contacting Facebook and claiming he was allowed access to manage the page, a miscreant blocked previous administrators and littered the page with sexual and racist references.

Warrantless email snooping banned in Texas

Law enforcement in the state must now have a warrant to peruse through residents' email messages.

City of Waukee website pulled offline after hacker defaces site

The website for the city of Waukee in Iowa was defaced two days in a row by saboteurs.

Phone makers pushed to add "kill switch" to curb data theft

The "kill switch" would allow mobile users to remotely disable their phones, lessening thieves' chances of profiting off stolen devices.

The new update for Java will close 40 security vulnerabilities

The company is planning to fix the flaws Tuesday when it releases its latest Critical Patch Update for Java SE.

Pentagon to spend $23 billion on cyber security by 2018

The Pentagon has drafted a cyber security budget outline that aims to spend close to $23 billion through 2018.

Google ups rewards for bug bounty program

The company has made some significant increases in its vulnerability reward program.

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.8.4

Released Tuesday, the security update also addressed a buffer overflow flaw in the company's Mac OS X Server directory service.

One month after recent Java update, 7 percent of users patched

Websense said Tuesday that Java users aren't getting much better at patching the software.

Investment firm acquires Websense for $1B

Austin-based Vista Equity Partners expects to close on the deal by the third quarter of this year.

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