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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Datasift has come a long way. It’s now at 135 people (is aiming for 200 people next year), is poised to open a London Office (it’s actually been based just outside London all this time), and has raised nearly $80m in venture. TechCrunch understands that it’s soon raising series D at a valuation of near on $500 million. It’s now unveiled a new product called Vedo Focus. Read More

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Datasift Unveils New Conversation Feature, Guns for a $500M Valuation

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Datasift has come a long way. It’s now at 135 people (is aiming for 200 people next year), is poised to open a London Office (it’s actually ...

Cyberspies will flourish and hackers will target Apple devices more often in 2015. Until now, Russia, China and the United States have dominated the cyberespionage scene, but their success will start to attract new players to the practice. "We can expect some of the developing economies -- countries forecasted for high economic growth -- to engage in these activities to protect their growth status," said Carl Leonard, a senior manager at Websense Security Labs.

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Cybersecurity Threats 2015: More Espionage, More Apple Malware

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Cyberspies will flourish and hackers will target Apple devices more often in 2015. Until now, Russia, China and the United States have dom...

Iran, which for decades has locked horns with the U.S., is emerging as a cyberwarfare power that's threatening the world, Cylance warned in its Operation Cleaver report, released Tuesday. Cylance has been tracking one team of roughly 20 hackers called "Tarh Andishan," which means "thinkers" or "innovators" in Farsi. The group is suspected to be Iranian. The team "displays an evolved skillset and uses a complex infrastructure to perform attacks of espionage, theft, and the potential destruction of control systems and networks," Cylance claimed.

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Iran Raises Its Cyberfist to the World

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Iran, which for decades has locked horns with the U.S., is emerging as a cyberwarfare power that's threatening the world, Cylance warn...

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in Elonis v. United States, also known as "the Facebook threat case." At the center of the case are a number of threats posted in the form of rap lyrics to a Facebook page created by Anthony Elonis. The targets of the threats were his estranged wife and an FBI agent. Elonis was convicted on four of five counts of making threatening statements in violation of federal law. Elonis' attorneys appealed that conviction, saying the wrong standard was used to prosecute him.

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High Court Hears Arguments in Facebook Threat Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in Elonis v. United States , also known as "the Facebook threat case." At the c...

HP on Tuesday unveiled the EliteBook Folio 1020, a new family of business-oriented notebook PCs it claims are the thinnest and lightest in the industry so far. The HP EliteBook 1020 and the ultra-lightweight HP EliteBook 1020 Special Edition both offer an ultrathin form factor measuring just 15.7mm, and they are designed with enterprise mobility in mind. The Special Edition version uses a blend of magnesium-lithium alloy and carbon fiber to achieve a weight of only 2.2 lbs. Both offer up to 9 hours of battery life and sport a 12.5-inch display.

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