China said Thursday it will not force PC makers to bundle an Internet filtering program with computers sold in the country, backing down from a plan that stirred global controversy. China will “definitely not” require the program, called Green Dam, to be packaged with all consumer PCs, said Li Yizhong, China’s Minister of Industry and…
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UBS Tax Lawsuit Settled by U.S., Swiss Governments
The U.S. and Switzerland settled a Justice Department lawsuit against UBS AG seeking the names of Americans suspected of evading taxes through 52,000 secret Swiss accounts. The governments have initialed agreements and will later sign a final accord, Justice Department lawyer Stuart Gibson told U.S. District Judge Alan Gold in Miami today. Gibson didn’t disclose…
Saudi women use spyware to monitor spouses’ activity
Women in Saudi Arabia are randomly loading spyware on the desktops, laptops, and other electronics related to the Internet of their husbands to monitor for unfaithfulness or attempts at infidelity. Say experts that spyware is referred to any stealthy, malicious PC software which gathers personal information transmitted via the Internet. Reportedly, the software that Saudi…
Australian data breaches on the increase
Almost 70 percent of Australian businesses and organisations were hit by one or more data breach incidents in the past year, a major increase on the situation in the previous 12 months. IT security professionals at 482 enterprises were surveyed and 69 percent of the organisations had been hit once or more – up from…