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Japan's largest defense manufacturer is in hot water with the government after failing to report a series of spear-phishing attacks that infected 80 machines but reportedly yielded no secrets.

47% of PC users are willing to use illegal software, costing vendors billions, according to a study that weeps for the plight of highly profitable software makers but doesn't mention the billions customers waste on unnecessary maintenance, upgrades and rigidly obsolete licensing terms.

The WikiLeaks spotlight has turned to Apple and their continuing battle with counterfeit products made in China. Since Apple's real products are made in China, catching counterfeiters becomes difficult, especially when Chinese intellectual property enforcement is, well, rudimentary.

If every other international incident merits reprisals, sanctions or stern language from the bully pulpit, why have U.S. and U.K officials been silent about unprovoked cyberattacks from China.

Answering the question: Can a robot do The Robot? Yes, yes it can

China Telecom may become the second wireless carrier in that nation to offer customers Apple's smartphone.

No one knows yet where the IMF data breach came from, but Anonymous, the first source blamed and the one whose IMF's girded its defenses against, didn't have to do a thing.

Data breaches shake confidence in the cloud, blaming it for security gaps between new technology, old security policies and a human tendency toward trust. Fix that and you're golden.

Ever wonder what Alibaba Group CEO Jack Ma would do if he bought Yahoo? You shouldn't.

The Pentagon prepares report declaring acts of cyberwarfare to be equivalent to real war, which clears the way to bomb attackers' homelands, but doesn't defend against the hacks themselves.

The Obama administration is defining and asking for international support of its policy of supporting an open, secure Internet, despite its own tendency to clamp down.

Shares of Yahoo fell nearly 10% Wednesday after the company revealed that the Chinese Internet conglomerate in which it owns a 40% stake might lose its online payment unit.