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US CERT advisory: severe flaw in popular WiFi security protocol WPA2 leaves WiFi traffic open to eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and malicious injection — An air of unease set into the security circles on Sunday as they prepared for the disclosure of high-severe vulnerabilities …
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Huawei launches 5.9-inch Mate 10 and 6-inch Mate 10 Pro with thin bezels, Kirin 970 SoC, 4GB RAM, and 4,000mAh battery; US launch and pricing TBD — Huawei has announced the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro, two new phones that occupy the highest end of its lineup.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Flaw in widely used RSA code library undermines security of millions of high-security RSA crypto keys used in high-stakes scenarios — Factorization weakness lets attackers impersonate key holders and decrypt their data. — A crippling flaw in a widely used code library has fatally undermined …
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IBM rolls out blockchain network for cross-border payments, currently supporting 12 “currency corridors” including Australia, New Zealand, UK, Pacific islands — The promise of digital currency is finally coming to maturity, IBM says, with its unique international payments network.| Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat: |
Dockless bike-sharing startup LimeBike raises $50M Series B led by Coatue Management, claims 250K registered users with 10K bikes in 12 cities — Just a few months after launching with a $12 million seed round, dockless bike-sharing startup LimeBike announced today that it has secured a whopping $50 million to expand nationwide.
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eBay takes on The RealReal and other fashion resellers with launch of authentication program for luxury goods, debuting with 12 high-end brands including Gucci — eBay is going after high-end clientele in search of luxury goods with today's launch of eBay Authenticate …
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Apple to pay VirnetX $440M in final judgement in patent infringement case after US District Court for Eastern District of Texas denies all of Apple's motions — Apple lost a retrial a year ago in an ongoing patent dispute with VirnetX over secure communications protocols in FaceTime and other applications … | Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
Supreme Court to decide if law enforcement officials can obtain emails and data stored overseas by tech firms in Microsoft vs US government email privacy case — Law enforcement seeks data held overseas by tech companies — U.S. says Google, Yahoo not complying with search warrants| Ewen MacAskill / The Guardian: |
Sources: British intelligence has concluded that Iran was likely responsible for June attack on parliament e-mail systems — Evidence points to Iran, says unpublished report, after initial suspicion of Russia and North Korea dismissed — Iran is being blamed for a cyber-attack in June … | Li Tao / South China Morning Post: |
A look at Honor, the budget smartphone brand that helped propel Huawei to the #2 spot among world's smartphone vendors — Honor is projecting that its international sales will account for about half of total sales in 4 to 5 years. It is targeting 20 overseas markets including the US, India and Russia| Tim Hardin / VentureBeat: |
In 2016, total VC commitments in China exceeded $50B, nearly matching the US for the first time; 75% of China's VC total in 2016 came from domestic sources — GUEST: — Twenty years ago, China's manufacturing-based economy was one-ninth the size of the U.S. economy.| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
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