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• Bad actors race to exploit Juniper firewall vulnerability

  19-12-2015 13:54
  
  Now that Juniper has created a patch for its vulnerable firewall/VPN appliances, bad actors are setting to work reverse engineering the flaw so they can exploit devices that users don’t patch, and also make a profit by selling their exploits to others.
  “That’s what they do,” says John Pironti, president of IP Architects, who says he spent Friday responding to concerns about the compromised Juniper firewalls with his clients.
  The pattern cyber criminals follow after vendo
  
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• President Obama calls again for tech help to spot terrorist messages

  19-12-2015 00:29
  
  On Friday, President Obama repeated the need to bring high-tech leaders together with law enforcement and intelligence officials to better spot terrorist threats on the Internet.
  But he also discussed the obstacles in doing so, in an era of encrypted smartphone apps and private social networking chats.
  Some intelligence officials are worried that terrorists are relying on encryption to hide their schemes.At the same time, many high-tech leaders worry that breaking encryption will erode personal
  
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