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Motorola 'abused patent position'
2013-05-06 19:31:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Motorola "abused its position" when it filed a patent injunction against Apple in Germany, EU officials say.
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European Commission says Motorola abused its position with its injunction against Apple
2013-05-06 14:23:34| InfoWorld: Top News
Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the European Union by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (SEPs), the European Commission said in a preliminary antitrust review of the case on Monday.
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Aging networking protocols abused in DDoS attacks
2013-05-01 14:41:41| InfoWorld: Top News
Aging networking protocols still employed by nearly every Internet-connected device are being abused by hackers to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Security vendor Prolexic found that attackers are increasingly using the protocols for what it terms "distributed reflection denial-of-service attacks" (DrDos), where a device is tricked into sending a high volume of traffic to a victim's network.
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Twitter OAuth feature can be abused to hijack accounts, researcher says
2013-04-11 21:22:51| InfoWorld: Top News
A feature in the Twitter API (application programming interface) can be abused by attackers to launch credible social engineering attacks that would give them a high chance of hijacking user accounts, a mobile application developer revealed Wednesday at the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam.
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California district pays $950,000 to family of student who was abused by teacher
2013-01-17 23:05:00| American School & University
California district pays $950,000 to family of student who was abused by teacher 5-year-old child with special needs was thrown to the floor of a classroom and beaten
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