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Christian Science Monitor (blog) Qatar – rich and dangerous – eyes Syria Christian Science Monitor (blog) According to Wikileak diplomatic cables, the Qataris are even paying sixty percent of the costs. Having tanks and bunker busting bombs nearby will discourage military aggression, but it does nothing to curb the social tumult that has been bubbling for …

A Texas man linked to the worldwide hacking group Anonymous has been detained by the FBI over accusations that he threatened a federal agent, his attorney said Thursday.

A publishing company has revealed its computer network was hit by a cyber-attack in which Apple users' details were allegedly taken, and not an FBI laptop as hackers claimed previously.

A Florida company said Monday that the database of Apple device information that hackers stole and posted on the Internet last week came from a file the firm had in its computer system.

Supporters of WikiLeaks ' Assange lose $320K in bail money NBCNews.com (blog) Assange's backers — who include Jemima Khan, a writer, movie directors Ken Loach and Michael Moore and publisher Felix Dennis – had to forfeit their money because Assange skipped bail in June to avoid being extradited to Sweden where he is wanted … and more

Secunia Security Advisory – Apple has issued an update for Java for Mac OS X.

The FBI on Tuesday disputed a computer hacker group's claim that it stole personal identification data on millions of Apple device owners from an FBI agent's laptop.

The FBI is denying claims that a laptop of one of its agents was hacked by a group operating under the name AntiSec that says it obtained 12 million Apple device IDs from the computer last March.

A group of computer hackers operating under the name AntiSec has reportedly leaked one million Apple device IDs that it says it extracted from the laptop of an FBI agent.

U.S. authorities have arrested a second member of the hacking group known as LulzSec in connection with a cyber attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment that saw the leaking of thousands of emails, phone numbers, passwords and other personal details of people who had entered Sony contests.