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Ars Technica - The firm said to put an NSA-developed backdoor into its code has more problems.

BBC news - A smartphone designed for handling top secret communications has been developed by Boeing.

BBC news - British spy agency GCHQ intercepted webcam images from millions of Yahoo users around the world, according to a report in the Guardian.

Infosecurity - James Comey, the recently confirmed FBI director, said that addressing cybersecurity issues effectively can only be done through increased cooperation with law enforcement and the collective efforts and wisdom of the commercial information security community

Pando Daily - Apple continues to obfuscate security concerns by releasing vague statements about critical updates to both its mobile and desktop operating systems.

V3.co.uk - Apple's iOS platform is facing more security woes after researchers found a flaw that could let apps grab touchscreen impressions, even on non-jailbroken devices.

Malware Don’t Need Coffee - As spotted by EKWatcher , Angler EK is introducing today a new Flash Exploit : CVE-2014-0497 identified by Timo Hirvonen from F-Secure. This vulnerability has been found exploited in targeted attack by Kaspersky and patched 22 days ago.

Infosecurity - A new variant of ransomware dubbed BitCrypt has been smashed open by a pair of French researchers.

The Guardian - Mobile malware is growing fast, as Trojans, adware, backdoors and other dodgy software targets the burgeoning smartphone market.

BBC - Power companies are being refused insurance cover for cyber-attacks because their defences are perceived as weak, the BBC has learned.