• U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack

  A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report.

• Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes

  Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax residents of any nation.

• WikiLeaks' donations barely enough to keep the servers running

  Donations to WikiLeaks since January have only been enough to cover expenditures in essential infrastructure, such as servers, according to a transparency report.

• Corporations need to balance data transparency and security: legal experts

  The Internet is driving greater transparency of information but has also created more risk for corporations drowning in customer data, according to two legal experts.

• Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use

  Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S.

• Chinese hackers master art of lying low

  China's remarkable success in infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years shouldn't be seen as a sign that the country is gaining on the U.S. lead in cybertechnology, security experts say. They're just very persistent and very good at remaining undetected for long periods of time.

• Immigration reform may spur software robotics

  The Senate immigration bill's H-1B restrictions have clearly upset Indian firms. But sometimes being in a tough spot can prompt new ways of approaching problems. One firm is implementing software robots.

• Chinese hackers master the art of lying in wait

  The remarkable success that Chinese state-sponsored groups have had in infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years should not be mistaken as a sign of growing technical superiority over the U.S. in cyberspace, security experts said.

• An H-1B jobs database the tech industry may hate

  The intent of the comprehensive immigration bill's H-1B database is to improve the odds that a U.S. worker will be hired over a foreign one. But its effectiveness may depend on fuzzy terms such as "good faith" hiring, and enforcement. This is where the real legislative battle may be fought.

• Supply chain 2013: Stop playing whack-a-mole with security threats

  IT can never take all the risk out of a supply chain, but it can help organizations minimize their vulnerability in a world of new threats.

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