Cybersecurity
Internet Providers Urged by U.S. to Aid Home-PC Security
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Internet-service providers led by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. are being urged by U.S. regulators to help users fend off malicious software that can turn home computers into stealthy weapons for criminal enterprises.
“Cyber attacks pose a very real threat” and companies are acting to fight them, Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said as he endorsed recommendations in a voluntary code of conduct formed by an advisory committee to the agency.