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Wednesday, 22 February 2012 02:33 |
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AP - Readily available, easy-to-use software can encrypt a computer hard drive so thoroughly it would take years for a hacker to break in. But that seems to be no impediment for government prosecutors, who have obtained an order compelling the disclosure of a computer's contents in one Colorado case....
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:35 |
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Reuters - The case captured national attention over what seemed to be an obvious case of cyber-bullying. A former Rutgers University student used a webcam to spy on his roommate's romantic tryst with another man in the days before the roommate's suicide....
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Monday, 20 February 2012 12:06 |
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Mashable - You shouldn't be allowed to pick your own four-digit PIN numbers -- and banks should start blacklisting the most common PINs, according to a team of British computer security researchers. Too many bank accounts are protected by the numbers "1111" and "1234", their study found....
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Monday, 20 February 2012 06:55 |
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Mashable - Unemployment numbers are down, but there are 220,000 military veterans who are still looking for work. Though these vets are having a tough time finding jobs, they're actually well equipped to work in the tech sector -- many vets are skilled in computer security, SQL and troubleshooting.
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Saturday, 18 February 2012 12:19 |
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 AP - Diplomats say Iran is poised for a major expansion of its nuclear program at a cavernous underground site.
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:19 |
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Digital Trends - The Federal Bureau of Investigation may soon be forced to shut down a number of key Domain Name System (DNS) servers, which would cut Internet access for millions of Web users around the world, reports BetaBeat. The DNS servers were installed by the FBI last year, in an effort to stop the spread of a piece of malware known as...
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 05:00 |
InfoWorld - If malware were biological, the world would be in the grip of the worst pandemic in history. In 2009, more than 25 million unique malware programs were identified, more than all the malware programs ever created in all previous years. No one need wonder what all that malware is trying to do: It's trying to steal money -- through data...
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:12 |
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Reuters - Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country's nuclear machinery, European and U.S. officials and private experts have told Reuters....
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Monday, 13 February 2012 15:47 |
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Mashable - Hotmail is the top spam-stopping major email service, says a study commissioned by Hotmail....
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Monday, 13 February 2012 11:04 |
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 AP - A senior Iranian military official said Monday that Tehran's nuclear and other industrial facilities suffer periodic cyber attacks, but that the country has the technology to protect itself from the threat, an official news agency reported.
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Monday, 13 February 2012 04:07 |
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Reuters - Microsoft India's retail website was down on Monday after being hacked, with a purportedly Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team posting screenshots the hackers said were customers' obscured usernames and passwords found unencrypted on the site....
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Friday, 10 February 2012 16:21 |
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AP - Computer hackers claiming to be from the loose-knit group known as Anonymous say they have broken into several Alabama law enforcement and government websites and have stolen the personal information for more than 46,000 people....
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Friday, 10 February 2012 12:31 |
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Reuters - A privacy debate surrounding fledgling social network Path went viral this week, triggering discussions on blogs and on Twitter about how far social networks can go in using members' private data....
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Friday, 10 February 2012 11:13 |
Digital Trends - Following the recent rumor that Apple will unveil its highly anticipated successor to the most popular tablet ever in less than a month, the cacophony of iPad 3 buzz has grown deafening. Yet at the same time, a very different sort of cry is developing—one that the tech Goliath (at the time of this writing valued greater than Micro...
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Thursday, 09 February 2012 17:04 |
Digital Trends - Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney may be on the fast track to the Republican nomination for the 2012 US presidential election. But his high profile has earned him another, less brag-worthy, title: King of political spam....
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Thursday, 09 February 2012 16:09 |
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Reuters - With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central to the conflicts of the 21st century....
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Thursday, 09 February 2012 13:42 |
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Reuters - A privacy debate surrounding fledgling social network Path went viral this week, triggering discussions on blogs and on Twitter about how far social networks can go in using members' private data....
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 10:53 |
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Reuters - Russia's Kaspersky Lab reported that sales growth slowed substantially last year as the world's No. 4 maker of anti-virus software said its business was starting to mature....
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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 07:23 |
Appolicious - Get ready for your next trip with today’s leading fresh app, Hotels by Orbitz, which leverages the popular travel service to help you find hotel accommodations. If you happen to be planning a trip overseas, then our next app, TripLingo Romance Edition, which can teach you flirty phrases in 10 languages, might come in handy as well. I...
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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 02:46 |
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Reuters - Hackers sought $50,000 from U.S. anti-virus firm Symantec Corp in return for the stolen blueprints to its flagship products under what the company says was a sting operation run by an undisclosed law enforcement agency via emails....
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