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ID thieves “dox” Joe Biden, Jay-Z, Michelle Obama, and dozens more
99 Problems: Birthdates, SSNs, and home addresses pop up on mysterious website.
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Maxis Insider Tells RPS: SimCity Servers Not Necessary
In all the fuss and mess of the disastrous SimCity launch, one refrain has been repeated again and again. While legions may be begging for an offline mode,
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Is All The Talk About Cyberwarfare Just Hype?
U.S. officials and security experts regularly highlight the cyberthreat, but they also note that the prospects of a major cyberattack are remote. Cyberespionage and "nuisance" cyberattacks may be a problem now, but all-out cyberwar is not.
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North Korea says US 'behind hack attack'
North Korea has accused the US and its allies of attacks on its internet servers, amid tension on the peninsula. KCNA news agency said the "intensive and persistent" attacks coincided with US-South Korea military drills.
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High-roller makes off with $33 million after hijacking casino cameras
Australia's biggest casino fell victim to a USD$33 million scam after its own surveillance systems were used against it to supply a high-roller with information on how he should play.
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EA Admits SimCity Could Have Run Offline
Maxis chief Lucy Bradshaw comes right out and says it: SimCity could have had an offline mode but it conflicted with the vision the developer had for the game.
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Japan seizes nuclear-related materials from North Korea cargo
Japan seizes aluminium alloy rods which can be used to make nuclear centrifuges from a Singapore-flagged ship which was carrying cargo from North Korea.
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AT&T Hacker 'Weev' Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison
A hacker charged with federal crimes for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T's publicly accessible website was sentenced on Monday to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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A guide to Web security for newbies
Most examinations of security and privacy online are written by geeks, and largely only readable by nerds. The problem with that approach, of course, is that most of us are neither. We do not have the obsessive interest in and depth of familiarity with the guts of our computers and the niceties of the roads they run on.
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What Would We Do If the Internet Crashed?
The Internet seems pretty reliable, but what if someone was able to take it down? Scientist Danny Hillis explains why we need a serious backup plan.
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How I Became A Password Cracker
At the beginning of a sunny Monday morning earlier this month, I had never cracked a password. By the end of the day, I had cracked 8,000. Even though I knew password cracking was easy, I didn't know it was ridiculously easy—well, ridiculously easy once I overcame the urge to bash my laptop with a sledgehammer and finally figured out what I was doing.
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CIA reportedly makes $600M deal with Amazon to build cloud computing system
Amazon and the CIA may have worked out a now not-so-secret $600 million deal that'll have the e-commerce company building a private cloud for the agency.
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How did fake pilot get into cockpit?
An angry passenger used his mother's old Air France employee documents to con his way into the cockpit of a US Airways flight last week, complaint says.
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Password denied: when will Apple get serious about security?
Last Friday, The Verge revealed the existence of a dead-simple URL-based hack that allowed anyone to reset your Apple ID password with just your email address and date of birth.
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New California Law Would Let Consumers Find Out Who Has Their Personal Data
Let’s face it: most of us have no idea how companies are gathering and sharing our personal data. Colossal data brokers are sucking up personal facts about Americans from sources they refuse to disclose. Digital giants like Facebook are teaming up with data brokers in unsettling new ways.
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Cyber-Attackers Focus on Small Businesses.
In its annual Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec reported that it's seeing more targeted attacks and a focus on Web attacks, instead of email being used to send malware attachments.
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How the Post Office Sniffs Out Anthrax Before It Hits Your Mailbox
The Amerithrax case of 2001, in which letters harboring Anthrax spores were delivered to media outlets and a pair of US Senators' offices, killed five people and sickened another 17.
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Germany fines Google a paltry $189,000 over Street View Wi-Fi scanning
After years of deliberation, a German provincial privacy regulator has fined Google €145,000 ($189,000)—nearly the legal maximum of €150,000—over its Wi-Fi scanning scandal.
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Security for Marathons Could Include Drones
Boston Police commissioner Edward Davis is already thinking ahead to security at next year's Boston Marathon, after bombings at last week's race left three dead and hundreds injured.
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50 Million LivingSocial Accounts Compromised After Hack
Add this to LivingSocial's growing list of woes: The money-losing daily deals site admitted Friday that it has been the victim of a cyber attack.
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