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RIM, Bank of America Outages Weren't Part of a Hack
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-10-12
Nowadays, when a Website is unavailable, may people immediately assume it has been hacked. However, sometimes, it is just a software or hardware glitch.
The most recent example
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German Government Spyware Capable of Snooping, Remote Updates
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-10-11
A software program used to intercept online communications is capable of doing much more, the German Government has admitted.
The program, Quellen-TKU, was submitted
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Law Allows Government to See Who You Are Emailing
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-10-10
Government officials were able to secretly order Google and Internet service provider Sonic to hand over an individual's personal email records as part of their investigation into
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Microsoft Executes Own Disaster Recovery Plan Post-Japan Earthquake
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-10-06
Worried about aftershocks, Microsoft undertook a massive data migration project following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan in March.
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Personal Info on Goldman Sachs CEO, NYPD Officer Leaked
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-28
As Operation "Occupy Wall Street" moved into the second week, some protesters are moving their activities online.
A group using the handle "CabinCr3w" posted personal
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Senators Question OnStar Policy on Data Collection
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-26
Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are questioning the recent announcement by General Motors subsidiary, OnStar, that it would continue
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Mac Trojan Masquerades as Chinese-Language PDF File
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-25
Researchers have analyzed a new piece of malware that masquerades as a PDF document and executed malicious code when opened. What makes this Trojan unusual is that it targets Macs.
Sophos and F-Secure discovered the Trojan, which uses a "double extension" trick where a second file extension is added to
Microsoft Revokes Gold Partner for Running Cold-Call Scams
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-22
As a scam, it's fairly common for cyber-criminals to cold-call unsuspecting users to inform them of problems with their computers. Sometimes the callers claim to be Microsoft or one of the major PC vendors. More often, it is a company who claims to be a Microsoft partner or a company
Dutch CA Files for Bankruptcy After Security Breach
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-21
Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar has closed its doors, less than a month after news broke about the security breach in which fake digital certificates were issued for
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FTC Workshop to Address Privacy, Facial Recognition
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-19
The Federal Trade Commission is planning to hold a workshop to examine how increased use of facial recognition technology impacts consumer privacy and security. Facial recognition
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Cyber-Attackers Leak Intelligence Officials' Names, Addresses
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-19
Less than 48 hours after a national security organization released a report on cyber-threats and defenses, attackers breached its Website and posted the membership list on
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SpyEye Trojan Variant Targets Android Devices
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-14
The SpyEye Trojan has evolved yet again, as the latest version can intercept Short Message Service texts from compromised Android smartphones.
Dubbed "Spitmo," the new variant is
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Microsoft Accidentally Releases September Patch Tuesday Bulletins
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-09
Someone over at Microsoft is a little trigger-happy on the "publish" button, it seems. The software giant published the details of the bulletins for the upcoming Patch Tuesday
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Anonymous Defaces Texas Police Website After Latest Arrests
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-02
It seems Anonymous and law enforcement authorities are busy one-upping each other. Someone gets arrested, the hacktivist collective expresses its anger by defacing yet
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WikiLeaks Battles Leaked Password, DDoS Attacks
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted: 2011-09-01
It has not been a good week for WikiLeaks, what with its documents being leaked and its being hit by a denial of service attack from Anonymous. Oh, the irony.
Earlier this week,
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