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Security
Scareware ring busted, cyber palookas shut down, gave them a little chin music see?
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John Moe
Jun 23, 2011
This memo item brought to you by a poor imitation of Edward G. Robinson....
Dropbox drops ball on security
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John Moe
Jun 21, 2011
There was a four hour window on Sunday, where if you wanted to sign into somebody's Dropbox account all you needed was their email address. Type in...
US warns China of a vulnerability in its infrastructure software
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John Moe
Jun 17, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security is warning the Chinese government that the software being used to help run China's weapons systems, utilities,...
US military building a sort of internet rural Nevada
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John Moe
Jun 17, 2011
It's called the National Cyber Range and it's being constructed by the Pentagon's always interesting and usually somewhat disquieting Darpa group....
The Cyber Cold War is on
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John Moe
Jun 16, 2011
There have been lots of hacks these last few weeks - lots of hacks into the security networks of military contractors like Lockheed Martin Corp and...
US questioned China over attack
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John Moe
Jun 15, 2011
In April, the US-based website Change.org launched an online petition regarding China's imprisonment of artist and dissident Ai Weiwei. Soon after...
Bono Mack to introduce hacking transparency bill
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John Moe
Jun 14, 2011
In light of all the attacks on corporate sites in recent months, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R - Calif.) is circulating a draft of bill that would require...
For public good, not for profit.
Citigroup the latest to be hacked
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John Moe
Jun 9, 2011
I wonder if there's a big wheel somewhere that the hackers spin and whoever it lands on is the one to get hacked. One day it'll be Hostess snack...
A suggested cybersecurity code of conduct
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John Moe
Jun 9, 2011
The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report Wednesday suggesting a code of conduct for companies that do business over the Internet. Analysts...
Here's a new word to scare you: Faceniff
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John Moe
Jun 2, 2011
Funny word, scary possibilities. It's an Android app that lets users intercept web sessions on wi-fi networks, steal credentials of people using...