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Microsoft Will Give You Up To $150,000 For Fight Hackers

2013-06-19T13:08:00Z

By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from...

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7 Anonymous Hackers Who Have Been Unmasked

2013-06-07T14:21:52Z

Another member of the hacker collective Anonymous has been unmasked this week.

In a letter posted Thursday on projectknightsec.com (a website run b...

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Ruha Benjamin, Ph.D.: Playing the Game or Hacking the System?

2013-06-05T13:42:55Z

Ultimately, who we imagine as "civic hackers" is important, because it determines what problems we see around us and what solutions we create to address them.

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Anonymous Is Getting Serious About The News Business

2013-06-04T11:41:36Z

After a hugely successful fundraising campaign on Indiegogo, Your Anon News, an arm of hacktivist group Anonymous dedicated to sharing news on social ...

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Obama To Meet With China On Hacking

2013-06-02T08:21:27Z

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will be looking for signs from China's leader at their upcoming meeting that Beijing is ready to address its repo...

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HACKED?

2013-05-31T04:34:34Z

The White House Press Corps homepage and Twitter feed appears to have been hacked early Friday.

Just before 2 a.m., tweets began flowing into @whp...

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James Grundvig: The Escalating Risk of Cyber Attacks -- VigiTrust's Data Breach Forum

2013-05-30T12:50:40Z

At the VigiTrust "How to Prevent Data Loss and Breaches in the Healthcare Industry" forum, held at the Irish Consulate in New York City, the conferenc...

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China: The U.S. 'Underestimates The Intelligence Of The Chinese People'

2013-05-30T10:06:30Z

BEIJING — Recent allegations of Chinese hacking of Pentagon defense programs are faulty and underestimate China's ability to produce its own def...

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Vivien Lesnik Weisman: Jeremy Hammond, American Political Prisoner

2013-05-29T09:39:57Z

The case of Jeremy Hammond is illustrative of a trend to target, overcharge and come down hard on those the state perceives as threatening. The supposed threats are due to their beliefs and/or actions toward information freedom and transparency.

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Hackers Reportedly Accessed U.S. Weapons Designs

2013-05-27T23:32:00Z

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will discuss cyber security with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting...

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Suspected PayPal Hackers Seek Deal To Stay Out Of Prison

2013-05-18T18:26:21Z

Before he was charged in July 2011 with aiding the hacker group Anonymous, Josh Covelli lived what he considered the life of an ordinary 26-year-old. ...

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Driverless Cars Could Be Hacked By '14-Year-Old From Indonesia,' Senator Warns

2013-05-17T12:38:27Z

Driverless cars have been touted as an innovative way of making roads safer by reducing human error. Computers don't get behind the wheel while drunk,...

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Cyber Crime Is Getting Everyone's Attention Now

2013-05-11T12:10:03Z

LONDON (AP) — International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an un...

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Rebecca Abrahams: For Their Eyes Only: The Privacy Battle

2013-05-07T16:23:12Z

What can FinFisher and other tools do? On mobile platforms they can record voice calls, SMS messages and emails. The software can place "silent calls" -- that is, turning your phone on when you are unaware it is active.

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Hackers Plan 'Day To Remember' With Attacks On Banks, Government Agencies (UPDATE)

2013-05-06T20:09:49Z

A collective of hacker groups plans to attack the websites of major government agencies and banks on Tuesday to protest American foreign policy.

Fo...

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Hemanshu Nigam: The Tweet That Was Heard Around the World

2013-05-06T11:08:25Z

The market risks associated with real-time reporting became a reality last month, as a Twitter hoax claiming that an explosion occurred at the White House injuring President Obama led to a 150-point drop, a $136 billion market value, in the Dow Jones industrial average.

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Mike Foreman: WordPress Hackers Serve Up Cautionary Tale to Small Businesses

2013-04-29T16:06:55Z

Once again we come back to the very real threat this kind of malware presents to the small- to medium-sized business who will very commonly use these kinds of free and open source tools to build up and maintain their online presence.

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Rebecca Abrahams: What Your Smartphone Won't Tell You

2013-04-29T13:01:57Z

It's fairly safe to assume that calendars, call logs, contacts, emails, financial data, text messages, photos and videos stored on smartphones or mobile devices are at risk of being monitored or stolen.

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John Pavley: Miner Mike, the Bitcoin Minter

2013-04-27T18:06:57Z

In 2009, my friend Mike was getting into bitcoin and I remember him explaining the whole concept to me: A virtual currency managed by a peer-to-peer network open to anyone with a computer and uncontrolled by any bank or government.

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How Spammers Are Profitting Off Of Boston Horror

2013-04-24T13:27:45Z

Just when you thought humanity couldn't get any worse comes the news that spammers are using the recent bombing in Boston and tragic explosion in West...

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Cyber Vulnerabilities Discovered On Navy's Newest Warship

2013-04-23T22:34:00Z

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The computer network on the U.S. Navy's newest class of coastal warships showed vulnerabilities in Navy cybersecuri...

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White House Threatens To Veto Controversial Cybersecurity Bill

2013-04-16T16:28:53Z

The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a controversial cybersecurity bill out of concern that it fails to protect the privacy of Internet users...

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XPRIZE: Kevin Mitnick: The Hacking Hamburglar

2013-04-15T13:50:08Z

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Chris Harnick: 'The Good Wife' Tackles Legitimate Rape

2013-04-14T23:56:10Z

"The Good Wife" took on several hot button issues with "Rape: A Modern Perspective." It was like the writers looked at what they had done all season and decided they weren't topical enough, so they threw together this episode.

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Venezuelan Presidential Candidate's Twitter Account Hacked

2013-04-14T20:58:28Z

The Associated Press / The Huffington Post

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP/The Huffington Post) -- The Twitter account of Venezuela governing party candidat...

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