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Pentagon says computer sabotage is an act of war
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John Moe
May 31, 2011
In another sign that the line between the cyberworld and the worldworld is getting blurrier, the US military is talking tough about online attacks....
Security flaws at LinkedIn
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John Moe
May 23, 2011
Security flaws will eventually get around to everyone: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Sizzler, Play-Doh, your grandma, Jupiter. This time up it's...
New Mac malware wipes that smug look off of Apple fans' faces
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John Moe
May 20, 2011
For years, everyone's known that PCs are prone to malware and Macs are not. Just ask any Mac owner, they'll condescendingly tell you so. Well,...
"Too creepy for Google" barrier somehow met
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John Moe
May 20, 2011
Eric Schmidt says Google can build a facial recognition database but won't. So...that's comforting. I think. Speaking at the Google "Big Tent"...
Privacy and security questioned on Dropbox
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John Moe
May 17, 2011
Dropbox is a popular file storage site where you can put your stuff on the cloud and get it wherever you want. People love it. But security...
Sony roundup
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John Moe
May 6, 2011
Sony has been troubled by the two recent hacks that exposed the personal information of many millions of people, including some credit card...
SafeHouse could get you busted
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John Moe
May 6, 2011
The Wall Street Journal announced a new WikiLeaks-type site for sources to upload confidential documents. The site was built internally and...
For public good, not for profit.
Second Sony hack involves credit card info
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John Moe
May 3, 2011
They should fire whoever is in charge of network security at Sony. Then hire them back so they could fire them again. Because geez. There's been a...
Julian Assange says Facebook is a spy operation
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John Moe
May 3, 2011
The Wikileaks founder/icon gave an interview to Russia Today where he called the social network "the most appalling spy machine that has ever been...
PlayStation Network: where do we go from here?
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John Moe
Apr 27, 2011
We talked about the "external intrusion" of the PlayStation Network a few days ago after the network has already been down for a while. At the time...