security

Pages

0

Next-generation ZeuS means trouble for you and your money

by
John Moe
Feb 3, 2011
We reported on ZeuS last fall - it's a piece of malware that is very hard to detect, not that hard to infect your computer with, and very popular...
Posted In: malware, privacy, security, worm, zeus
0

New, more modest airport scanners begin piloting in US airports

by
John Moe
Feb 2, 2011
We've talked about this software before and wondered when it was coming and now it's finally here. Several airports are now using a system whereby...
Posted In: privacy, security, Transportation, TSA
0

Internet Explorer's bug and what to do about it

by
John Moe
Feb 1, 2011
From CNET:...
Posted In: business, internet explorer, Microsoft, privacy, security
2

Senator wants U.S. president to have kill switch power

by
John Moe
Jan 31, 2011
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Friday she's going to re-introduce a bill that would give the President the power to shut off the internet....
Posted In: Egypt, government, kill switch, Law, security
0

FBI is looking for Anonymous in the U.S.

by
John Moe
Jan 28, 2011
After 5 people associated with Anonymous were arrested in the UK, the FBI announced Thursday they've got 40 search warrants for people in the US...
Posted In: anonymous, FBI, government, Law, security, Web Culture
6

Anonymous goes political, starts attacking Egyptian government

by
John Moe
Jan 27, 2011
The Egyptian unrest has provided a real test case in how social media and web culture can be used in political hotspots. Now, Anonymous, the...
Posted In: anonymous, Egypt, government, security, world
0

Zuckerberg fan page on Facebook hacked

by
John Moe
Jan 26, 2011
Someone seized control of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook fan page last night and used the platform to propose a funding model similar to microfinancing...
Posted In: Facebook, hacking, privacy, security, social media
0

Fake Nigerian princes aren't all bad, maybe they're just bored

by
John Moe
Jan 25, 2011
That's what Nigerian internet entrepreneur Oo Nwoye is saying in a recent blog post. She says the people trying to pull those email scams are not...
Posted In: business, email, scams, security, world
0

Facebook offers critical tool for people in Tunisia, and the Tunisian government steals their passwords

by
John Moe
Jan 24, 2011
The Atlantic writes today about what Facebook has meant to protesters and how authorities have been messing with people's info on the site. In all...
Posted In: Facebook, privacy, security, world
0

Websites ditch cookies

by
John Moe
Nov 9, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reports on the move of major websites to get rid of technologies that track users, like cookies. MSNBC, The Huffington Post...
Posted In: cookies, Entertainment, i don't like you all the time, privacy, search, security, Web Culture

Pages

Buzzworthy

Recent comments on our stories..

Annapolis57's picture

Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.

Annapolis57 | May 17, 2013
jgrothues's picture

Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld's interview on Marketplace today was absolutely unbelievable. Really. Is one of his rules not to believe your own spin? I...

jgrothues | May 16, 2013
rcd43's picture

Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Ryssdal's interview with Rumsfeld was breathtakingly inappropriate. "Marketplace?" If Ryssdal wants to promote his obvious biases...

rcd43 | May 16, 2013
entropyman's picture

How World Finance makes a killing lending on the installment (loan) plan

There is something fundamentally wrong with predatory lending businesses, whether they are pay day loans or installment contracts. The business...

entropyman | May 15, 2013

Join The Buzz - Register Now »

AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA

261 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012