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I guess geofencing has really arrived. It already has its first security flaw.

Sep 1, 2011
That geofencing feature that Flickr rolled out yesterday could have a big flaw. You can restrict geotagging codes on pics, but if someone downloads...
Posted In: flickr, security
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Rogue Google certificate loose in the wild

Aug 30, 2011
Lock up your Googles! A forged certificate has been detected that can allow hackers to get into just about any Google account you can think of,...
Posted In: certificates, Gmail, Google, privacy, security
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Obama might want to get a bootleg copy of this show

Aug 25, 2011
What if you were watching, say Anderson Cooper reporting on the military, and he happened to show, I don't know, a high-ranking official teaching...
Posted In: China, cyberwar, security
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The good news: we're getting more security savvy. The bad news...

Aug 16, 2011
We're addicts. This according to a new survey from security company Webroot. They polled nearly 4000 people and found that scams targeting social...
Posted In: Facebook, privacy, security
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Turns out your mobile data is not very secure

Aug 10, 2011
Stop the presses! But we're radio and don't have presses! Buy some presses and then start them and stop them! We don't have budget for that!...
Posted In: privacy, security, T-Mobile
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Chinese newspaper swears China isn't hacking other governments

Aug 5, 2011
Earlier this week we reported on a study from McAfee, that said a likely "state actor" had hacked more than 70 governments, non-profit organizati...
Posted In: China, hacking, security
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Hackers take as much as $1 billion a year. Somehow that's your fault

Aug 5, 2011
Bloomberg reports hackers are making up to $1 billion a year in transfers on accounts businesses have with small banks. Instead of recovering the...
Posted In: Banks, hacking, Money, security
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Stop following me.

Aug 4, 2011
Wired is reporting that a new lawsuit filed in California alleges that tracking software from web analytics firm KISSmetrics violates privacy laws....
Posted In: cookies, privacy, security, spotify
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Proposed legislation would punish countries that don't help the US stop cyber attacks

Aug 3, 2011
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), have introduced The International Cybercrime and Reporting Act, which would hold...
Posted In: cybercrime, legislation, security
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Biggest cyber-attack ever

Aug 3, 2011
Security company McAfee has just released a paper revealing a massive set of cyber-attacks, infiltrating 72 organizations. Reuters is calling it...
Posted In: China, cybercrime, hacking, McAfee, security

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