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Peter G. Neumann: Top Cop on the Hair-Raising Cybersecurity Beat
The threat is always there—in your car, at the office, on the table next to where you sleep at night: a near-biblical plague of worms, phisher kings, identity thieves...
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Pentagon Creating Teams to Launch Cyberattacks as Threat Grows
The Pentagon's Cyber Command will create 13 offensive teams by the fall of 2015 to help defend the nation against major computer attacks from abroad, Gen. Keith...
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Google Concedes That Drive-By Prying Violated Privacy
Google on Tuesday acknowledged to state officials that it had violated people's privacy during its Street View mapping project when it casually scooped up passwords...
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Hagel to Order Review of Drone Medal Precedence
New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has halted production of a new controversial medal intended to honor drone pilots pending a review of its official rank above...
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Clues Suggest Malware Is Moving from Pcs to Mobile Devices
The fact that smartphones and tablets don't need antivirus software or regular software updates is a major reason for their popularity.
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Kim Dotcom Is the Anti-Zuckerberg: Share Nothing, Encrypt Everything, Be Happy
Appearing like a retro-futuristic apparition, digitally transmitted through pneumatic tubes from a future that was but will never be, the disembodied head of Kim...
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Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.k. With It
Jeffrey Knockel is an unlikely candidate to expose the inner workings of Skype's role in China’s online surveillance apparatus.
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Facebook 'likes' Predict Personality
Researchers at Cambridge University used algorithms to predict religion, politics, race and sexual orientation.
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Everything We Know About What Data Brokers Know About You
Data companies are scooping up enormous amounts of information about almost every American. They sell information about whether you're pregnant or divorced or trying...
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Dhs Built Domestic Surveillance Tech Into Predator Drones
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has customized its Predator drones, originally built for overseas military operations, to carry out at-home surveillance...
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Lars Rasmussen: The Brains Behind Facebook's Future
For a man that made his career out of helping millions of people find their way around, Lars Rasmussen is frank about his own navigational shortcomings.
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Feds Crack Down on Mobile-Phone Spammers
The U.S Federal Trade Commission said today that it is cracking down on marketers that are allegedly bombarding consumers with hundreds of millions of unwanted on...
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Tracking Sensors Invade the Workplace
A few years ago when Bank of America Corp. wanted to study whether face time mattered among its call-center teams, the big bank asked about 90 workers to wear badges...
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Fashion Statement: Designer Creates Line of Drone-Proof Garments to Protect Privacy
As the U.S. government draws up plans to use surveillance drones in domestic airspace, opposition to what many consider an unwarranted and significant invasionprivacy...
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You May Now Kiss the Computer Screen
With a red embroidered veil draped over her dark hair, Punam Chowdhury held her breath last month as her fiancé said the words that would make them husband and...
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Web-Connected Cars Bring Privacy Concerns
Privacy advocates fear linking cars with wireless networks may be giving automakers, software developers, and police officers access to such information.
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Web-Connected Cars Bring Privacy Concerns
Cars will soon be so linked into wireless networks they will be like giant rolling smartphones—with calling systems, streaming video, cameras, and apps capable...
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Here's What Law Enforcement Can Recover From a Seized Iphone
You may think of your iPhone as a friendly personal assistant. But once it’s alone in a room full of law enforcement officials, you might be surprised at the revealing...
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