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Byron Reese Feb 13, 2017 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Four Questions For: Jean-Philippe Aumasson

Long term, who wins: the cryptographers or the code breakers? Nobody breaks codes anymore, strictly speaking. When you hear about broken crypto,…

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Security & Risk, Technology
Byron Reese Feb 6, 2017 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Four Questions For: Tod Beardsley

Why do you believe it is important to have open source security software? Wouldn’t that make it easier for hackers to crack…

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Security & Risk
Byron Reese Jan 9, 2017 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Four Questions For: Ben Rothke

What do you consider to be the biggest challenges facing cybersecurity today? Some of the challenges are: not enough information security staff.  This…

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Security & Risk
Byron Reese Jan 4, 2017 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Four Questions For: Ryan Calo

How do you draw the line between prosecuting a robot that does harm and its creator? Who bears the burden of the…

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Artificial Intelligence, Security & Risk, Technology
Barb Darrow Feb 16, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Malware spied on internal gear

Hackers stole up to $1B from banks worldwide, Kaspersky says

A gang of hackers has, over the course of a year or more, stolen up to $1 billion from financial institutions around the…

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Technology
Jeff Roberts Feb 14, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Consider the hacker

How tech trials force a choice between bad people and bad law

Of course Ross Ulbricht was guilty. Despite his far-fetched claims of mistaken identity, a New York jury confirmed the obvious: that Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts) was the criminal…

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Technology
David Meyer Feb 10, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Greece is the word

“Anonymous” hackers attack European Parliament president’s site

The personal website of European Parliament president Martin Schulz was hacked last week, his office has confirmed. On Friday someone posted information…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Jan 7, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Possible political protest

German government website attack may be Ukraine-related

Two German government websites were knocked offline by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack around 10am local time on Wednesday. Chancellor…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
Kif Leswing Dec 29, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Out of touch ID

Fingerprints can be reproduced from publicly available photos

At a conference in Hamberg Germany this weekend, biometrics researcher Jan Krisller demonstrated how he spoofed a politician’s fingerprint using photos taken by a…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Signe Brewster Dec 26, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Kim Dotcom to the rescue

Hackers say Xbox/Playstation attacks are over, target Tor

Christmas Day gamers ran into problems connecting their Xbox or Playstation to the internet thanks to a denial of service attack, and the…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Dec 26, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Any press is good press

The Interview tops YouTube’s list of popular videos

Getting hit by hackers who may or may not be from North Korea isn’t the worst way to drum up interest for…

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Media
David Meyer Dec 19, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Physical damage

Sophisticated cyberattack damaged German steel plant, report says

Skilled hackers caused serious damage at a German steel mill sometime during this year, according an annual security roundup issued Wednesday by…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
Carmel DeAmicis Dec 17, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Here's the rundown

Everything you need to know about the recent Snapchat leaks

It has been a dramatic 24 hours for Snapchat, which had some internal emails leaked last night via the Sony hack. Sony Entertainment’s CEO,…

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Work & Collaboration
Carmel DeAmicis Dec 8, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Update app, get back on track

Yik Yak shown no slack in intern hack attack

Getting hacked seems to be a rite of passage for social media companies. It’s sign that they’ve grown big enough to attract…

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Work & Collaboration
David Meyer May 27, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Security company Avast suffers embarrassing forum hack

The personal details of hundreds of thousands of people were taken in an attack on the antivirus outfit's web forum.…

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Europe, Technology
David Meyer Mar 24, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Disconnect unveils private search Android app and web interface

Want to keep your searches private while still using familiar services like Google and Bing? Disconnect has just made that a bit easier for you.…

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Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Mar 10, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

MtGox “fraud evidence” hacked and published, complete with Bitcoin wallet-stealing malware

The data appears to show MtGox CEO Mark Karpeles was lying when he said all the exchange's bitcoins had been stolen, but it also comes with a nasty surprise for those who don't take care where they click.…

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Technology
David Meyer Feb 5, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

British intelligence used DDoS tactics against Anonymous, Snowden documents show

A GCHQ presentation shows how the agency infiltrated and launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on chatrooms used by internet activists and hackers. Until now, no western state has been shown to use DDoS tactics.…

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Europe, Technology
David Meyer Jan 22, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Millions of Germans caught up in email-hacking botnet

The German information security ministry has warned the country’s citizens that many of them have been caught up in a massive botnet.…

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Europe, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Dec 4, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Technical Machine gets $1M to let web developers play with the internet of things

Technical Machines wants to take a connected microcontroller that runs JavaScript and eliminate the barriers between web development and the internet of things, and just raised $1 million to do so.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Mobile, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Aug 27, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Anatomy of a hack: How the SEA took down the NYT and Twitter

When SEA took credit for taking down the New York Times and Twitter's UK site for some people, many may have wondered how they did it. Here's how.…

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Technology
David Meyer Aug 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Hacked baby monitor? Welcome to the security implications of the internet of things

It's pretty worrying when a hacker can take over a baby monitor and start yelling obscenities at an infant girl. But the incident provides a taste of the future if makers of connected devices don't think security-first.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Rani Molla Aug 6, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Hacktivist Richard Stallman takes on proprietary software, SaaS and open source

At a HackNY lecture, the McArthur genius explains the dangers of everyday software.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Om Malik Jul 21, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

After being hacked Apple’s developer site still offline

The security of Apple's Developer Center website was breached on Thursday and three days later, Apple explains why it continues to be offline.…

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Apple, Technology

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