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Sun Journalists Arrested as Bribe Probe Widens
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Sun Journalists Arrested as Bribe Probe Widens British authorities investigating potential cases of journalists paying bribes for information arrested another round of high-ranking employees of News Corp.’s tabloid The Sun, and said they are now probing suspected payments not just to police but to [...]
Steam Hackers May Have Gotten a Backup Database With Encrypted Information
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Steam Hackers May Have Gotten a Backup Database With Encrypted Information Valve boss Gabe Newell has made a new announcement for users of its Steam digital distribution service and Steam forums, sharing some more information about the hacker attack suffered by the company late last year.Hackers [...]
Apple sues Samsung over autocorrect patent
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Apple sues Samsung over autocorrect patent Earlier this week, Apple filed a new patent lawsuit against Samsung in San Jose, California according to PaidContent. The complaint covers two patents, the first relating to spelling and autocorrect on its iOS devices, and the second concerning “universal [...]
Facebook and Twitter Credentials Sold in “Factory Outlets”
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Facebook and Twitter Credentials Sold in “Factory Outlets” Malware that’s designed mainly to steal banking information, such as ZeuS or SpyEye, collects other pieces of sensitive information it comes across on a computer, including social media account login credentials. To make sure this [...]
Hackers Breach Alabama and Texas Law Enforcement Sites
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Hackers Breach Alabama and Texas Law Enforcement Sites As part of their operations against law enforcement agencies, Anonymous hackers breached the sites of the Alabama Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Mobile Police Department, also based in Alabama, [...]
Apple Patent Shows 3-D Interface Calibrated by Eye Positioning
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Apple Patent Shows 3-D Interface Calibrated by Eye Positioning An Apple patent titled “Three Dimensional User Interface Effects on a Display by Using Properties of Motion” illustrates how eye tracking and other sensor information could be used to display a user interface that automatically adjusts [...]
Foxconn corporate servers hacked, classified information compromised
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Foxconn corporate servers hacked, classified information compromised Foxconn, Apple’s largest manufacturing partner, has been back in the media spotlight over the last few weeks. Last month, the New York Times pointed to the company in its report on the poor working conditions in Chinese [...]
Video: Google Wallet Contains PIN Exposure Flaw
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Video: Google Wallet Contains PIN Exposure Flaw After viaForensics identified a number of vulnerabilities in Google Wallet that may be utilized by cybercriminals to launch social engineering attacks with the purpose of obtaining sensitive information, zvelo researchers found an even bigger issue [...]
Bitly Fights for Social Analytics With Weapons-Grade Math
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Bitly Fights for Social Analytics With Weapons-Grade Math Bitly is just one of many tools that are trying to make sense of people’s behavior on social networking services — and put this information to use inside marketing departments. Like Bitly, the Vancouver, Canada-based HootSuite offers a [...]
iPhone 5 Not a Priority in SwaggSec’s Foxconn Leak
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iPhone 5 Not a Priority in SwaggSec’s Foxconn Leak As you may have already heard, a hacker group going by the name of SwaggSec has launched a dump of Foxconn’s user names and passwords for various partners, including Apple. Even Foxconn’s CEO, Terry Gou, saw his information compromised.In a [...]
TeaMp0isoN Leaks Syrian Military Bank Accounts
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TeaMp0isoN Leaks Syrian Military Bank Accounts The famous hacktivist collective TeaMp0isoN continues to hack websites that belong to governments they consider corrupt and violent. Their latest job targeted the Syrian military, leaking tons of information that could give someone access to bank [...]
Foxconn’s Servers Hacked, Exposing Vendor Usernames and Passwords
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Foxconn’s Servers Hacked, Exposing Vendor Usernames and Passwords One of Foxconn’s servers was reportedly hacked, exposing usernames and passwords for clients and employees. The group that took credit for the hack is called SwaggSec who claims they weren’t doing it in response to working [...]
