Military systems, especially contractors, are extremely vulnerable to intrusion by hackers. What they find is then often put on the web for all to see. Not good for the secretive Military Industrial Complex!
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News US unveils new tactics to tackle Al Qaeda propaganda
05-24-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Hacking is a vital tool to fight extremist propaganda, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton has revealed.
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News ‘Anonymous’ hackers allegedly leak internal U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics data
05-22-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Eric W. Dolan
Hackers operating under the title of “Anonymous” claim to have leaked internal emails and other electronic documents from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics website.
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News Canada student protesters plan mass rally
05-22-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com,
Major protest scheduled in Montreal to mark 100th day of rallies, as hacker group Anonymous downs government websites.
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News Gmail's Security Hole Could Lead to Mass Harvesting of Accounts
05-21-2012
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technologyreview.com, Christopher Mims
Hackers could automate a social engineering trick that has already been proven to work.
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News Banned PlayStation Hacker Sees Hope of Return in Jailbreaking Deliberations
05-16-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
George Hotz, an infamous hardware hacker better known online as Geohot, has a PlayStation that he’s not allowed to play with — at least not the way he likes to, which involves figuring out how to bypass manufacturers’ artificial limits on what users
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News Expert says surveillance cams are vulnerable to hackers
05-16-2012
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http://rt.com
It’s not news that surveillance cameras are practically everywhere in America, but do you know who exactly is monitoring your every move?
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News Anonymous: 'We have access to every classified database in the US'
05-16-2012
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http://rt.com
A hacker tied to Anonymous says the loose-knit collective may be the most powerful organization on Earth.
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News Key Murdoch Aide to Be Prosecuted in Hacking Case
05-15-2012
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nytimes.com, By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL
Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, was formally charged on Tuesday, along with her husband and four others, of perverting the course of justice in the hacki
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News Popular Surveillance Cameras Open to Hackers, Researcher Says
05-15-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Kim Zetter
In a world where security cameras are nearly as ubiquitous as light fixtures, someone is always watching you.
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News Firefox creators Mozilla attack Congress; denounce CISPA
05-03-2012
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http://rt.com
Silicon Valley’s Mozilla Corporation has tasked themselves with extinguishing a fire, and no, it’s not what you have in mind.
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News Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor Vows to Fix Following Public Pressure
05-01-2012
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http://www.wired.com, Threat Level
After ignoring a serious security vulnerability in its product for at least a year, a Canadian company that makes equipment and software for critical industrial control systems announced quietly on Friday that it would eliminate a backdoor login acco
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News Lacking a Corporate Outcry, CISPA Looks Likely to Pass
04-28-2012
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http://www.truthdig.com, Alexander Reed Kelly
The hacking collective Anonymous is back with another pulse-pounding video
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News Unpopular Government, Passes Even More Unpopular CISPA Bill
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, David Kravets
The House on Thursday approved cybersecurity legislation that privacy groups have decried as a threat to civil liberties.
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News Could Iran Wage A Cyberwar On The U.S.?
04-26-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Tom Gjelten
Security professionals in both the U.S. government and in private industry have long feared the prospect of a cyberwar with China or Russia.
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News Anonymous unveils data-sharing websites amid privacy concerns
04-24-2012
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http://rt.com
Just days before the US Congress starts discussing new cybersecurity legislation, those fighting for online freedoms unleashed their own ammunition by way of some new websites that strike to keep the Internet open.
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News "We Don’t Live in a Free Country":
04-24-2012
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http://www.democracynow.org
We speak with Jacob Appelbaum, a computer researcher who has faced a stream of interrogations and electronic surveillance since he volunteered with the whistleblowing website, WikiLeaks.
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News Suspected cyber-attack hits Iran’s oil sector
04-24-2012
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http://rt.com
A virus has been discovered in computers running key parts of Iran's oil sector, forcing authorities to unplug its main oil export terminal from the Internet.
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News Anonymous Has Declared War On China
04-13-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Theodore Ritz
Over the last two weeks the hacker group Anonymous has waged a vigorous campaign against Chinese government
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Reference Link Manning’s Chances Just Improved
Gene Kernan
In a stunning blow to Obama, Holder & Co., the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that violating an employer’s (read that: “Master’s”) computer policy cannot be prosecuted as hacking.
In the never-ending quest of the power-addicted to extend the l
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News Board Urges Feds to Prevent Medical Device Hacking
04-10-2012
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Kim Zetter via WIRED.com
In the wake of increasing concern about the security of wireless medical devices, a privacy and security advisory board is calling on the government to grant the FDA or other federal entity the authority to assess the security of devices.
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Headlines: Board Urges Feds to Prevent Medical Device Hacking -- Manning’s Chances Just Improved -- Anonymous Has Declared War On China -- Suspected cyber-attack hits Iran’s oil sector -- "We Don’t Live in a Free Country": -- Anonymous unveils data-sharing websites amid privacy concerns -- Could Iran Wage A Cyberwar On The U.S.? -- Unpopular Government, Passes Even More Unpopular CISPA Bill -- Lacking a Corporate Outcry, CISPA Looks Likely to Pass -- Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor Vows to Fix Following Public Pressure -- Firefox creators Mozilla attack Congress; denounce CISPA -- Everyone Has Been Hacked. Now What? -- Popular Surveillance Cameras Open to Hackers, Researcher Says -- Key Murdoch Aide to Be Prosecuted in Hacking Case -- Anonymous: 'We have access to every classified database in the US' -- Expert says surveillance cams are vulnerable to hackers -- Banned PlayStation Hacker Sees Hope of Return in Jailbreaking Deliberations -- Gmail's Security Hole Could Lead to Mass Harvesting of Accounts -- Canada student protesters plan mass rally -- ‘Anonymous’ hackers allegedly leak internal U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics data -- US unveils new tactics to tackle Al Qaeda propaganda --