Tag: defcon
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10/20 defcon: ops, apps & agony
top egypt ‘facebook revolutionary’ advising #OWS* ‘anti-cheating boyfriend’ app forced to change* video: theater review of ‘the agony & the ecstasy of steve jobs’: the moral issues behind iphone & its makers* was 1883 astro-mystery a near-miss billion ton comet?* does future hold ‘avatar’-like bodies for us?* russians wants to build colony on the moon;…
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10/13 defcon: outage, buyout, lineup
video: fbi makes arrest after johansson emails hacked* mitsubishi heavy, japanese defense contractor, targeted by over 50 computer viruses* fake netflix app poses data-stealing risk* blackberrys buzz back to life after long outage* dennis ritchie, father of ‘c’ programming language, dies at 70* microsoft skype buyout is officially official* faithful line up as apple’s new…
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10/6 defcon: nsa, b of a, acta & siri
#phonehacking: news corp faces more than 60 claims* homeland security dept puts its websites in the cloud* hayden to congress: let nsa monitor public nets for threats* bank of america website disrupted for 4th day in a row* gps inventor urges scotus to reject warrantless tracking* video: americans offered sleep-monitoring datatouch card* video: US signs…
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9/29 defcon: cookies, retention & a heavenly palace
facebook tracks you even after logging out* australian tech expert discovers faCIAbook cookies* facebook to form its own political action committee* after outcry, onstar backing down on vehicle data collection* ‘retention periods of major cellular service providers’: secret memo reveals verizon stores your data the longest* state dept employee faces firing for posting wikileaks link*…
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9/22 defcon: secure boot & game transfer phenomena
onstar tracks your car even when you cancel service* windows 8 secure boot would ‘exclude’ linux* comcast’s $9.99 internet for low-income families goes nationwide* what will video games be like in a few decades?* video games intruding on reality: ‘game transfer phenomena’*
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9/15 Defcon: Virgin, Havoc & White Space
Virgin aims for first space launch within a year // US military plane forced to land after North Korean electronic attack in March // Netflix for books? Amazon is considering // Google purchases Big Blue patents to defend Android // Twin Towers on Mars
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9/9 defcon: i9/11, sources & sat crash
cybercrooks aiming to cash in on 9/11 anniversary* mars rovers carry 9/11 tributes* cia, mossad also targeted in massive diginotar cert breach* scientist stewart nozette pleads guilty to attempted espionage* the spy who tweeted me: intel community wants to monitor social media* video: google raided by south korean anti-trust officials* sources exposed as unredacted state…
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9/1 defcon: unusual clouds & cattle mutilations
Milly Dowler phone hackers ‘used more than one voicemail’* Lawmakers Call for Probe of Medical Devices After Researcher Hacks Insulin Pump* UFO spotted over Mishawaka, IN* ‘UFO’ Over Chinese Airport Just an Unusual Cloud* New Mexico Cop Says Military Responsible for Cattle Mutilations* Big pharma discredited by Twitter drug-pushing: Official*
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8/18 Defcon: Sabotage, Lawsuits & Spacelife
Scotland Yard Four cleared on #Phonehacking // Phone hacking: Glenn Mulcaire sues NotW publisher // Cyber recruits key part of NSA hiring blitz // Meet Verizon’s newest security force – Blackwater // NASA says Comet Elenin will definitely not hit earth // Video: DNA building blocks found in space
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8/11 Defcon: Focused Chaos, Miracle Weapons & The Facebook Op
Twitter users face arrest for inciting London looters // Mossad’s miracle weapon: Stuxnet virus opens new era of cyber war // Survey finds smartphone apps store too much personal data
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8/4 Defcon: Black Hat, Shady Rat, Mantech & More
Former CIA official Cofer Black ‘predicts’ cyber 9/11 // Stuxnet changes terrorism equation, says former CIA official at black hat con // Vanity Fair exclusive on ‘Operation Shady Rat’: Unprecedented cyber-espionage campaign & intellectual-property bonanza // Hackers hit FBI merc Mantech; Online security contractor for FBI, NATO, DOD, DOJ & state dept // Randi Zuckerberg…
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7/28 Defcon: Black Ops, Blacklist, #FuckYouWashington
Murdoch’s Fox ran black ops dept, Fmr exec claims // British telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine // Anonymous gets cyber tsar to resign // ISS to crash into the ocean in 2020 // China reportedly developing EMP weapons // Boeing’s millennium falcon floats using Nazi technology // DHS fears modified Stuxnet could attack…
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7/14 Defcon: Murdoch’s Watergate, Military Meltdown & More
Hacking scandal could be Murdoch’s Watergate* Video: Rupert Murdoch’s son could be prosecuted by US* Video: Murdoch papers could have hacked US phones as well* Update: News Corp UK newspaper CEO brooks resigns* Washington Post website jobs section hacked* Anonymous hacks Monsanto computers; Posts employee info* Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilton data* ‘Military…
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7/7 defcon: the atlantis event & awesome announcements
atlantis launch will be iconic event, the last of its kind* full range of opinions & emotions surrounds last shuttle flight* video: space shuttle atlantis’ big-screen launch events & tributes* nasa’s dramatic rescue plan in case of shuttle emergency* plans to strip mine the moon may soon be more than just sci-fi* security grifters partner-up…