Tag: defcon
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3/3 Defcon: Fascism, Fake Friends, FOIA
Obama joins critics of nonprofit group that oversees internet; Or, Obama & China agree: Fascist dictators should control the net
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2/17 defcon: cyber-coup, backdoor & track more
cyber-attack hits canadian government computers* report: egypt shut down net with big switch, not phone calls* voice of america uses social media to aid foreign dissent* surveillance footage & code clues indicate stuxnet hit iran* cia head panetta warns of possible cyber-pearl harbor* lynn urges partnership against cyber threat* dod talks up plans to deploy…
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2/10 Defcon: Harsh Sentences, Trojan Horse, Hotfile
Hackers hit NASDAQ computers // Hypnosis by LCD becoming increasingly rampant // FCC net neutrality is a regulatory ‘trojan horse’ // Motion Picture Association sues Hotfile.com for direct copyright infringement & theft ‘on a staggering scale’
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2/3 Defcon: Killswitch, Bandwidth, Floodgates
Lieberman says US internet killswitch bill is different than Egypt’s internet killswitch // Vodafone volluded with Egyptian regime’s information warfare psyop // US recruiting young cyber warriors
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1/27 Defcon: Congress, Connections & ‘The Company’
‘Protecting cyberspace as a national asset act of 2010’ – Bill to give president right to shutdown net back in Congress // Google comes under fire for ‘secret’ relationship with NSA // Social networks under attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US; They don’t connect people – they isolate them // Internet down in Egypt…
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1/20 Defcon: Firms, Foes & IPO’s
Google’s Eric Schmidt passes CEO reins to Larry Page // Apple’s Jobs takes another medical leave, raising questions about firm’s future // Dancho Danchev, Bulgarian security researcher & cybercrime foe, goes missing
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1/13 Defcon: Crimestop, Doublethink, Disconnect
Child porn probe leads to FBI headquarters // Ex-TSA worker gets 2yrs for planting ‘logic bomb’ malware in Colorado Springs screening system // Algorithms take control of Wall Street // Cyberdyne is real & making thought-controlled exoskeletons
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1/6 defcon: bad calls & fake claims
warrantless cell phone search gets green light in california* voip decision means skype now illegal* first solar eclipse of the year jan4* quadrantid meteor shower due jan4 night* reporter behind wmd claims calls assange ‘bad journalist’* fake white house holiday email is cyber attack*
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12/31 defcon: high chance, top threats & the cloud
top cyber threats of 2011* living with our heads in ‘the cloud’* paul allen tries patent megasuit again* apple sued for app privacy violations* man quits job to sue spammers* with 15 minutes of fame ticking; assange signs $1.5m-worth of book deals* smith, assange, soros & claims that assange is helping the neocons* assange: ‘high…
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12/23 defcon: spectacles & seizures
the wikileaks spectacle* apple bans lame wikileaks app* dhs seized domains based on bad evidence* new zealand military releases ufo files*
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12/16 Defcon: Strategic Partnersnitch
‘Killswitch’ inside Intel’s new processor // Army wants smartphones for soldiers // Facebook biometrics finds friends in pics
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12/9 Defcon: Net Freedom & Dark Objects
Waving goodbye to internet freedom // EMP defense council founded on Pearl Harbor Day // Massive dark object ‘lurking on edge of solar system hurling comets at Earth’
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12/2 Defcon: Fingerprints, Arsenic & Oxygen
Feds warrantlessly tracking credit cards in real time // Google admits Street View trespassing, hit with crippling $1 fine // Most popular Yahoo search in 2010 was ‘BP oil spill’; First time for a news story
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11/25 defcon: sick, switch, risks
US launches giant eavesdropping satellite* govt focusing on cyber warfare, armed forces chief reveals* study says wifi makes trees sick* 3rd eye: nyu artist gets camera implanted in head* should obama’s ‘internet kill switch’ power be curbed?* cyber shopping poses fraud risks* wikileaks diplomatic cable dump reportedly imminent*
