Tag: defcon
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11/11 Defcon: Brain Drain & Smart Viruses
FCC probing Google wi-fi spy scandal // New cyber attack linked to fake Nobel Prize email // Smart viruses threaten global peace // Congresswoman says chance of cyber attack against electric grid is 100%
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11/4 Defcon: Cybercom, Holograms & Chatbot
Military’s CyberCom is fully operational // Groups fear huge health database // Hologram messaging coming of age // Prize-winning chatbot steers the conversation // ‘Internet of Things’ is on the way
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10/28 Defcon: The Dark Ages & Leaking Data
One EMP burst and the world goes dark // Feds let Google off with warning for Wifi–sniffing cars // Google admits street view cars took emails & passwords from computers // Netflix now accounts for 20% of downstream bandwidth during peak
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10/21 Defcon: Do-It-Yourself Domestic Domains
US says military can respond to domestic cyberthreats // Cyberspace is the new domain of warfare // Cybercom operational this month
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10/14 Defcon: Settlements, Citizenship & Commercial Gain
School district pays $610k to settle webcam spying lawsuits // Comcast pushes bot alert program nationwide // Facebook is ‘killing privacy for commercial gain’
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10/7 Defcon: Spooks, Satnav & Sightings
Pentagon says ‘the global cyberwar is just beginning’ // Obama pressures ISP’s to censor websites // Microsoft wants govt licensing net access // AOL says Infowars ‘whipping the internet into a frenzy of anxiety’ // UFO forces airport closure in China
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9/16 Defcon: Tracking Devices & Small Worlds
Have cell phones become personal tracking devices? What your phone could be telling the govt // Fired Google engineer stalked teens, spied on chats // Mom obsessed with video game ‘small worlds’ neglects children, dogs starve to death
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Defcon 9/9: Sex, Spies & Vulnerabilities
Craigslist unexpectedly pulls adult services listings // CIA money behind wi-fi positioning system, or WPS // Google pays $8.5M to settle buzz privacy invasion suit // DHS cybersecurity watchdogs miss 100s of vulnerabilities on their own network
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Defcon 9/2: Cyborg, Spy School, Asteroids
Intel developing improved mind reading computers // Pentagon may apply preemptive warfare policy to the internet // Judge says Pennsylvania district must pay $260k in spying case // Our terrifyingly crowded solar system – How the asteroids are closing in
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Defcon 8/26: Dirty Tricks & Moon Rocks
Realtime track of X-37b: US military’s top secret X-37b shuttle ‘disappeared’ for 2wks, changed orbit // Scientists hack into cars’ computers & control brakes, engine // Missing moon rock unveiled in Colorado // Physicist Kaku talks aliens on MSNBC
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defcon 8/19: flashback flares & jackal hacktivism
video: top physicist says solar flare would set us back 100yrs* sun affects earth more than you might realize* call it ‘operation ajax truth’: iranian activists deface uk genetics website* 19 aug ’53 – anglo-american military coup in iran* ‘day of the jackal’ & ‘odessa file’ author/journalist blames nsa for wife’s laptop hack* wikileaks says…
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defcon 8/12: cyber lies & gag orders
cyber lie exposed: power plants not connected to internet* dhs needs to take threat of emp attack seriously, physicist warns* google ceo: no anonymity is the future of web* google raided by s. korea police street view probe* appeals court rules against secret police gps tracking* cars hacked through wireless tire sensors* geoeye & digitalglobe…
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Defcon 8/5: Gold Mines & Greatest Threats
The web’s new gold mine: Your secrets // Obama wants FBI to access browsing history without warrant // Google & Verizon near deal on pay tiers for web // Biometric & other locks fail to foil hackers at defcon // Now aiming to seize control, hackers target power plants as US, industry scramble to respond…