Why hackers are targeting CAs - and what you can do about it - SC Magazine UK

Probably the most disturbing data breaches of 2011 involved security companies themselves coming under determined and sustained attacks. RSA and DigiNotar both fell victim to hackers, sending shockwaves through the security community.

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Hackers Release Symantec Source Code After Failed $50K Extortion Attempt - Wired News (blog)

... not selling or publishing stolen data. Vague details about such incidents have been discussed at conferences in the past, but this appears to be the first time that the actual negotiations were made public. The undercover agent posed as an employee ...

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Enough, Already: The SOPA Debate Ignores How Much Copyright Protection We ... - The Atlantic

And our criminal copyright law has such a low threshold that it criminalizes the behavior of most people online, instead of targeting infringement on a true commercial scale. Unlike past administrations that chose not to use government resources to ...

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Food and beverage industry has unsavory history of data breaches - Infosecurity Magazine (US)

Trustwave Report Reveals Global Data Breach and Security Trends
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Missing funds linked to UVic data theft - CBC.ca

The UVic theft included an unencrypted hard drive that contained social insurance numbers and bank account details of about 11700 current and former university employees. Sgt. Dean Jantzen said the victim is a former university employee, but the theft ...

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Anon Lets Fly With Symantec Code After Ransom Talks Collapse - TechNewsWorld

A hacker who was negotiating a ransom for stolen source code to a Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) product released the data via peer-to-peer networks on Tuesday after negotiations fell through. The code is for security vendor Symantec's pcAnywhere remote ...

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Has China Stolen IP? | Wind Farms Technology - DesignBuild Source

Following the arrest of a former AMSC employee in charges of economic espionage and fraudulent manipulation of data, the US firm said it believed that the individual in question had improperly transferred AMSC's wind turbine control software source ...

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Smash: Other Shows It Resembles More Than Glee - Television Without Pity

Messing's Smashcharacter Julia and her writing partner Tom are very Will & Grace 2.0. And not to be too spoilery, but the show will feature a character dating someone just to get ahead, a la Ned & Stacey. Finally, if you want a messy divorce like The ...

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As anti-piracy bills stall, activists switch focus to web tracking legislation - California Watch

Online protesters argued that the bills threatened free speech by raising the possibility that large volumes of content on the web could be blacklisted or removed if it happened to come into contact with material alleged to be pirated.

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No charges against NYPD boss' son after rape claim - Newsday

New York Newsday > News Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online subscriber? Click here No charges against NYPD boss' son after rape claim Originally published: February 7, ...

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Twitter joke case reaches high court - The Guardian

The case is believed to be the UK's first criminal conviction for the content of a tweet. In January 2010, Chambers was planning a trip to Northern Ireland to see Sarah Tonner, alias @Crazycolours, whom he had met online. When the snow fell he tweeted ...

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Schools are applying new tools to keep kids safe during earthquakes - KAIT

"They were in the halls positioned, so they could actually see into the classrooms to see how the children responded to the drill. it was helpful just to know that we can count on them." The youngsters crawled underneath their tables as the warning ...

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Symantec expands Norton app to sort kids' smart phone activities - Computer Business Review

Symantec has unveiled Norton Safety Minder: Mobile Edition, an application that allows parents to know their kids' smartphone habits and help keep them safe. Safety Minder allows parents avail various tools to protect children while they're online, ...

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David Cameron: keeping up with children's internet skills is 'daunting' for ... - Telegraph.co.uk

Parents face a 'daunting' task in keeping up with their children's mastery of new technology, David Cameron said as he backed a new internet safety guide. Parents have been given Government-backed advice on how to ensure children are safe online.

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