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Facebook denies Anonymous ‘claims’ of takedown

N8 January 26th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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A Twitter feed from an Anonymous account claims it caused Facebook problems, with some intermittent outage. Facebook says it was nothing of the sort.

DHS disputes memo on purported railway computer breach

N8 January 26th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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Officials with the Department of Homeland Security and railroad industry say there was no targeted attack on a railway company.

Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops

N8 January 24th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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Colorado federal judge gives Ramona Fricosu until February 21 to decrypt her PGP Desktop-encrypted Toshiba laptop–or face the consequences.

Operation Ghost Click DNS servers to shut down in March

N8 January 24th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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The DNSChanger malware servers that were converted by the FBI’s Operation Ghost Click to function legitimately will be shut down in March, possibly leaving some systems unable to access the Internet.

Web-hosting service DreamHost warns users of password hack

N8 January 22nd, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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The Web-hosting service and domain name registrar sends a heads-up e-mail to customers, saying their FTP passwords may have been accessed by hackers. It also asks them to change e-mail passwords, though it says those passwords weren’t affected by any breach.

Protect IP, SOPA supporters vow not to give up fight

N8 January 22nd, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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Two Hollywood-backed copyright bills were dealt a severe blow by this week’s historic online protests, but their supporters are hardly giving up.

Anonymous goes nuclear; everybody loses?

N8 January 20th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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With #OpMegaUpload, Anonymous launches the equivalent of thermonuclear cyber war. What will be the consequence–and worse, did Anonymous just get played?

F-Secure outlines the 2011 Mac malware scene

N8 January 20th, 2012View/Print PDF Version

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Despite increases in Mac malware, the overall level for OS X is relatively minuscule; however, analysis shows a potential break from malware increases following the Mac’s market share trend.

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