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Enterprise Security Today | Potency of Web Attacks Alarms Security Experts
Attackers bent on shutting down large Web sites -- even the operators that run the backbone of the Internet -- are arming themselves with what are effectively vast digital fire hoses capable of overwhelming the world's largest networks, according to a new report on online security
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CyberThreatsReport2009.pdf (application/pdf Object)
On October 15, 2008, the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) hosted its annual summit on emerging security threats and countermeasures affecting the digital world. At the conclusion of the event, GTISC released this Emerging Cyber Threats Report—outlining the top five information security threats and challenges facing both consumer and business users in 2009. This year’s summit participants include security experts from the public sector, private enterprise and academia, reinforcing GTISC’s collaborative approach to addressing information security technology and policy challenges.
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Wired Campus: Report on 'Emerging Cyber Threats' Raises Security Concerns About Smartphones - Chronicle.com
Internet-surfing cell phones were one of five top “emerging cyber threats” named in a new report by Georgia Tech’s Information Security Center.
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DailyTech - Court Finds File Hashes Subject to Fourth Amendment Protection
Federal agents seeking to generate MD5 hashes from files on a suspect’s hard drive must now obtain a warrant before doing so, says a Pennsylvania U.S. District Court, as such an act constitutes a government search protected by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Packs of robots will hunt down uncooperative humans - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist
The latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. At least, it did mine. They are looking for contractors to provide a "Multi-Robot Pursuit System" that will let packs of robots "search for and detect a non-cooperative human".
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Spy Fears: Twitter Terrorists, Cell Phone Jihadists | Danger Room from Wired.com
Could Twitter become terrorists' newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, thinks the miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks.
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Make a Faraday Cage Wallet - Wired How-To Wiki
RFID tags identifying who and -- gasp! —- where you are can be found in passports, ATM cards, credit cards and some state-issued ID cards. The same technology will possibly even be used in paper money in the near future.
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Wired Campus: U. of Tennessee-Knoxville Student at Center of Palin E-Mail Hacking Probe - Chronicle.com
Newspapers in Tennessee are reporting that a University of Tennessee at Knoxville student may be at the center of the investigation of who hacked into the Yahoo e-mail account of Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
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Richard Clarke: 'Government Failed You' on Security : NPR
Counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke worked for the government for 30 years under several presidents, including Ronald Reagan, both George Bushes and Bill Clinton. And in a new book, he's charging that the nation is unacceptably vulnerable to cyber-terrorism — a result of what he says is a culture of mediocrity in U.S. national-security programs.
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Cyberbullying should be criminal offence: teachers
Members of the Canadian Teachers' Federation endorsed the policy of taking a tougher stand against cyberbullies at the group's annual meeting Saturday in Moncton.
Bullying on the internet has become so serious that it's an occupational health and safety issue, the federation said, adding that the Criminal Code must do more to tackle the trend and police need more support to investigate cases.
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U.S., EU near deal on protecting privacy - Security- msnbc.com
Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data while still letting law enforcement officials share information to combat organized crime and terrorism.
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Can authorities spy on your private e-mail? | Kentucky Enquirer | nky.com
A law that allows the government to read private e-mails without a warrant survived a court challenge Friday in Cincinnati, prompting one judge to accuse his colleagues of trampling civil rights.
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FOXNews.com - That Fly on the Wall Could Be an American Cyborg Spy - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
If you thought "Robocop" was a little far-fetched, think again. Cyborgs — especially cyborg insects — are making the spy technology scene.
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Spy My Ride: Somebody may be tracking your vehicle and you don't know about it! | HexView
There is no shortage of articles discussing privacy issues introduced by new technologies. ReadID, passports, chips in currency bills, and other engineering marvels designed for purposes of tracking and monitoring, always come with a bouquet of questions
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VeriChip Introduces Implantable Human Microchip - Seeking Alpha
Once thought of as something you might see only in a Stanley Kubrick film, or read about in a Stephen King novel, this chip is being touted as an automatic identification device used primarily in medical patients for emergency ID purposes.
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Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007
Guess what! According to this study by Privacy International, he U.S. qualifies - along with China, Russia, Malaysia and Singapore - as a society in which surveillance has become endemic and in which there are no adequate safeguards in place to protect i
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Naked in the 'Nonopticon' - ChronicleReview.com
Through a combination of weak policies, vapid public discussions, and some remarkable technologies like camera phones and the Internet, we have less and less control over our reputations every day... And it's clear that people are being harmed by actions
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U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read
International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for ye
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BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Big Brother is watching us all
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