Apple’s iPhones have remained malware-free thanks to the puritanical attitude of its App Store. But hacker Charlie Miller has found a way to sneak a fully-evil app right under Apple’s nose.
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Since Web filtering and network monitoring gear from Blue Coat Systems turned up in Syria last month, the company has been scrambling to avoid a reputation as an Internet arms provider to the world's most repressive dictatorships. A new report from Canadian researchers won't help: It shows that Blue Coat gear has been used in Burma, too. read »
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Guess what? It just got easier to access your TreasuryDirect account. If you’re not familiar with TreasuryDirect, it’s a website run by the US Treasury which allows individual investors to make direct purchases of Treasury securities. And it used to be a huge pain in the butt to login. Not only [...] read »
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With U.S. Treasury yields around 3%, income-producing stocks are attractive. Here's where some money managers are finding opportunities.
The number of surveys these days about social media are doing my head in. Every 24 hours, there’s yet another one released – usually courtesy of some very self-interested party. And always with the same core message: that social media will just keep on growing and growing. read »
It's all good old fashioned espionage without the physical threat of getting caught, that's all. In fact, China and Russia, believed to be the main sources of cyber attacks on U.S. government and corporate computer networks, have no interest in actually harming the U.S. economy. They just want to help their own without having to pay big bucks for it. read »
The Pentagon and top military official stress the importance of offensive tactics in the emerging realm of cyber-attacks, as they struggle to set guidelines for online warfare. read »
Renting a server from Amazon Web Services promises all the advantages of the Cloud: ephemeral, convenient computing without the nuisance of owning hardware. In fact, it may be more like renting a house where the last tenant left his junk in the closets and hasn't changed the locks. read »
British Prime Minister David Cameron made a startling comment in the aftermath of the London riots last August: the government might temporarily shut down social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to stop rioters organizing themselves again. Cue widespread condemnation from freedom of information advocates and the digerati across Twitter, and a comment through gritted teeth from the social network that "we are happy to listen." read »
In a post here on Saturday, I reported that Barrett Brown, who has been leading what has been called OpCartel, has named Asheville, North Carolina District Attorney Ron Moore as possibly having connections to Mexican drug cartels. In another public question and answer session held on Tinychat today, Brown provided the most detail yet about the the operation and the information he has obtained about Moore. read »
